'''Samuel Gabriel Costa''' (17 June 1910 &ndash; 23 September 1981) was an English singer, entertainer and broadcaster. Initially a popular singer in the [[B ...]-[[Portuguese people|Portuguese]] ancestry &mdash; ''Costa'' is a Jewish Portuguese surname.<ref name=jlp>[https://www.jewishlivesproject.com/profiles/sam-cost

| burial_place = [[Church of St Rumwold, Bonnington]], England ...y subsequently dropped the character and in the 2000s became the presenter of various television and radio shows, including ''[[The Paul O'Grady Show]]''

{{Short description|English actor and comedian (1925–1980)}} | honorific_suffix = [[w:Order of the British Empire|CBE]]