Tributes paid to real-life 'Del Boy' as legend behind Only Fools character dies

George Major, crowned The Pearly King of Peckham more than 65 years ago, has died at the age of 88. He spent his life fighting to keep the cockney tradition alive

Editor’s note: In 1980, Merrill Markoe became the head writer for The David Letterman Show, which won a Daytime Emmy. She then went on to share three Primetime Emmy wins for her work as the original head writer on Late Night with David Letterman. And before all that, in 1978, she was part of Mary Tyler…