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Bird was born in Barnsley and played club cricket with legendary England batter Sir Geoffrey Boycott and journalist and TV host Sir Michael Parkinson, with whom he remained close friends.

"Every time I go out with my friends I am checking over my shoulder," the victim said in a statement.

“It was like we had some friends at last,” he jokes.

“My friends text me about ‘The Day of the Dolphin’ — they don’t text me about all these other great films.

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