' S ▁Show ", ▁featuring ▁" 2 0 ▁Star ▁Vari ety ▁Art istes , ▁Military ▁Band , ▁and ▁Dan cing ." ▁ ▁His ▁name ▁was ▁clearly ▁a ▁strong ▁s elling ▁point ▁more ▁than ▁three ▁dec ades ▁after ▁his ▁death . ▁ ▁Com ed ian ▁Joe ▁G ing ▁re created ▁Billy ▁Pur vis ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 0 s ▁and ▁the ▁cost ume ▁is ▁now ▁held ▁by ▁the ▁Ty ne ▁& ▁W ear ▁Museum ▁Service . ▁ ▁Since ▁ 2 0 0 9 , ▁Billy ▁Pur vis ▁has ▁been ▁re - en act ed ▁at ▁car n iv als ▁and ▁f etes , ▁including ▁H ought on ▁Fe ast ▁in ▁H ought on - le - Spring , ▁by ▁local ▁historian ▁Paul ▁Lan agan . ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁Category : B rit ish ▁singer - song writ ers ▁Category : Pe ople ▁from ▁New castle ▁upon ▁Ty ne ▁Category : 1 7 8 4 ▁birth s ▁Category : 1 8 5 3 ▁death s ▁Category : N orth umb rian ▁music ▁Category : Pe ople ▁from ▁Mid l oth ian <0x0A> </s> ▁Alfred ▁" Al " ▁Williams ▁( F ebru ary ▁ 1 4 , ▁ 1 9 4 8 ▁– ▁July ▁ 2 , ▁ 2 0 0 7 ) ▁was ▁an ▁American ▁basketball ▁player . ▁ ▁A ▁ 6 ' 6 " ▁forward ▁from ▁Pe oria , ▁Illinois , ▁Williams ▁played ▁at ▁Dra ke ▁University ▁from ▁ 1 9 6 7 ▁to ▁ 1 9 7 0 . ▁He ▁was