Deby explained: "I was diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma in November 2018, and we follow an account called Cookie Crew which is based in London. Cookie's dad, who runs the account, posted he had Hodgkin lymphoma, so I messaged him to ask about his experience. Mr Norman said of Moore's degenerative brain condition: "I think he kept it hidden, certainly from the public and from people who knew him, people in the media and the business, for quite some time - but there came a point where it just couldn't be hidden any longer." Moore's movie career began in the 1960s with roles in comedies such as Bedazzled and Monte Carlo Or Bust.

Here are Ray Rayner and Cuddly Dudley on the TV show, Ray Rayner and Friends on WGN-TV Channel 9 in Chicago.Just down the road from Beverly Hills are the beaches of Santa Monica, where the sun always seems to shine. The beach promenades are full of people on rollerblades. All of them are tall and nobody adorns their well-toned muscles with much in the way of clothes. Everywhere you turn there are examples of physical perfection. It's not much like Dagenham, where Dudley Moore was born. It's a place that could turn an Essex boy's head, especially when that head is always turned upwards, craning for approval.

Deby and her husband Steve are the proud parents of 'little superstar' Dudley - as well as golden retriever Beau and Tibetan terriers Paddy and Somba, as well as tortoise Eddie. Deby and her husband Steve have had Dudley since he was just 12 weeks old. Deby had always wanted a pug, and when she finally got Dudley, her pup family was complete. Moore was an all-round entertainer, Mr Norman said, but the actor and comedian was probably disappointed later in life that he had not quite matched his potential. In 2000 Jez created Hug - a powerful and touching book of only three words about a baby chimpanzee called Bobo who loses his Mom. Oprah Winfrey raved about it on her show when she chose it for her recommended reading list while Richard Curtis (the writer and director of Four Weddings and a Funeral) selected it as one of his ‘Best Books’, calling it ‘classic family drama which holds up well next to Jez’s other masterpieces.’ Bobo went on to star in thee more classics; Tall ( which along with Hug won the Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Book Award) Yes and Play. The series has sold almost 3 million copies. On at least one occasion in the chamber at the Town Hall, Mead has been forced to make a public apology for comments he has made about a fellow councillor.Of course, it was “Cuddly Dudley” Mead who seemed very keen to appear on television and in national newspapers last year to announce his “initiative” that the borough was going to “export” its homeless “oop north”, where it was cheaper and therefore cost our council less.

According to film critic Barry Norman, it was the ability to make women laugh that made him so attractive.

Cuddly Dudley by Jez Alborough

Mead has been a Croydon councillor since 1980. So together with his wife, Margaret, who is also a senior councillor, Mead has been collecting expenses incurred in the course of his “civic service” for five decades now. As Rayner began the segment he would sing the following song. Music by Arthur Pryor. Lyrics by an unknown source. In 2010, together with his Conservative colleagues on the council, Mead voted through an increase in the council “allowances” (that’s “pay” in common English) that he is due to receive.

Moore's big break came in the film 10, in a part he won after meeting director Blake Edwards at a group therapy session. 10 was a fantasy movie for wimps and Moore was typecast. His progression of wives since sometimes seems like unfilmed sequels of 10. Throughout the Eighties Moore was seen in more good restaurants than movies, always with a beautiful woman. He bought the trappings of success even though he was still only on the B-list of bankable actors.

When he went public with his illness he joked that he contracted the disease, which afflicts one in 100,000 people, as a favour to the other 99,999 members of the Screen Actors' Guild. Deby explained: "We have three other dogs, Paddy, Somba and Beau, and Dudley loves playing with his brothers. In 2010, David Cameron, the leader of the Conservative party, called on all local councillors to cut their allowances. A spokesperson for thortful.com said: "We are thrilled to announce that Cuddly Dudley has been crowned King of the Canines and want to thank all the dogs - and their owners - for taking part as the competition was fierce!"