Barry Cryer English Writer, Comedian and Actor (1935-2022)

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Barry Cryer
Dead at	86
Full Name	Barry Charles Cryer
Birth	23 March 1935
Birthplace	Leeds, Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Death	25 January 2022 (aged 86)
Deathplace	Harrow, London Borough of Harrow, Greater London,, United Kingdom
Profession	Writer, Comedian, and Actor
Spouse	Theresa Donovan (Married 1962–2022)
Children	Bob Cryer, Jackie Cryer, Tony Cryer, Dave Cryer
Burial	Golders Green Crematorium Golders Green, London Borough of Barnet, Greater London, England
Nationality	British

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He wrote and performed on stage, radio, and television. He began his career while studying English literature at the University of Leeds. After many years of success as an entertainer, he was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 2001.

He received an honorary Doctor of Arts from Leeds Metropolitan University in 2013 and an honorary Doctorate of Letters from the University of Leeds in 2014. He was married to his wife, Theresa from 1962 until his death. The couple had four children.

Barry Cryer Personal life and death

Cryer was married to his wife Theresa Donovan, a singer and dancer known as Terry, since 1962. Interviewed by Country Life in 2021, Cryer said that his stand-up performing career had been interrupted, in the early 1960s, by eczema.

He attributed his recovery to meeting his future wife: he fell for her immediately on catching sight of her standing beside a piano at a Piccadilly nightclub in 1960. He said, “I was only in hospital once more after meeting her.” They had four children, three sons and a daughter. They also had seven grandchildren and, at the time of Cryer’s death, one great-grandchild.

Cryer was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 2001. In 2013, Leeds Metropolitan University made him an honorary Doctor of Arts. Four years later, in July 2017, he received an honorary Doctorate of Letters from the University of Leeds. He was a member of the entertainment charity the Grand Order of Water Rats.

Cryer died at Northwick Park Hospital in Harrow on 25 January 2022, at the age of 86.