In 2019, he received the honour of being named "Oldie of the Year" at the annual awards promoted by The Oldie magazine. Blair found working on pantomime particularly lucrative and reported that he could earn £100,000 for a six-week run. Blair, and his incorrectly assumed homosexuality, was a recurring joke on the long-running BBC Radio 4 series I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue. The constant jibes upset his family and his children were bullied at school as a result. Personal life Blair married Susan Davis at Kensington Register Office on 21 March 1967, with Bernie Winters as best man. They had three children and three grandchildren and celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on 21 March 2017. The couple lived in Banstead, Surrey. On 21 September 2006, Blair and comedian Alan Carr helped save a man about to fall from a pier in Blackpool. The man was holding on by his fingers. Death Blair died on the morning of 4 November 2021, at the age of 92. Books References External links Blair chooses Sammy Davis Jr on BBC Radio 4's "Great Lives" Lionel Blair at BFI Blair's appearance with dog Lola on ITV1's "This Morning" show Lionel Blair obituary at The Guardian Lionel Blair, veteran dancer, actor and choreographer who became a television institution on Give Us a Clue – obituary at The Daily Telegraph 1928 births 2021 deaths Anglophone Quebec people Canadian emigrants to England English choreographers English Jews English male film actors English male television actors English people of Russian-Jewish descent English television presenters Male actors from Montreal Canadian people of Russian-Jewish descent Male actors from London Jewish actors Tap dancers