{"id":74804,"date":"2026-02-08T01:42:01","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T01:42:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/!projects\/!webs\/thebiography.org\/le-declin-tragique-de-benny-hill\/"},"modified":"2025-09-09T08:11:49","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T08:11:49","slug":"le-declin-tragique-de-benny-hill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebiography.org\/fr\/le-declin-tragique-de-benny-hill\/","title":{"rendered":"Le d\u00e9clin tragique de Benny Hill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Autrefois consid\u00e9r\u00e9 comme l&rsquo;un des humoristes les plus talentueux de tous les temps, Benny Hill est devenu sans conteste un incontournable de la t\u00e9l\u00e9vision pendant les trois d\u00e9cennies pendant lesquelles l&rsquo;incroyablement populaire \u00ab The Benny Hill Show \u00bb \u00e9tait diffus\u00e9. M\u00eame ceux qui ne connaissent pas son \u00e9mission reconnaissent facilement les notes du c\u00e9l\u00e8bre \u00ab Yakety Sax \u00bb que Benny a popularis\u00e9 pour son ton hilarant.<\/p>\n<p>De nos jours, c&rsquo;est une histoire diff\u00e9rente pour Benny, que le public britannique accuse de sexisme, de misogynie et d&rsquo;une attitude et d&rsquo;un contenu g\u00e9n\u00e9ralement obsc\u00e8nes que beaucoup jugent inacceptables.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_33603\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33603\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-33603\" src=\"https:\/\/thebiography.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/0_benny_hill_9007-Terry-o-Neill-getty-images.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"\/\/thebiography.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/0_benny_hill_9007-Terry-o-Neill-getty-images.webp 1200w, \/\/thebiography.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/0_benny_hill_9007-Terry-o-Neill-getty-images-300x225.webp 300w, \/\/thebiography.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/0_benny_hill_9007-Terry-o-Neill-getty-images-1024x768.webp 1024w, \/\/thebiography.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/0_benny_hill_9007-Terry-o-Neill-getty-images-175x131.webp 175w, \/\/thebiography.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/0_benny_hill_9007-Terry-o-Neill-getty-images-450x338.webp 450w, \/\/thebiography.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/0_benny_hill_9007-Terry-o-Neill-getty-images-1170x878.webp 1170w, \/\/thebiography.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/0_benny_hill_9007-Terry-o-Neill-getty-images-768x576.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-33603\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.hampshirelive.news\/incoming\/article4204630.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200b\/0_benny_hill_9007-Terry-o-Neill-getty-images.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Source de l&rsquo;image<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Critiquer Benny Hill pour ces raisons n&rsquo;est pas nouveau, car il a connu le m\u00eame traitement peu avant le d\u00e9clin de sa carri\u00e8re dans les ann\u00e9es 1980. Il est d\u00e9c\u00e9d\u00e9 seul et apr\u00e8s une longue retraite t\u00e9l\u00e9vis\u00e9e, mais comment le g\u00e9ant de la t\u00e9l\u00e9vision, autrefois consid\u00e9r\u00e9 comme un g\u00e9nie de la com\u00e9die, en est-il arriv\u00e9 \u00e0 une fin si triste?<\/p>\n<p>Restez avec nous pour comprendre en profondeur le d\u00e9clin tragique de Benny Hill, sa carri\u00e8re, ses succ\u00e8s et ses \u00e9checs personnels, ainsi que l&rsquo;h\u00e9ritage pour lequel il est souvent jug\u00e9.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_77 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 eztoc-toggle-hide-by-default' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/thebiography.org\/fr\/le-declin-tragique-de-benny-hill\/#Quest-ce_qui_a_rendu_%C2%AB_The_Benny_Hill_Show_%C2%BB_legendaire\" >Qu&rsquo;est-ce qui a rendu \u00ab The Benny Hill Show \u00bb l\u00e9gendaire?