He was a comic legend in the North East, and people still have fond memories of the ‘Little Waster’ Bobby Thompson.
But which was your favourite of Bobby’s gags?
Take a look through these classics and see if yours is among them.
5. At the Sunderland Empire in 1981
"Gold medal for doing 10,000 metres? There's a bloke next door got two years for deeing two meters!" | JPIMedia Resell Photo: Sunderland Echo
6. Bobby Thompson at the Top Rank Bingo, 1983
'Have yer ever gone to bed and hidden your money? And woke up and forgotten where you've hidden it? "I hid seven shilling last Saturday night. Woke up at quarter past fower Sunday morning sweating like a bull. "She opens her eyes. 'What yer looking for?' "I said Epsom salts. She said: "Yer'll not need them when yer knaa wher yer money's gone!" | JPIMedia Resell Photo: Sunderland Echo
7. Bobby Thompson with fans in 1981.
"Bought a packet of Woodbines 38 years ago. Got three left! They greed them off yer!" | JPIMedia Resell Photo: Sunderland Echo
8. In the news in 1982
'She said 'kiss me mother under the mistletoe. I said 'Ah wadnt kiss her under chloroform." | JPIMedia Resell Photo: CRAIG LENG