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The odd bit of tissue, protected by bone, may have survived though.

"I felt that in my bones," she remarked.

It wasn’t publicly revealed, but Smith suffered a bone bruise that resulted in ankle pain for the rest of the season and continued discomfort all the way into spring training.

When Barry died from bone cancer aged 73 in 2018 and asked whether Paul would carry on entertaining, there was never a question of doing anything else.

As ever, his jokes were close to the bone... including a passing reference to allegations surrounding some presenters on Brits broadcaster ITV.