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Humour amid tragedy at Changi Prison (1992)

January 15, 2013

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Slim De Grey, Syd Heylen, Lucky Grilles (2)

Slim De Grey brought smiles when life was a struggle
On With the Show's
Flashback to Variety Today 1992

By VALERIE JONES

IT'S hard to believe there could possibly have been a `funny side' to life as an inmate of Singapore's notorious Changi Prison under Japanese rule during World War II. But an Australian entertainer who was there at the time is about to assure the world there was.

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`Cookie’ in hot seat at celebrity roast (1996)

December 4, 2012

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Industry salutes Syd Heylen
Variety Today 1996

By Shirley Broun

WHEN the devil (alias Slim De Grey) arrived to host Syd Heylen's Celebrity Roast at Dracula's on the Queensland Gold Coast recently, guests knew they were in for a `hot' time. But not near as warm as the man in the `hot seat', the much loved A Country Practice favourite, Syd `Cookie' Heylen.

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