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But his seemingly blatant racism and controversial language - some of which appears below - remained the subject of some debate until the end.
Manning remained loyal to his beloved home city of Manchester |
But in Bernard Manning's logic, jokes about disabled people, or tampons, were unacceptable.
He was born in in one of Manchester's poorest areas, Ancoats, and throughout his life never liked being far away from the city.
He left school at 14 and worked briefly in his father's greengrocer's shop before becoming a big-band singer and eventually taking over the Embassy Club in Manchester, where he was the chief performer for 40 years, generating most of his multi-million pound fortune.
Bernard Manning became a household name in the s through Granada TV