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Ronnie Le Drew, the Canadian-born puppeteer who brought the beloved character Zippy to life on the children's television programme Rainbow, has died at the age of 78 after a short illness. The British ...

Ronnie Le Drew with Zippy: he was also the pointing finger in the National Lottery commercials - Tom Dymond/Channel 4/Shutterstock Ronnie Le Drew, the puppeteer, who has died aged 78, gave life to ...