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/thebiography.org\/fr\/le-declin-tragique-de-benny-hill\/#Pourquoi_est-ce_que_ca_a_fini\" >Pourquoi est-ce que \u00e7a a fini?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/thebiography.org\/fr\/le-declin-tragique-de-benny-hill\/#Vie_personnelle\" >Vie personnelle<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/thebiography.org\/fr\/le-declin-tragique-de-benny-hill\/#La_mort\" >La mort<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/thebiography.org\/fr\/le-declin-tragique-de-benny-hill\/#Heritage_et_opinion_generale\" >H\u00e9ritage et opinion g\u00e9n\u00e9rale<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Quest-ce_qui_a_rendu_%C2%AB_The_Benny_Hill_Show_%C2%BB_legendaire\"><\/span>Qu&rsquo;est-ce qui a rendu \u00ab The Benny Hill Show \u00bb l\u00e9gendaire?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Entre les ann\u00e9es 1950 et 1980, des millions de Britanniques regardaient \u00ab The Benny Hill Show \u00bb chaque semaine. Le succ\u00e8s de l&rsquo;\u00e9mission n&rsquo;est cependant pas surprenant, car les sketches et les parodies de Benny \u00e9taient tr\u00e8s divertissants et s&rsquo;int\u00e9graient parfaitement dans une \u00e9poque o\u00f9 la t\u00e9l\u00e9vision \u00e9tait bien plus simple et moins r\u00e9pandue qu&rsquo;aujourd&rsquo;hui.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-8220363953005131\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- TheBiography.org res1 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8220363953005131\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3620885119\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<amp-ad layout=\"fixed-height\" height=300 type=\"adsense\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8220363953005131\" data-ad-slot=\"3620885119\"><\/amp-ad>\r\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Benny Hill Show\u201d a connu un succ\u00e8s qui a largement d\u00e9pass\u00e9 les fronti\u00e8res du Royaume-Uni, sa diffusion en syndication aux \u00c9tats-Unis devenant si populaire qu\u2019elle a m\u00eame continu\u00e9 pendant quelques ann\u00e9es apr\u00e8s l\u2019annulation de l\u2019\u00e9mission originale. Bien que Benny soit apparu dans plusieurs films et quelques autres \u00e9missions de t\u00e9l\u00e9vision tout au long de sa carri\u00e8re, il doit sa popularit\u00e9 \u00e0 \u00ab The Benny Hill Show \u00bb, qui lui a permis d\u2019explorer diff\u00e9rents styles comiques et de jouer une grande vari\u00e9t\u00e9 de personnages qui sont devenus des classiques, m\u00eame s\u2019il n\u2019a vraiment donn\u00e9 libre cours \u00e0 sa cr\u00e9ativit\u00e9 que lorsque l\u2019\u00e9mission a quitt\u00e9 la BBC d\u2019antan pour rejoindre la Thames Television, plus ouverte d\u2019esprit, \u00e0 la fin des ann\u00e9es 1960.<\/p>\n<p>Un \u00e9l\u00e9ment constant de l&rsquo;humour de Benny \u00e9tait la pr\u00e9sence de jeunes femmes l\u00e9g\u00e8rement v\u00eatues que ses personnages poursuivaient sans succ\u00e8s. Les blagues sur le fait de jeter un coup d&rsquo;\u0153il sous les jupes des femmes ou de toucher leurs corps \u00e9taient courantes dans la com\u00e9die de Benny, au point qu&rsquo;une troupe de femmes aguicheuses appel\u00e9e \u00ab Hill&rsquo;s Angels \u00bb est devenue une caract\u00e9ristique de l&rsquo;\u00e9mission dans les ann\u00e9es 1980.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Pourquoi_est-ce_que_ca_a_fini\"><\/span>Pourquoi est-ce que \u00e7a a fini?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Voir des hommes courir apr\u00e8s de jolies femmes n&rsquo;\u00e9tait peut-\u00eatre pas rare dans l&rsquo;\u00e9mission de Benny, mais cela ne veut pas dire que ce genre de sketchs n&rsquo;\u00e9tait pas critiqu\u00e9. L&rsquo;un des premiers \u00e0 exprimer ses pr\u00e9occupations \u00e0 ce sujet fut Ben Elton, un humoriste britannique qui avait affirm\u00e9 \u00e0 la t\u00e9l\u00e9vision que les femmes au Royaume-Uni ne pouvaient plus \u00ab marcher en s\u00e9curit\u00e9 dans un parc \u00bb, tout en imputant la responsabilit\u00e9 \u00e0 l&rsquo;\u00e9mission de Benny.