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Comedian Barrymore to make TV comebackLONDON (Reuters) – Troubled television comedian Michael Barrymore will return to British TV screens in February for the first time since a drowning death at his home shattered his personal life, an ITV spokeswoman said Thursday. Barrymore, who was treated at a rehabilitation clinic in Arizona last year following the man’s death in his swimming pool, will star in a new quiz program, « My Kind of Music, » beginning Feb. 10, the spokeswoman told Reuters. « From Jennifer Lopez to Jerry Lee Lewis, Atomic Kitten to Al Green, every genre of popular music will be covered in the hunt for Britain’s most knowledgeable music buffs, » was how ITV described the new program in a statement. Comedian Barrymore, 49, fled to the Arizona clinic last summer after police questioned and then released him on bail following the death of Stewart Lubbock at a late night party at his Essex mansion in March. Two other men were arrested by police investigating the death of Lubbock, 31, a butchery worker Barrymore met in a local nightclub. Barrymore, a versatile comic, has starred in several highly popular television series including « My Kind of People » and « Strike it Lucky. » He has won numerous television awards, but tabloids pounced after he admitted his homosexuality in a 1995 interview. Barrymore later divorced his wife and then « married » a man in Hawaii in 1999. REUTERS |