Comic Duncan Norvelle, famed for his vibrant “chase me!” catchphrase, died in 2024 at 66 years previous. The beloved TV entertainer from the 80s and 90s encountered extreme well being and monetary struggles and reportedly handed away with little or no to his title.

His tv presence had dwindled in recent times, with appearances together with Pointless Celebrities in 2019 and Movie star Come Dine With Me in 2011, as reported by the Mirror.

Linda Trevallion, his accomplice of over a decade, shared with The Solar that he succumbed to a chest an infection and sepsis, surrounded by her and two of his kids in his final moments. Following his incapacitating strokes in 2012, which rendered him paralysed on one aspect, Trevallion reminisced: “He is at peace and he is made tens of millions of individuals chortle in his lifetime. I’ve by no means heard anybody say a foul factor about him.”, studies the Every day File.

She additionally famous: “[He] wasn’t actually showbiz, he wasn’t one for going to showbiz events.”

Duncan tried a comeback in 2015, acting at smaller venues and even headlining an occasion for the Stroke Affiliation in Skegness.

Regardless of efforts, his funds took a success, and Mail On-line detailed the collapse of his two corporations, Chase Me Administration, in 2016. Dealing with lowered earnings, Duncan turned to promoting customized video messages to followers and entertaining on cruise ships to make ends meet.

Duncan confronted setbacks in revitalising his profession on account of Covid. He disclosed that he had been barred from collaborating in some occasions for being “too gradual” and utilizing a wheelchair, however he remained resolute in his quest for efficiency alternatives.

In his touching Christmas message from 2021, Duncan expressed his appreciation: “It is so good to nonetheless be needed to carry out on your occasions.”

He additionally took a second to reward his accomplice Lynn for her unwavering help stating, “Laughter is one of the best medication that anybody may be given. I additionally need to thank my unimaginable accomplice Lynn. She is my rock and at all times will likely be and with out her I might be misplaced.”

The entertainer first rose to fame together with his appearances on ITV’s selection present Saturday Royal within the early Eighties, and went on to host the preliminary pilot of Blind Date, together with common appearances on favourites equivalent to Shock! Shock! and The Bob Monkhouse Present.