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/watch\/?v=415449973563087<\/p>\n<p>Bien que les affirmations d&rsquo;Elton aient \u00e9t\u00e9 rejet\u00e9es et ridiculis\u00e9es par <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gq-magazine.co.uk\/article\/benny-hill-sex-controversy-and-legacy\" target=\"_blank\">GQ Magazine<\/a> et d&rsquo;autres m\u00e9dias populaires, le temps a prouv\u00e9 qu&rsquo;il n&rsquo;\u00e9tait pas seul dans ses pr\u00e9occupations. Lorsque \u00ab The Benny Hill Show \u00bb a \u00e9t\u00e9 annul\u00e9e en 1989, un cadre et producteur de Thames Television nomm\u00e9 <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/local\/obituaries\/john-howard-davies-british-comedy-producer-and-former-child-actor-dies-at-72\/2011\/08\/23\/gIQAUJliZJ_story.html\" target=\"_blank\">John Howard Davies<\/a> a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 que non seulement l&rsquo;\u00e9mission co\u00fbtait trop cher \u00e0 la cha\u00eene, mais aussi que les faibles audiences confirmaient qu&rsquo;elle avait d\u00e9pass\u00e9 son apog\u00e9e. Il a \u00e9galement affirm\u00e9 que Benny avait l&rsquo;air fatigu\u00e9, et, \u00e0 la grande perplexit\u00e9 des fans de longue date de l&rsquo;\u00e9mission, que \u00ab le fait de lorgner sur une jolie fille \u00bb \u00e9tait devenu moins divertissant \u00e0 regarder alors que le com\u00e9dien approchait de ses 60 ans, comme rappel\u00e9 dans <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hampshirelive.news\/whats-on\/benny-hill-remembering-legendary-southampton-6876575\" target=\"_blank\">l&rsquo;histoire de Southampton<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Qu&rsquo;il appartienne \u00e0 chacun de juger si le licenciement de Benny \u00e9tait justifi\u00e9 ou non, il n&rsquo;est pas difficile de voir que l&rsquo;inconfort face \u00e0 l&rsquo;all\u00e9gation de misogynie de Benny et \u00e0 son humour en g\u00e9n\u00e9ral n&rsquo;est pas nouveau.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Vie_personnelle\"><\/span>Vie personnelle<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Benny Hill \u00e9tait un com\u00e9dien talentueux dont les pitreries idiotes sont devenues le point central de son \u0153uvre. Cependant, le c\u00f4t\u00e9 personnel de l&rsquo;histoire de Benny est assez myst\u00e9rieux, et \u00e0 l&rsquo;origine de rumeurs qui n&rsquo;ont pas \u00e9t\u00e9 compl\u00e8tement \u00e9cart\u00e9es ou \u00e9claircies depuis des d\u00e9cennies.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-8220363953005131\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- TheBiography.org res2 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8220363953005131\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8502510853\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<amp-ad layout=\"fixed-height\" height=300 type=\"adsense\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8220363953005131\" data-ad-slot=\"8502510853\"><\/amp-ad>\r\n<\/p>\n<p>La jeunesse de Benny s&rsquo;est d\u00e9roul\u00e9e dans la frugalit\u00e9 en raison de ses parents, et ces habitudes n&rsquo;ont pas chang\u00e9 m\u00eame lorsqu&rsquo;il a acquis la gloire et la fortune gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 ses \u0153uvres plus tard dans sa vie, au grand plaisir des tablo\u00efds qui le d\u00e9peignaient comme quelqu&rsquo;un de radin, capable de fixer les bo\u00eetes de conserve pendant des minutes au supermarch\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p>Par-dessus tout, Benny ne s&rsquo;est jamais mari\u00e9 ni eu d&rsquo;enfants, ce qui a, sans surprise, suscit\u00e9 des sp\u00e9culations incessantes sur sa vie amoureuse et sexuelle. Comme le d\u00e9crivait un jour le <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20170511033800\/http:\/sabotagetimes.com\/tv-film\/the-truth-about-benny-hill\" target=\"_blank\">Sabotage Times<\/a>, le \u00ab mythe de Benny est complexe \u00bb, fait de rumeurs de deux natures extr\u00eames. Certains croyaient qu&rsquo;il \u00e9tait homosexuel, tandis que d&rsquo;autres \u00e9taient convaincus qu&rsquo;il n&rsquo;\u00e9tait pas tr\u00e8s dou\u00e9 avec les femmes, malgr\u00e9 son statut de star de t\u00e9l\u00e9vision.