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| birth_place = [[Aldershot]], England ...eremy James Hardy''' (17 July 1961{{snd}}1 February 2019) was an [[English people|English]] comedian. Born and raised in [[Hampshire]], Hardy studied at the

...avilion, a repertory theatre in [[Folkestone]], Kent.<ref>{{Cite web|title=From Theatre to Club|url=https://www.leaspavilionarchive.org.uk/new-contribution ...on tour, and helped establish rep companies in [[Theatre Royal, Aldershot|Aldershot]], [[Southend]] and [[Eastbourne]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Portsmouth music s

...industry's most important figures. His career spanned more than 75 years, from childhood in the Victorian era until a year before his death in 1977, and e ...imelight]]'' (1952), ''[[A King in New York]]'' (1957), and ''[[A Countess from Hong Kong]]'' (1967).