Ronnie Hazlehurst
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Ronnie Hazlehurst was a British television composer best known for creating many iconic light-entertainment and sitcom theme tunes for the BBC during the 1970s and 1980s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ronnie Hazlehurst canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1801612 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ronnie Hazlehurst Context triple: [Last of the Summer Wine, composerOfThemeMusic, Ronnie Hazlehurst]
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A.
Lew Hayman
Lew Hayman was a prominent Canadian football coach and executive, best known for his influential roles with teams like the Toronto Argonauts and for helping shape the modern Canadian Football League.
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B.
Billy Maharg
Billy Maharg was an American gambler and former baseball player best known for his role as a go-between in the 1919 Black Sox World Series fixing scandal.
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C.
Gorden Tallis
Gorden Tallis is a former Australian rugby league forward renowned for his powerful running and leadership for the Brisbane Broncos, Queensland Maroons, and the Australian national team.
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D.
Raymond Huntley
Raymond Huntley was a British character actor known for his numerous film and television roles, often portraying officious or authoritative figures in mid-20th-century British cinema.
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E.
Alan Cottrell
Alan Cottrell was a prominent British metallurgist and materials scientist renowned for his pioneering work on the mechanical properties of metals and their defects.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ronnie Hazlehurst Target entity description: Ronnie Hazlehurst was a British television composer best known for creating many iconic light-entertainment and sitcom theme tunes for the BBC during the 1970s and 1980s.
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A.
Lew Hayman
Lew Hayman was a prominent Canadian football coach and executive, best known for his influential roles with teams like the Toronto Argonauts and for helping shape the modern Canadian Football League.
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B.
Billy Maharg
Billy Maharg was an American gambler and former baseball player best known for his role as a go-between in the 1919 Black Sox World Series fixing scandal.
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C.
Gorden Tallis
Gorden Tallis is a former Australian rugby league forward renowned for his powerful running and leadership for the Brisbane Broncos, Queensland Maroons, and the Australian national team.
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D.
Raymond Huntley
Raymond Huntley was a British character actor known for his numerous film and television roles, often portraying officious or authoritative figures in mid-20th-century British cinema.
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E.
Alan Cottrell
Alan Cottrell was a prominent British metallurgist and materials scientist renowned for his pioneering work on the mechanical properties of metals and their defects.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
conductor
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human ⓘ music arranger ⓘ television composer ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 2000s ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1950s ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | stroke ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1928-03-13 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2007-10-01 ⓘ |
| employer |
BBC
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BBC Light Entertainment ⓘ |
| familyName | Hazlehurst ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
light entertainment
ⓘ
television music ⓘ |
| fullName | Ronald Hazlehurst ⓘ |
| genre |
light music
ⓘ
television music ⓘ |
| givenName | Ronald ⓘ |
| instrument |
piano
ⓘ
trumpet ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableFor | composing BBC light-entertainment and sitcom themes in the 1970s and 1980s ⓘ |
| notableWork |
theme music for "Are You Being Served?"
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theme music for "Blankety Blank" ⓘ theme music for "Bruce Forsyth's Generation Game" ⓘ theme music for "It Ain't Half Hot Mum" ⓘ theme music for "Just Good Friends" ⓘ theme music for "Last of the Summer Wine" ⓘ theme music for "Last of the Summer Wine" arrangement ⓘ theme music for "Open All Hours" ⓘ theme music for "Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em" ⓘ theme music for "Sorry!" ⓘ theme music for "The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin" ⓘ theme music for "The Generation Game" ⓘ theme music for "The Good Life" ⓘ theme music for "The Liver Birds" ⓘ theme music for "The Two Ronnies" ⓘ theme music for "To the Manor Born" ⓘ theme music for "Yes Minister" ⓘ theme music for "Yes, Prime Minister" ⓘ |
| occupation |
composer
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conductor ⓘ music arranger ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Dukinfield, Cheshire, England ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Guernsey
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surface form:
Guernsey, Channel Islands
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| positionHeld | BBC Light Entertainment musical director ⓘ |
| workedFor |
BBC Radio
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BBC television services ⓘ
surface form:
BBC Television
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ronnie Hazlehurst Description of subject: Ronnie Hazlehurst was a British television composer best known for creating many iconic light-entertainment and sitcom theme tunes for the BBC during the 1970s and 1980s.
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
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