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"The Scene That Took the Benny Hill Show off the Air for Good\" width=\"770\" height=\"433\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Hs7c8zZqXQY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Ces derni\u00e8res rumeurs sont cependant bien plus fortes que les premi\u00e8res. Comme le note l&rsquo;\u00e9crivain Barry Took dans la biographie de Benny, \u00ab Star Turns \u00bb, publi\u00e9e en 1992, les voyages de Benny dans d&rsquo;autres pays \u00e0 la recherche de \u00ab jeunes femmes locales \u00bb na\u00efves n&rsquo;\u00e9taient pas inconnus. Le producteur et ami proche de Benny, Dennis Kirkland, a \u00e9galement affirm\u00e9 que le com\u00e9dien n&rsquo;avait pas de relations s\u00e9rieuses durables et que les femmes se d\u00e9sint\u00e9ressaient souvent de lui.<\/p>\n<p>N\u00e9anmoins, Benny \u00e9tait \u00e9galement connu pour sa \u00ab nature douce \u00bb et, ind\u00e9pendamment de sa vie amoureuse, avait des amiti\u00e9s durables, et pr\u00e9f\u00e9rait une vie frugale, ce qui \u00e9tait rare compte tenu du niveau de gloire et de fortune qu&rsquo;il avait amass\u00e9s tout au long de sa carri\u00e8re, comme d\u00e9crit dans <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/books\/2002\/apr\/21\/biography.features\" target=\"_blank\">sa vie frugale<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"La_mort\"><\/span>La mort<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Avant sa mort, Benny Hill a connu une s\u00e9rie de revers, tant sur le plan de la sant\u00e9 que de sa carri\u00e8re. Apr\u00e8s son renvoi de Thames Television, Benny a fait une pause \u00e0 la t\u00e9l\u00e9vision jusqu&rsquo;en 1991, date \u00e0 laquelle des projets de tournage de plusieurs \u00e9pisodes pour sa <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0200476\/\" target=\"_blank\">Benny Hill&rsquo;s World Tour<\/a> ont \u00e9t\u00e9 \u00e9tablis, mais en fin de compte, seule une sp\u00e9ciale new-yorkaise a \u00e9t\u00e9 film\u00e9e et diffus\u00e9e.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15px;\">[nom de sc\u00e8ne=\u00a0\u00bbres3&Prime;]<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Bien que la popularit\u00e9 de <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.britishclassiccomedy.co.uk\/benny-hill-1924-1992\" target=\"_blank\">Benny<\/a> ne se soit pas estomp\u00e9e et que \u00ab The Benny Hill Show \u00bb ait continu\u00e9 \u00e0 \u00eatre diffus\u00e9 aux \u00c9tats-Unis jusqu&rsquo;en 1991, Thames Television avait cess\u00e9 de rediffuser son \u00e9mission au Royaume-Uni. \u00c0 un certain moment, la cha\u00eene a remis l&rsquo;\u00e9mission \u00e0 l&rsquo;antenne apr\u00e8s avoir re\u00e7u un grand nombre de p\u00e9titions, et a propos\u00e9 un nouveau spectacle \u00e0 Benny, qui les aurait refus\u00e9s ainsi que ceux de Carlton Television.<\/p>\n<p>Au d\u00e9but de 1992, la sant\u00e9 de Benny d\u00e9clinait. Il a subi une crise cardiaque et on lui a diagnostiqu\u00e9 une insuffisance r\u00e9nale, mais il a refus\u00e9 tout traitement et toute intervention chirurgicale pour ces deux affections. \u00c0 peu pr\u00e8s au m\u00eame moment, il \u00e9tait en train de n\u00e9gocier la cr\u00e9ation d&rsquo;\u00e9missions sp\u00e9ciales pour Central Independent Television, mais il est d\u00e9c\u00e9d\u00e9 le 18 avril de cette ann\u00e9e-l\u00e0, le jour m\u00eame o\u00f9 son nouveau contrat est arriv\u00e9 \u00e0 sa r\u00e9sidence isol\u00e9e \u00e0 Teddington.<\/p>\n<p>Alfred Hawthorne \u2018Benny\u2019 Hill est d\u00e9c\u00e9d\u00e9 d&rsquo;une thrombose coronarienne \u00e0 l&rsquo;\u00e2ge de 68 ans, bien que son corps n&rsquo;ait \u00e9t\u00e9 d\u00e9couvert que deux jours plus tard, il \u00e9tait connu pour ses <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/showbiz\/tv-radio\/1857940\/Benny-Hill-BBC-comedy-death\" target=\"_blank\">Benny Hill<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' 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height=\"150\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB2aWV3Qm94PScwIDAgMTUwIDE1MCcgeG1sbnM9J2h0dHA6Ly93d3cudzMub3JnLzIwMDAvc3ZnJz48L3N2Zz4=\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail lazyload\" alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/thebiography.