{"id":749270,"date":"2026-08-25T13:32:06","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T13:32:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/749270\/"},"modified":"2026-08-25T13:32:06","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T13:32:06","slug":"pearly-king-of-peckham-who-inspired-del-boy-dies-aged-88-london-evening-standard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/749270\/","title":{"rendered":"Pearly King of Peckham who &#039;inspired Del Boy&#039; dies aged 88 &#8211; London Evening Standard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiuwFBVV95cUxOZm9ST0dYSzNiRmlHaS1XcWJuWE0tTkMwSHc2VENINFpnNkJYMVBURmZjTEp4UVhyYnV0cDJiZ3NNRHpTQjVCTF9PeHBmTmdrTFRPWDh6RWdqVWE2OUtpMUZBc2JTN3Y4OENiNzB2Z3BYVHE3UzRVYURZRUlfd0x6bVBJWGhzb1QwZ0o1ZzBGblNjSERha0x5SDg3LWc0T1htYXRPSGNKRlhJMmtlaTNTY3ZTTWlya3hwalRB?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Pearly King of Peckham who &#8216;inspired Del Boy&#8217; dies aged 88<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;London Evening Standard<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMisgFBVV95cUxQY2wyQnJXX01vUHJDcWU4U0tOS3ZmeUVxaVRLN09CcU5ZMVJfcVF2Szk0UktKWE43MzRTVm9nczhNYmw4dDZHUU9DT05tOUVzd3JoNkdLVFdJTG51VEtvTzR3bFdiUnVQTHl6djNsSnVJajBYc3VQdWRPaFI1TGpBc3BwZFZPVmxiNkctTjZZTVA1eXdVeGVleS0zX1M5TmtXTlVNVDhQNm1Yb0Zlc3p0NnNn?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">George Major: Pearly King of Peckham who &#8216;inspired Del Boy&#8217; dies aged 88<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;ITVX<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMihgFBVV95cUxORWVVelJRNUY4UmlacDlOLTZGNkpFb2pVOGNMNU1PR3dNVXU2cDEyT0ZEYlZiN0ViYXBUMEFNMm1TSThHbjdZLUxXVExUbWxkOW5aTk1qV181NVdkTklHaWFQakx1U09NaS1kUzN6X0NqMVRRWTZxbnE5RjJLNkdZRjNwaGx6dw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Tributes to one of last &#8216;Pearly Kings&#8217; who was inspiration for Del Boy<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Yahoo<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimAFBVV95cUxQdXVjYkZkTERuQ2tja3htM3R0aWFkb0lhWHNrRUc2bHBfb3lOcEVPd25TTURWa1dGbGFjS1RQbHdmMFgxZ1BsMlk5UldqdDAxRzVva2FlR3h4TzA0Vlo4ZGJpZEVjSHFxbEpwVVBqT19SWUZwemJRbzJkdHdsREpBZkZvd2c5S2E5SEtLbkpKV0hQbF9LdDRaUNIBngFBVV95cUxOOHRfenJ3ZmF0UmFyS3JSdXJ1R1lNa2VEcHZPWG1Pa2cyQTNNN3dYWG5LeTdoWlEwV01NVkNtMVhkX2M0ZGg3RDV2RW9Ia1lhQzZ0UDdjRXhtX0pOdlZLSTlGM1cwREJuRnlKZkJGX3dySnhXeXdDUUJFUlRhakxWMjBXRC16N1F0djJNSnZESVl1OTNyRW9PMklUSDdOdw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Tributes to one of London&#8217;s last remaining Pearly Kings who was inspiration for Del Boy<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;My London<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilwFBVV95cUxQS0NFQklodkstZW1rYy1HMWFRVWJQUnhNOEN4d3lXdE8xMHpJbVh0dUNiNVA1VmVRM3I0azBCZUNjamN2dmFHMUx0Y0Iycjg5RS0xMDdJaGFiN2RTbU1CWTdrR2drU01CdUhqalM4YTdKanY3eHhzajkyQjl6dzNfbmpHaU1Mc1FZb0Zqa3FPZmMwa0xOYVg4?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Tributes paid to &#8216;Pearly King of Peckham&#8217; dedicated to preserving Cockney traditions<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;London Now<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pearly King of Peckham who &#8216;inspired Del Boy&#8217; dies aged 88&nbsp;&nbsp;London Evening StandardGeorge Major: Pearly King of Peckham&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":749271,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[160182,179770,96,50689,20580,391,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-749270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-del-boy","tag-east-end","tag-entertainment","tag-only-fools-and-horses","tag-tributes","tag-tv","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/749270","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=749270"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/749270\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/749271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=749270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=749270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=749270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}