TV comedian Eddie Large left just £44,100 in his will when he died from Covid-19 earlier this year

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TV comedian Eddie Large left just £44,100 in his will when he died from Covid-19 earlier this year

TV comic Eddie Large left just £44,100 in his will after passing away alone from coronavirus earlier this year.

The comedian, who performed alongside Syd Little in the Little and Large show, died in April aged 78 at the Southmead Hospital in Bristol after contracting coronavirus.

Eddie, who had a history of heart complications, was admitted to hospital earlier in the year to have a pacemaker fitted.

The comedian, who performed alongside Syd Little in the Little and Large show, died in April aged 78 at the Southmead Hospital in Bristol after contracting coronavirus

Eddie Large (left) and Syd Little are pictured on the ‘Who Do You Do Special’ on BBC in and undated photograph

He was readmitted in April after contracting the virus, and died alone due to quarantine measures at the hospital, which prevented son Ryan, 37, and wife Patsy from being at his bedside.

‘He fought and he battled all the way,’ Ryan told the Sun newspaper.

‘It sadly became just a little too much.’

According to the Sun, records have revealed that Large left the entirety of his estate, which was £44,100, to his wife Patsy – who he married in 1983.

Eddie was an electrician in Manchester before he and syd began singing in pubs across the north-west of England in the early 60s.

The heartbroken widow of comedy legend Eddie Large, Patsy (left), appears on GMB with son Ryan, 37, and revealed her husband’s final words before he tragically lost his battle with coronavirus COVID-19

Their big break came after winning the talent competition Opportunity Knocks as a double-act in 1971.

Eddie played the funny guy while Little took on the more serious character.

The pair went on to become household names in British comedy, clocking in tens of millions of viewers for each show.

Syd, 77, gave the eulogy at Eddie’s funeral on April 24.

Source: Daily Mail

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