We spent (Marilyn too) many hours together at the Academy Playhouse, a little theatre group in Michigan. Susie Gamble, who provided many of the photos for this post, runs a Facebook Group devoted to The Go!! Show, a production of D.Y.T., which was also responsible for Ken and JonathanРІР‚в„ўs Channel 7 shows.Р”Р„dam, Ken has been on my mind so much recentlyРІР‚В¦.so very strongly, that I googled him and found he has passed on. Thank you, Ken, for making sweet music and timeless comedy. When I was in Melbourne late last year, and right in the middle of writing my article, I imagined the Melbourne of another time, with Ken and Jonathan rehearsing at the HSV-7 Teletheatre on Johnson Street in Fitzroy, or writing together at the flat they shared in Toorak down the road from where the famous nightclub The Embers once stood. Perhaps his words when describing The Ugly Little Christmas Tree reflected his philosophy for life where, РІР‚СљThe story proves that in the right place, at the right time, and if you go for it, you can succeedРІР‚Сњ. Ken left an indelible mark on television in this country. Who hasnРІР‚в„ўt left their heart in San Francisco?Р”Р‡rom all accounts Ken was a very lovely man, loving husband to Marilyn and loving father to their two children, and a friend of JonathanРІР‚в„ўs until the end. When Ken started one of his many solo performances and I heard those distinct lines, РІР‚СљThe loveliness of Paris seems somehow sadly gay/The glory that was Rome is of another dayРІР‚Сњ, I got chills.

Ken was a beautiful singer, and as Jonathan told me РІР‚Сљa masterful straight manРІР‚Сњ in their double act.

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