On this day, 33 years ago, on April 27, 1992 (March 25, 1992 in the lunar calendar), Hill and Howard, veterans of the British comedy world, passed away. Benny Hill On April 27, 1992, Benny Hill and Frankie Howard both passed away, and the British comedy industry lost two "veteran politicians." Hill's comedies are always those with intense actions and laughter, and they are more popular in the United States than in the United Kingdom in the later years of his acting career. While Howard's jokes may seem similar on the surface, his reputation in the UK is more enduring. Howard was active in movies, radio dramas and theater, and his performance in the burlesque television series "On Top of Pompeii" in the mid-1970s enabled him to maintain his reputation as perhaps the most famous master of funnies. Frankie Howard