Former stage star was married to the comedian fo 50 years

Ronnie Corbett’s widow, Anne Hart, has died at the age of 90.

A former West End musical star, she was married to the comedian for 50 years, died  ‘peacefully, surrounded by her family’ in the early hours of Sunday at the family home in East Lothian.

Her younger daughter, actress Sophie Corbett, posted on Facebook: ‘We lost my darling Mum at one o’clock in the morning.

‘She was an amazing woman, and my sister Emma and I, and all four of her grandchildren, Tom, Tilly, Dylan, and Billy, will love and miss her forever.

‘We will be bringing her home to Abingdon, near Croydon, which is where the family lived when my dad was alive.’

Hart was a stage star who had appeared with Bud Flanagan and Chesney Allen’s comedy troupe The Crazy Gang when she met Corbett  while working in the late-night revues at Danny La Rue’s London nightclub in the 1950s.

Corbett died aged 85 in 2016, having been diagnosed with a suspected form of motor neurone disease.

Here they are appearing together on the 1970s variety show Seaside Special.

Published: 7 Nov 2023