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York hotel pianist says finding fame at 92 is ‘unbelievable’

“It was so beautiful I thought it was a recording, but it turned out to be Richard. I ended up getting the job and the chef let me work part-time so I could also gig.

“On my breaks at work I would sit with Richard and just watch him – he was such an inspiration.”

Mr Mullen plays around the city, but added: “I’ll be amazed if I’m still able to play at that age like Richard can, it is amazing.”

Although self-taught, Mr Cameron went to London as a young man to launch a musical career, before he returned to York and got a job in a glassworks.

He managed to persuade the management of the Churchill Hotel on Bootham to let him play, and though he was unpaid at first, later got work at the Viking and the Mount Royale.

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