Wednesday 17 October 2007

Fire-eating at ninety


He was the world's oldest stuntman; probably the oddest Old Shirburnian; and quite possibly - in the teeth of fierce competition - the weirdest inhabitant of Brighton. The Great Omani has died aged 92, and we are all diminished.

The Telegraph catches the flavour; the local rag adds more detail; and an eye-witness account of his farewell performance is here.

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