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TEARS OF A CLOWN A young man drowns in the pool of television's highest-paid entertainer. The star is branded a killer. But, says Mark Simpson, the case against the `OJ of Essex' doesn't add up. Now, as fresh evidence emerges, Michael Barrymore talks about that tragic night, his demons and why the facts weren't allowed to get in the way of a good story
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Follow the brown signs," Michael Barrymore's PA tells me when
giving directions over the phone for the Essex leg of my car journey
to the infamous "House of Horror" of the former Mr Saturday Night.
"The ones pointing to Paradise Wildlife Park," he adds.
The 50-year-old comedian's Roydon home may not be an official
tourist attraction, but since the body of 31-year-old Stuart Lubbock
was discovered in his swimming pool in the early hours of 31 March
2001, it has become, like its owner, ...
Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles from HighBeam Research
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Profile: Michael Barrymore
The Independent - London
; ... on Friday, Barrymore told reporters: "You just think you are going crazy." But this mumbling, nervous figure on the television news was not the Barrymore with which viewers were familiar. They may have wondered before now if there was another side to Barrymore ...
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BARRYMORE WITNESS IN POLICE QUIZ; Secret meeting sparks new probe.(News)
Sunday Mirror (London, England)
; Byline: ANDREW BUCKWELL and RUPERT HAMER POLICE have re-interviewed a vital witness to the pool death at Michael Barrymore's pounds 2million mansion. Chef James Futers was questioned by detectives over his secret meeting with the TV funnyman which was revealed in the Sunday Mirror last week.
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BARRYMORE'S CRYING SHAME; Comic's foul rant at charity event.(News)
Sunday Mirror (London, England)
; ... restaurant La Famigliar. Barrymore and Leonard had been together for more than 20 years. A friend said: Everyone is stunned by the news. They had gone through thick and thin together. CAPTION(S): SUNDAY MIRROR, March 18, 2001 PAGE 11; ON THE TOWN: The comic leaving ...
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Barrymore's gay abandon; Backroom boys dumped as TV ratings nosedive.(News)
Sunday Mirror (London, England)
; FADING star Michael Barrymore has dumped his production team after losing millions of fans following his I'm gay confession. His furious wife and manager, Cheryl, 46, ordered that none of the contracts of 10 loyal staff were to be renewed. Shocked staff were suddenly told last week they were out of
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HANG IN THERE; Ex-lover Shaun's message to troubled Barrymore.(News)
Sunday Mirror (London, England)
; Byline: RICK HEWETT in London and STEVE D'ANTAL in Auckland MICHAEL Barrymore's ex-boyfriend has sent a message of support to the troubled star after a party-goer's death in his pool. Shaun Davis, 25, who has fled into hiding in New Zealand while he gets over the recent break-up of their
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He's the nation's favourite jester. But, will Michael Barrymore's public still love him tomorrow?
The Independent - London
; ... made a pass at heterosexual impressionist Bobby Davro and the News of the World asserted that he had had sex with ex-aide John Davis ... would still love him half as much seven days hence, after the News of the World delivers its second instalment of "shocking facts ...
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Barrymore's pool of death; POLICE QUIZ STAR AS MAN DIES AFTER HOUSE PARTY.(News)
Sunday Mirror (London, England)
; Byline: KAREN ROCKETT, TIM LUCKETT, ANDY GARDNER and RUPERT HAMER THIS is the swimming pool in which a man in his 20s was found dying at Michael Barrymore's home early yesterday. Just hours earlier a very drunk Barrymore, 48, had left a nightclub with three young men and got into a taxi to continue
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Let's hope some rival tabloid doesn't hide cameras in the Sunday Mirror editor's flat
The Spectator
; Last week Bridget Rowe, editor of the Sunday Mirror, had a walk-on part in this column. This week she is centre stage. Her paper has brought to an end the parliamentary career of Piers Merchant as the Tory MP for Beckenham. For the past two Sundays it has produced evidence which seems to prove
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Barrymore: I'd like to live in Ireland.. at least there I feel safe and welcome; GAY TV STAR'S AGONY OVER FUTURE, FAME AND FORTUNE.(News)
Sunday Mirror (London, England)
; Byline: NICOLA TALLANT DISGRACED comedian Michael Barrymore would love to escape to Ireland and set up home. Barrymore revealed he may build a house on his family's isolated Co Mayo farm, because he always feels safe there. He said his mother's family, who live in the remote Gaeltacht town of
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[0] Barrymore's pool of death; POLICE QUIZ STAR AS MAN DIES AFTER HOUSE PARTY.(News)
Sunday Mirror (London, England)
; Byline: KAREN ROCKETT, TIM LUCKETT, ANDY GARDNER and RUPERT HAMER THIS is the swimming pool in which a man in his 20s was found dying at Michael Barrymore's home early yesterday. Just hours earlier a very drunk Barrymore, 48, had left a nightclub with three young men and got into a taxi to continue
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