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    BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 8 Feb 2017

    Alan Simpson, who created sitcoms including Hancock's Half Hour and Steptoe and Son, dies aged 87http://bbc.in/2kS4g6K 

    4:37 AM - 8 Feb 2017
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    72 replies 590 retweets 668 likes
      1. john reith‏ @SIRJOHNREITH 8 Feb 2017
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        To comedy what Lennon and McCartney were to songwriting. Peerless

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      1. Mark‏ @BurnMarks1962 8 Feb 2017
        Replying to @BBCBreaking @BBCNews

        Galton and Simpson , best sitcom writers ever. RIP Alan.

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      1.  🌷 👑єммα ℓ. נσνσνι¢н 👑 🌷‏ @emmyjovovich 8 Feb 2017
        Replying to @BBCBreaking @BBCNews

        Oh no!!!!!! I can't believe it!! he was the genius of Steptoe and Son! 🙌🏼🙏🏼❤ RIP Alan. 😥

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      2. RacerX‏ @RacerXRoberts 8 Feb 2017
        Replying to @BBCBreaking @BBCNews

        He stole that from America a TV show called Sanford and Son.

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      3. mrdanielweir‏ @mrdanielweir 8 Feb 2017
        Replying to @RacerXRoberts @BBCBreaking @BBCNews

        You may wish to do a little research re your tweet and revise it?

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      4. RacerX‏ @RacerXRoberts 8 Feb 2017
        Replying to @mrdanielweir @BBCBreaking @BBCNews

        OK

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      1. Alison Baker‏ @alisonb946 8 Feb 2017
        Replying to @BBCBreaking @BBCNews

        So sad 😢 got the Steptoe and Son boxset and it always makes me laugh when I watch it-timeless comedy 😆

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      1. Benjamin Perkins‏ @Blazing_Ben 8 Feb 2017
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        gee thanks for living I say

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      2. Bill Forgie‏ @amaginnit 8 Feb 2017
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @RevMcCafferty @BBCNews Ah fuck. I liked his work very much.

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      3. Scott McCafferty‏ @RevMcCafferty 8 Feb 2017
        Replying to @amaginnit @BBCBreaking @BBCNews

        me too. Why do the good ones die so young..?

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      2. Bryan Gerard Briggs‏ @BryanGBriggs 8 Feb 2017
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        The show,STEPTOE & SON,here in the US,became known as SANFORD & SON,and starred REDD FOXX,as Fred Sanford!

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      1. Paul Swift‏ @sybiltherabbit 8 Feb 2017
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        RIP Alan. Watched 'Divided We Stand' yesterday. 44 years old and still utterly brilliant.

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      1. Veronica #FBPE #PeoplesVote #FinalSayForAll‏ @VeroVero777 8 Feb 2017
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        @aviatrixCR Sad to hear it. Galton and Simpson - comedy royalty. RIP.

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      1. Ian Davies‏ @IanTheInventor 8 Feb 2017
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        Thanks for the memories RIP

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      1. Jack Cade1381‏ @JackCade1381 8 Feb 2017
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        great great man, RIP

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      1. Nicholas Scrivens‏ @nicholasscrivs 8 Feb 2017
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        great writer.

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