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Original Title: TIL Tommy Cooper was a Welsh magician/comedian whose shtick was “a clumsy magician messes up his tricks”. He had a massive heart attack, collapsed and died on stage during a live broadcast, in front of 12 million viewers, with studio audience laughing at what they thought was just one of his acts.