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Fury in Benny Hill Close

Homeowners in a posh new street are furious after councillors named it in honour of Benny Hill.

They called the comic, who died in 1992 at the age of 68, a ``smutty, sexist idiot''.

And they are angry that their £150,000 homes in Eastleigh, Hampshire, will forever bear the address Benny Hill Close.

Hill grew up in the town, and councillors decided this was the best way to remember him.

Published: 4 Oct 2003

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