Lionel Blair Dies: Veteran UK TV Personality And ‘Extras’ Star Was 92

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Lionel Blair, the UK TV star whose career spanned eight decades, has died aged 92, his agent has said. Blair died peacefully early yesterday morning. No cause of death has been revealed. Tributes h…

Born in Canada in 1928, Henry Lionel Ogus moved to the UK as a young boy and started acting when he was just 14, immediately becoming a standout dancer.

in 1961 and played the role of a choreographer in Beatles filmBlair became a household UK name in the early 1980s when he was recruited to be team captain on ITV gameshowfor which he made more than 1000 episodes opposite Una Stubbs. He appeared on various other gameshows and TV formats throughout the 1980s and 1990s.

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