Comedian Stanley Unwin, famous for inventing his own gobbledygook language, died Saturday Jan 12 in Daventry, Northamptonshire, England. He was 90.
South Africa-born "Professor Unwin," as he was affectionately known, found fame in the 1940s and '50s on BBC radio with "Unwinese," a nonsense language he invented while telling bedtime stories to his children.
His fame grew as he moved into television, doing spots on variety shows.
Unwin also appeared in a number of films, including children's favorite "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" and as the landlord in "Carry on Regardless."
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