Duncan Norvelle

Duncan A. Norvelle (2 April 1958 – 12 December 2024) was an English comedian in the variety tradition, who appeared on British television from the early 1980s.

[7] After nine weeks in hospital, he cancelled his summer season with comedy duo Cannon and Ball, and was replaced by Stu Francis.

[7] In 2015, Norvelle chose the Embassy Theatre, Skegness, as his first performance after over three years off-stage, promising that funds from his show would be allocated to the Stroke Association.

[8] In the last few years of his life, he would also be filmed in Skegness at Neville Henshaw and Loraine Parker's 1960s themed Beeston Lodge Hotel for the Channel 5 series Bargain-Loving Brits by the Sea.

[12][13][14] Among those to pay tribute to him was fellow comedian Jimmy Cricket, who described Norvelle as a "charismatic performer who thrilled audiences up and down the country with his style of humour and hilarious impressions.