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/benny_hill_show_1957-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Heritage_et_opinion_generale\"><\/span>H\u00e9ritage et opinion g\u00e9n\u00e9rale<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>L&rsquo;histoire de la vie de Benny Hill \u00e9tait celle de quelqu&rsquo;un qui a connu un grand succ\u00e8s, mais aussi de quelqu&rsquo;un qui a travers\u00e9 plusieurs \u00e9checs professionnels et personnels tout au long de sa vie.<\/p>\n<p>Bien qu&rsquo;il ne soit pas difficile de trouver des opinions n\u00e9gatives sur <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/showbiz\/tv-radio\/1525518\/Benny-Hill-sexist-sitcom-return-Debbie-Arnold-GMB-row\" target=\"_blank\">Benny<\/a>, beaucoup se souviennent \u00e9galement de lui avec suffisamment de tendresse pour demander des rediffusions de ses \u00e9missions, acheter ses <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/uk\/507369\/Benny-Hill-Props-Memorabilia-Glasses-Sale\" target=\"_blank\">lunettes<\/a> d&rsquo;occasion pour des centaines de dollars et cr\u00e9er des pi\u00e8ces de th\u00e9\u00e2tre explorant sa vie \u00e0 l&rsquo;int\u00e9rieur et \u00e0 l&rsquo;ext\u00e9rieur de son \u00e9mission c\u00e9l\u00e8bre. Des c\u00e9l\u00e9brit\u00e9s telles que <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/showbiz\/tv-radio\/1857940\/Benny-Hill-BBC-comedy-death\" target=\"_blank\">Burt Reynolds<\/a> et Snoop Dogg ont \u00e9galement exprim\u00e9 leur admiration pour l&rsquo;\u0153uvre de Benny, il est donc exag\u00e9r\u00e9 de dire que son h\u00e9ritage a \u00e9t\u00e9 oubli\u00e9, mais des \u00e9v\u00e9nements comme <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.visitthemalverns.org\/event\/whats-wrong-with-benny-hill\/\" target=\"_blank\">des<\/a> festivals en son honneur ou des articles d\u00e9non\u00e7ant ses fautes comme <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chortle.co.uk\/punching-ups\/2024\/07\/24\/56135\/benny_hill_was_a_bad_motherfucker\" target=\"_blank\">son comportement<\/a> prouvent que son h\u00e9ritage est toujours d&rsquo;actualit\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p>M\u00eame si l&rsquo;annulation de son \u00e9mission et son d\u00e9c\u00e8s solitaire qui s&rsquo;en est suivi ont mis un terme amer \u00e0 son histoire, Benny ne peut pas \u00eatre simplement consid\u00e9r\u00e9 comme un com\u00e9dien oubli\u00e9 dont l&rsquo;\u00e9mission est devenue d\u00e9pass\u00e9e \u2013 aucune de ces affirmations n&rsquo;est exacte.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Autrefois consid\u00e9r\u00e9 comme l&rsquo;un des humoristes les plus talentueux de tous les temps, Benny Hill est devenu sans conteste un incontournable de la t\u00e9l\u00e9vision pendant les trois d\u00e9cennies pendant lesquelles l&rsquo;incroyablement populaire \u00ab The Benny Hill Show \u00bb \u00e9tait diffus\u00e9. M\u00eame ceux qui ne connaissent pas son \u00e9mission reconnaissent facilement les notes du c\u00e9l\u00e8bre \u00ab<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33602,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"amp_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6604],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-74804","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-listes"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Le d\u00e9clin tragique de Benny Hill<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/thebiography.org\/fr\/le-declin-tragique-de-benny-hill\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Le d\u00e9clin tragique de Benny Hill\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Autrefois consid\u00e9r\u00e9 comme l&rsquo;un des humoristes les plus talentueux de tous les temps, Benny Hill est devenu sans conteste un incontournable de la t\u00e9l\u00e9vision pendant les trois d\u00e9cennies pendant lesquelles l&rsquo;incroyablement populaire \u00ab The Benny Hill Show \u00bb \u00e9tait diffus\u00e9. 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