Bill Oddie
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William Edgar (Bill) Oddie OBE (7 July 1941-25 July 2026) was a British comedian, actor, writer and television personality.
Oddie was born in Rochdale, Lancashire and grew up in Birmingham. He read English Literature at Pembroke College, Cambridge where he gained an MA. He is most famous for his birdwatching and conservation work. In the 1970s, he was a member of the BBC One television comedy series, The Goodies.[1] Doctors found that his mother, Lilian, had schizophrenia. Oddie says that he does not remember her living at home because she spent a lot of her life in mental hospitals.[2]
Oddie has bipolar disorder.[3]
Oddie died on 25 July 2026 aged 85.
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Oddie performing at the Astor Theatre in Perth, Western Australia, 2013
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References
- ↑ BBC - h2g2 - Bill Oddie, OBE - Comedian and Naturalist - A32619233. bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 4 September 2010.
- ↑ BBC - Family History - WDYTYA? Series One: Celebrity Gallery. bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 4 September 2010.
- ↑ Bill Oddie is not amused by his treatment at BBC
Other websites
- Official website Archived 2010-08-13 at the Wayback Machine
- Bill Oddie on IMDb
Categories:
- 1941 births
- Living people
- Actors from Birmingham
- Actors from Lancashire
- Alumni of the University of Cambridge
- Comedians from Lancashire
- English movie actors
- English television actors
- English television presenters
- English television writers
- People with bipolar disorder
- People from Rochdale
- Television personalities from Lancashire
- Writers from Birmingham
- Writers from Lancashire
- 2026 deaths