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Privacy NoticeOne of the most talented children’s entertainers of his time has died after a career that saw him appear on a string of BBC hits and work on creating spectacles for The Walt Disney Company. Steve Lee died peacefully aged 73 at Brighton General Hospital earlier this month having fought an acute bout of pneumonia after an extraordinary life that saw him travel the world. He co-founded The Puppeteers’ Company, which he set up with Peter Franklin in the 80s, having met working at the Da Silva Puppet Company, the star’s local paper The Argus reports. They went on to appear on a series of BBC shows drawing millions of views, including the Paul Daniels Boxing Day special and Stilgoes On, a children’s TV series about hobbies.
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Southampton-born Steve was later commissioned by The Walt Disney Company to write scripts for two primetime Disney Time specials that were broadcast at home in the UK and Europe. As well as their TV work he and Peter performed marionette cabaret on cruise liners across the world as well as appearing at arts festivals in Europe, Japan and Hong Kong. They were also behind a notable performance of Oscar Wilde’s The Happy Prince in 1986, where they put on a performance with ten puppets between them. The Puppeteers’ Company put on its final show in 2012 and Peter is reported to have died shortly after. Steve – who decided to become a puppeteer after visiting he International Puppet Festival in Colwyn Bay as a young man – leaves behind his partner Gril Mulluish, sister Barbara and niece Kerry. Sign up to OK!’s daily newsletter to get updates sent to your inbox for freeStory SavedYou can find this story in My Bookmarks.Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right.Follow OK! MagazineFacebookTwitterCommentMore OnDisneyPaul Daniels
