In 2007, Michael Crawford moved to a small town in New Zealand. 95.9 FM, Manawatu EXCLUSIVE: Michele Dotrice became a national icon after Some Mothers Do Ave Em won a place in sitcom history. Do not sell or share my personal information. Family and friends must say goodbye to their beloved Michael J Crawford of Sunnyside, New York, born in Elmhurst, New York, who passed away at the age of 63, on June 3, 2021. He has won many awards over the years. Search instead in Creative? 89.6 FM, Southland . Still friends:Michael Crawford has revealed that he still chats to his on-screen wife Michele Dotrice every week after finishing Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em filming 40 years ago (pictured during their time on the show). MEGHAN MCCAIN: Ohio in a poisonous soup. They had been married from 1965 to 1975. Then in 2004 he played the obese Count Fosco in Lloyd Webber's musical The Woman In White, but his rubber fat-suit made him sweat so much he became dangerously dehydrated and vulnerable to a virus. He attended Saint Michael's, Bexleyheath, a Catholic school run by nuns whom Crawford later described as not being shy in their use of corporal punishment. Michael Crawford was married to his wife, Gabrielle Lewis. Crawford's biological father, contrary to some reports, was not Arthur Dumble (or Dumbell)-Smith, an Royal Air Force pilot killed in WWII two years before Michael was born. The programme ran for five years and Michael decided to call it a day after he began to feel that in last series Frank became a 'bit too clever'. As a child, he was a loner, due to girls rejecting him as he was not handsome enough and bullies from his schools making fun of him. Her family includes not just her, but her identical twin sister Janelle too. 03. The early 1940s were dominated by World War II. Shop the best selection of deals on Laptops now. She has lost her husband, her son and grandchildren have emigrated, she has gambled her house away and is desperately sad. Millions of men out of work and lonely. She adds: Woody is named after Edward and he talks about him as if hes here. Following his triumph with Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em he went on to star in several stage hits such as Dance of the Vampires, Barnum and the Wizard Of Oz.