Edward Hugh McGinnis (25 June 1941 – 2 April 2020), better known by the stage name Eddie Large, was a British comedian.

[4] He played football as a schoolboy, becoming a supporter of nearby Manchester City which had its ground opposite his home,[5] and he maintained a lifelong devotion to the club.

[11] Large worked on the after-dinner circuit[12] and, in the latter years of his life, performed some cameo acting roles in dramas such as The Brief and Blackpool.

[9] Large was hospitalised for some weeks in late 2013 after tripping over a road sign near his Portishead home.

[16] Large died on 2 April 2020, aged 78 at Southmead Hospital in Bristol after contracting coronavirus while receiving treatment for heart failure.