Beyond The Joke has learnt that comedian Dave Evans has died. 

Dave Evans was the father of Lee Evans but also a long-standing highly respected professional comedian in his own right, doing mainstream stand-up, music and impressions of famous performers including Nat King Cole, Elvis Presley, Max Bygraves and Tom Jones. In the mid-1980s he appeared on the ITV impressions show Copy Cats and was a guest on the 1984 prime time show Knees Up hosted by Jeff Stevenson.