. . "Don Estelle (22 May 1933 \u2013 2 August 2003) was a British actor and singer best known as 'Lofty' in It Ain't Half Hot Mum.Born Ronald Edwards in Crumpsall, Manchester, he was brought up in a house on Russell Street, Crumpsall. During World War II, at the age of eight, he was evacuated to Darwen, Lancashire, twenty miles away from his home, to escape the German bombing of the city."@en . . . "Don Estelle"@en . "2001Z"^^ . . . "British actor" . "Ronald Edwards"@en . . "2003-08-02Z"^^ . "2003Z"^^ . "1954Z"^^ . "1933-05-22Z"^^ . "Estelle, Don"@en . . "1933Z"^^ . "Donald Edwards"@en .