Editing Barry Cryer (section)

==Personal life and death==
Cryer married Theresa Donovan, a singer and dancer known as Terry, in 1962.<ref name="Gershon">{{cite magazine |last=Gershon|first= Eddie|title= Comedian Barry Cryer honoured at his local|magazine= Wetherspoon News|publication-date= Winter 2022–2023|publisher= [[Wetherspoons|J D Wetherspoon PLC]]|page= 27}}</ref> Interviewed by ''[[Country Life (magazine)|Country Life]]'' in 2021 Cryer attributed his success to his wife. In his early days as a stand-up comedian, he had been badly afflicted by [[eczema]]. After encountering Theresa in a nightclub in [[Piccadilly]], his health improved;  "I was only in hospital once more after meeting her."<ref name="country"/> They had four children, seven grandchildren and, at the time of Cryer's death, one great-grandchild.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Watkins |first1=Jack |url=https://www.readersdigest.co.uk/culture/celebrities/i-remember-barry-cryer |title=I remember: Barry Cryer |journal=Reader's Digest www.readersdigest.co.uk |date=16 August 2018 |access-date=29 January 2022 }}</ref>

Cryer was appointed Officer of the [[Order of the British Empire]] in the [[2001 Birthday Honours]] for services to comedy drama.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=56237 |date=16 June 2001 |page=10 |supp=y}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/1390303.stm|title=Barry Cryer: King of Comedy|work=BBC News|date=15 June 2001|access-date=2 April 2008}}</ref> In July 2013 [[Leeds Beckett University|Leeds Metropolitan University]] made him an honorary Doctor of Arts.<ref>{{cite web |title=Barry Cryer awarded honorary degree |publisher= [[Leeds Beckett University]] |url=https://www.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/news/barry-cryer-awarded-honorary-degree/ |website=Leedsbeckett.ac.uk|access-date=27 January 2022 |date=24 July 2013}}</ref> In July 2017 he received an honorary Doctorate of Letters from the [[University of Leeds]].<ref name="guardian" /> He was a member of the entertainment charity the [[Grand Order of Water Rats]].<ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/news/godfather-of-laughter-tributes-flood-in-after-death-of-comedy-genius-cryer-41286096.html | title= Godfather of laughter... tributes flood in after death of comedy genius Cryer | work=Belfast Telegraph | first=Ralph | last=Hewitt | date=28 January 2022 | access-date=29 January 2022}}</ref> In the 1980s he was a supporter of the [[Social Democratic Party (UK)|Social Democratic Party]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2024/feb/03/33-pictures-that-defined-british-politicians |title='People said it did in his career': 33 pictures that defined British politicians |work=The Guardian |date=3 Feb 2024 |access-date=2024-02-04}}</ref>

Cryer was often mistakenly identified as Jewish.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thejc.com/news/funny-how-he-wasnt-jewish-farewell-to-beloved-barry-cryer-gklyu35w|title=Funny how he wasn’t Jewish... farewell to beloved Barry Cryer|website=The Jewish Chronicle|author=Frot, Mathilde|date=3 February 2022|access-date=23 March 2025}}</ref>

Cryer died at [[Northwick Park Hospital]] in [[Harrow, London|Harrow]] on 25 January 2022, aged 86.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/barry-cryer-dies-comedy-legend-b979065.html|title=Comedy legend Barry Cryer dies, aged 86|first=Bill|last=McLoughlin|date=27 January 2022|website=Standard.co.uk|access-date=27 January 2022}}</ref><ref name="guardian">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2022/jan/27/barry-cryer-obituary|title=Barry Cryer obituary|first=Stephen|last=Dixon|date=27 January 2022|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref><ref name="BBC-obit"/><ref name="Variety">{{cite news |url=https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/barry-cryer-dead-dies-comedian-1235164903/ |title=Barry Cryer, Comedian and 'Morecambe and Wise' Writer, Dies at 86 |first1=K.&nbsp;J. |last1=Yossman |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=27 January 2022 |access-date=28 January 2022}}</ref> A memorial event was held at the Moon and Sixpence pub in [[Hatch End]], where Cryer was a regular customer, to raise funds for [[Macmillan Cancer Support|Macmillan Nurses]] and the [[Royal Variety Charity]].<ref name="Gershon" /> At the event, a memorial mural of Cryer was unveiled by his widow, containing photos of Cryer and some of his famous jokes.<ref name="Gershon" />