Many TV duos have come and gone, but none have enjoyed the enduring appeal of comedy pairing Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise.
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But, following the death of Eric's widow Joan on her 97th birthday, unbeknownst to many was a mutual dislike between their wives that meant the pair never socialised outside work.Ernie's marriage to dancer Doreen Blythe and Eric to beauty queen and singer Joan Bartlett brought fresh problems to their dynamic
‘Ernie’s wife thought that he was the star and that Eric couldn’t manage without him and so consequently, although they were electric on stage, they never mixed.’ Ernie and Doreen took a decision early on not to follow the same path as Eric and Joan. Family life was not to be for them. In 2009, Doreen told an interviewer that when she and Ernie first began dating, Eric was always there, too
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