Max Bygraves: a life in pictures The entertainer, who has died at the age of 89 at his home in Queensland, Australia, after suffering from Alzheimer's disease, had a wide and varied career in showbusiness Tweet Henry And Lily Bygraves with their son Max after his debut at the London Palladium in 1950 Photograph: Reg Warhurst/Rex Features Max Bygraves in 1956Photograph: Associated Newspapers/Rex Features Photograph: Associated Newspapers / Rex Fea/Rex Features Tony Hancock and Max Bygraves pictured in 1958 Photograph: V&A Images/Getty Images Bygraves in 1960 Photograph: Redferns/Getty Images Bygraves sits on top of a horse on the Sunday Night at the Palladium television show in 1961 Photograph: Popperfoto/Getty Images Max Bygraves with his family at Heathrow airport Photograph: Associated Newspapers / Rex Fea/Rex Features On The Morecambe and Wise Show with Eric and ErniePhotograph: FremantleMedia/Rex Features Photograph: FremantleMedia /Rex Features Bygraves pictured at a Variety Club of Great Britain luncheon with Tommy Cooper and Arthur Askey Photograph: Popperfoto/Getty Images With his wife, Blossom, in 1978 Photograph: Bournemouth News/Rex Features In his dressing room at the Theatre Royal, Brighton, in 1980 Photograph: David Montgomery/Getty Images Performing on TV in Max in 1984 Photograph: ITV / Rex Features/IRex Features Presenting Family Fortunes in 1985 Photograph: ITV/Rex Features With Shirley Bassey in 1994 Photograph: Michael Stephens/PA Performing on stage at his 80th birthday concert in 2002 Photograph: Harry Herd/Redferns/Getty Images At his home in Bournemouth in 2005 Photograph: Mike Maloney/Rex Features With Eric Sykes at the Variety Club racing day at Sandown park racecourse in 2006 Photograph: Mike Webster/Rex Features