James Mulgrew, a comedian known professionally as “Jimmy Cricket,” has passed away. In a statement posted by Cricket’s family to social media, the family announced the performer’s death which followed a short illness: “Our beloved Jimmy passed away this morning after a short illness,” the family statement began. Cricket was born in Northern Ireland in 1945 and spent most of his career touring and working throughout the UK. Later in life, Cricket worked as the resident comedian at the Lyndene Hotel in Blackpool, England for more than ten years. But Jimmy was a man of great faith and a Papal Knight of the Catholic Church,” the family added.