Biografía

He had three children, Julie Dawson, Pamela Dawson and Stuart Dawson, with his first wife Meg Dawson.

He had a daughter, Charlotte Dawson, with his second wife Tracy Dawson.

Comedian, well-known for his mother-in-law jokes, bad piano playing, and housewife character.

When he was not working Dawson would often smoke 50 cigarettes a day, and drink a bottle of whisky every night.

He suffered a serious heart attack in 1988, but refused to quit smoking.

The mother-in-law had an accident at work. A hot rivet dropped down her drawers and she fell off the oil rig.

The mother-in-law came round last week. It was absolutely pouring down. So I opened the door and I saw her there and I said, 'Mother, don't just stand there in the rain. Go home.'

I saw six men kicking and punching the mother-in-law. My neighbour said 'Are you going to help?' I said 'No, six should be enough.'

In awe, I watched the waxing moon ride across the zenith of the heavens like an ambered chariot towards the ebony void of infinite space wherein the tethered belts of Jupiter and Mars hang, for ever festooned in their orbital majesty. And as I looked at all this I thought... I must put a roof on this toilet.

The mother-in-law is the centre of a family.