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=== Recognition === A flat in the Osnaburgh Street block in which Williams lived from 1972 until his death was bought by Rob Brydon and [[Julia Davis]] for the writing of their comedy series ''[[Human Remains (TV series)|Human Remains]]''. The building was demolished in 2007.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kenneth Williams lived here|url=http://www.shadyoldlady.com/location.php?loc=831|date=3 March 2010|access-date=3 March 2010|work=Shady Old Lady's Guide to London}}</ref> Williams is commemorated by a [[blue plaque]] at the address of his father's barber shop, 57 Marchmont Street, London, where he lived from 1935 to 1956. The plaque was unveiled on 11 October 2009 by [[Leslie Phillips]], [[Bill Pertwee]] and [[Nicholas Parsons]], with whom Williams performed.<ref name=bbc_plaque>{{cite news|title=Plaque for Carry On star Williams|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8301366.stm|date=11 October 2009|access-date=11 October 2009|work=BBC News}}</ref> On 22 February 2014, on what would have been Williams' 88th birthday, an [[English Heritage]] blue plaque was unveiled at Farley Court off [[Marylebone Road]], where Williams lived between 1963 and 1970. Speaking at the ceremony, his ''Carry On'' co-star Barbara Windsor said: "Kenny was a one-off, a true original".<ref>{{cite news|title=Carry On star Kenneth Williams granted blue plaque|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-26298125|work=BBC News|publisher=BBC News London|access-date=22 February 2014|date=22 February 2014}}</ref><ref name="EngHet">{{cite web|url=http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/discover/blue-plaques/search/williams-kenneth-1926-1988|title=WILLIAMS, KENNETH (1926β1988)|publisher=English Heritage| access-date=4 May 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140504211824/https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/discover/blue-plaques/search/williams-kenneth-1926-1988 |archive-date= 4 May 2014}}</ref>
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