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Comedian Barrymore to make TV comebackLONDON (Reuters) - Troubled television comedian Michael Barrymore will return to British TV screens in February for the first time since a drowning death at his home shattered his personal life, an ITV spokeswoman said Thursday.
Barrymore, who was treated at a rehabilitation clinic in Arizona last year following the man's death in his swimming pool, will star in a new quiz program, ``My Kind of Music,'' beginning Feb. 10, the spokeswoman told Reuters. ``From Jennifer Lopez to Jerry Lee Lewis, Atomic Kitten to Al Green, every genre of popular music will be covered in the hunt for Britain's most knowledgeable music buffs,'' was how ITV described the new program in a statement. Comedian Barrymore, 49, fled to the Arizona clinic last summer after police questioned and then released him on bail following the death of Stewart Lubbock at a late night party at his Essex mansion in March. Two other men were arrested by police investigating the death of Lubbock, 31, a butchery worker Barrymore met in a local nightclub. Barrymore, a versatile comic, has starred in several highly popular television series including ``My Kind of People'' and ``Strike it Lucky.'' He has won numerous television awards, but tabloids pounced after he admitted his homosexuality in a 1995 interview. Barrymore later divorced his wife and then ``married'' a man in Hawaii in 1999. REUTERS |
