Editing Bob Monkhouse (section)

== Posthumous advertisement ==
On 12 June 2007, Monkhouse posthumously appeared on British TV in an advertisement promoting awareness of [[prostate cancer]] for Male Cancer Awareness Week.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bob Monkhouse – give a few bob |publisher=Prostate Cancer Research Foundation |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxDmH3uj5wQ  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/WxDmH3uj5wQ| archive-date=11 December 2021 |url-status=live|date=13 June 2007}}{{cbignore}}</ref>  Using computer animation techniques and a [[sound-alike]] actor, Monkhouse was seen in a [[graveyard]] next to his own grave (though in reality he was [[cremated]]) talking about the disease seriously, interspersed with humorous asides to another camera ("What killed me kills one man per hour in Britain. That's even more than my wife's cooking."). He ended by saying, "As a comedian, I've died many deaths. Prostate cancer, I don't recommend. I'd have paid good money to stay out of here. What's it worth to you?" before walking away from his grave and disappearing.

The advertisement was made with the support of Monkhouse's estate and supported by poster campaigns, including award-winning panels displayed in [[London Underground]] trains.<ref>{{cite web 
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 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=CBS Outdoor announces The Communications Agency as "The Next Great Underground Writers" |publisher=[[Exterion Media|CBS Outdoor]] |url=http://www.cbsoutdoor.co.uk/en-gb/Discover-CBS-Outdoor/Press-Centre/CBS-Outdoor-announces-The-Communications-Agency-as-The-Next-Great-Underground-Writers/ |archive-date=24 March 2011 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20110324140730/http://www.cbsoutdoor.co.uk/en-gb/Discover-CBS-Outdoor/Press-Centre/CBS-Outdoor-announces-The-Communications-Agency-as-The-Next-Great-Underground-Writers/ |url-status=dead  }}</ref> Money raised went to the Prostate Cancer Research Foundation.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6743261.stm |title=Monkhouse to appear in cancer ads |access-date=31 August 2008 |work=BBC News |date=12 June 2007 }}</ref>