Dead man fulfils wish of appearing at comedy club

An aspiring comedian finally fulfilled his wish to appear on a comedy club stage –  four months after he died. Kevin Dorothy, 53, who died in December, had wanted to take part in the comedy night at Belfast's Pavilion Bar.

On Monday night, one of his friends, Stephen Mullan, took to the stage at the Ormeau Road venue complete with Kevin's ashes in an urn. The routine consisted of jokes Kevin had texted to Stephen and other friends.



"Kevin had a habit of texting the most cringe-inducing jokes to all his pals," said another of Kevin's friends, Tom Sweeney. "I always read them, groaned and deleted them right away - they were awful. Stephen, however, kept them - five years' worth.

"And that's what the audience was treated to. And do you know something? Kevin's jokes weren't that awful after all on hearing Stephen deliver them. Nobody had seen anything like it. You hear about comedians dying on stage. Well, Kevin jumped the gun."