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Comedian Norman Collier, best known for his faulty microphone act, has died at the age of 87, his daughter confirmed. Collier, who had Parkinson’s disease and was living in a nursing home near his hometown of Hull, died on Thursday. A contemporary of Little and Large, with whom he often worked, he rose to fame on the club circuit, getting his big break on the Royal Variety Show. “It’s kept me in...