Comedy legend Freddie Starr was given a fitting farewell on home turf after a generous stranger came forward to foot the bill. The beloved entertainer, who had hit TV shows both on the BBC and ITV , was reportedly 'penniless' when he died on this day in 2019 (9 May) despite amassing considerable wealth during his golden era in the 1970s and 80s. At the time of his death at 76, he was living in a modest one-bedroom flat on Spain's Costa del Sol and reportedly on the verge of being made homeless .