GLASGOW'S own Boy McLean has died in a West Yorkshire nursing home,
aged 74.
Born Harry Bendon in Glasgow, he toured Scottish theatres under the
stage name of Boy McLean. He topped the bill at the Glasgow Empire
scores of times after the war and throughout the 1950s.
After moving south to Leeds he became a familiar figure on the
northern club circuit renowned for his fine tenor voice and accordion
playing.
Harry later busked for charity in Leeds, Manchester, and Liverpool,
and was seen regularly at northern racecourses. He attended Derby week
at Epsom and became almost as well known as ''I gotta horse'' Prince
Monolulu.
While in the nursing home in Bradford he entertained fellow patients
who, with help from a local newspaper, replaced his broken accordion.
He had fallen ill after the death of his wife.
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