In the last year Benidorm has seen the sad and tragic loss of three of it´s well loved stars: Johnny Morgan of the Blues Brothers, Comedian Mike Curtis and just last month, Henderson "Hendy" Gibson - comedian and singer, probably better known by all as Cheroot.
Yesterday afternoon, the Stardust club in Benidorm was packed with fellow entertainers, friends and fans to celebrate his life - with many wearing yellow, his favourite colour and to remember the joy and laughter that Hendy bought to everyone who met him.

Girls Aloud

From 1pm until 5pm the stage was host to twenty of Benidorm´s top acts, who all wanted to pay tribute to this amazing friend and fellow entertainer... they are like one big family who look after each other here. It was incredible to watch so many different acts all in one place!

Organiser Lesley Ann with Meatloaf

Instigated and organised by Lesley Ann of the Meatloaf tribute - (you can catch her every night at Jokers 11pm and Sinartra´s at 12 midnight), she was so overwhelmed by the response from her fellow entertainers that she had to limit them to a ten minute slot each. The compare who kept everything running smoothly for the afternoon was funny man Jason Kane - one of the towns veterans.

Shaun Foster Conley

Proudly watching on was daughter Naomi, who was touched by the tremendous turnout in honour of her father. Some of the acts that took part in this marathon afternoon included Karen Dee and Angie Greer, Girls Aloud, Sean Foster Conley - who was the first cabaret singer from the Benidorm series - and talking of which even Derren Litten the writer popped in to show his support, Abba, One Vision, Gary George, Meatloaf ... many more in between and to finish the afternoon Take That.

One Vision

On Sunday night Emma Louise together with the rest of "One Vision" - We Will Rock You, were on the massive stage of Benidorm Palace, as support act for the 1960´s pop band "The Searchers".Yet the following day they were part of an incredible line up paying tribute to a fellow artiste - which was just as memorable and important for them all.

A raffle was held with many fabulous prizes all of which were donated by local bars, restaurants and businesses and a donation bucket was also available, with money collected going to his much loved wife Fiona - and thanks to everyones generosity an incredible 1700€ was raised! Henderson has left a massive hole in everyones hearts as was evident from all those that came.

Take That

The afternoon finished on a high with the boys from Take That taking to the stage - and not only four of them, but they were also joined by the original two members of the line up, making it a six-sum (I´m not too sure if that´s a proper word but you know what I mean).

Cheroot spanned an incredible career, from his hometown of Cambuslang in Scotland he went on to achieve a number of hits across the world, even attaining a number 1 hit in many European countries with his rock band "Shabby Tiger". But it was Benidorm that he made his home and where he will never be forgotten.

Friends and fans turned out in force