A group of comedians voted the late Peter Cook the greatest comic of all time, the Daily Mirror reported Monday.
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Coming in second on the list -- compiled by 300 comics, writers and directors in Britain and the United States -- was former "Monty Python" troupe member John Cleese. Rounding out the top 10 were Woody Allen, Eric Morecambe, Groucho Marx, Tommy Cooper, Laurel and Hardy, Billy Connolly, Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer, and Richard Pryor.
The highest ranking woman on the list was Victoria Woods at 27.