CaptainChorizo 1,991 Posted February 26, 2021 Eric Myers a regular stand up performer at the Comedy Store and Laugh Factory has died at age 40. No cause of death has been given yet,though googling his name another person of the same name and age was killed by a van as a pedestrian Wednesday. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,845 Posted March 5, 2021 Tony Hendra (wiki), British satirist who starred in This is Spinal Tap as the band's manager, and the co-producer of Spitting Image in the early days, dead at 79 from motor neurone disease (or ALS for our cousins across the pond). 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Drewsky1211 4,817 Posted March 5, 2021 7 minutes ago, Ulitzer95 said: Tony Hendra (wiki), British satirist who starred in This is Spinal Tap as the band's manager, and the co-producer of Spitting Image in the early days, dead at 79 from motor neurone disease (or ALS for our cousins across the pond). While on the topic of ALS, should be noted that he was classmates with Stephen Hawking at St Albans. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,845 Posted March 5, 2021 2 minutes ago, Drewsky1211 said: While on the topic of ALS, should be noted that he was classmates with Stephen Hawking at St Albans. Well that must be how he caught it then. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,071 Posted March 6, 2021 6 hours ago, Ulitzer95 said: Tony Hendra (wiki), British satirist who starred in This is Spinal Tap as the band's manager, and the co-producer of Spitting Image in the early days, dead at 79 from motor neurone disease (or ALS for our cousins across the pond). Damn They’ll probably bury him 6” 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nick 47 Posted April 8, 2021 Anne Beatts, one of the original writers for Saturday Night Live, has died at 74. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,071 Posted April 8, 2021 1 hour ago, Nick said: Anne Beatts, one of the original writers for Saturday Night Live, has died at 74. Square Pegs was a slightly underrated show, but notable in that the theme song iirc was by The Waitresses, and sounded typical of their oeuvre. SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,211 Posted April 24, 2021 British character actor and co-creator and writer of the sitcom All Gas And Gaiters, Edwin Apps reportedly dead: https://www.lanouvellerepublique.fr/deux-sevres/marais-peintre-et-scenariste-de-chapeau-melon-et-bottes-de-cuir-edwin-apps-est-decede (Can't translate due to bloody accept terms of use pop up which kills Google Translate). Many comedy roles particularly Whack-O in the late 1950s and Harry Worth shows, Steptoe And Son, but also the odd "serious role" (The Avengers). One of those you'd know if he popped up on your small screen. He was 89. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,536 Posted April 24, 2021 14 minutes ago, YoungWillz said: British character actor and co-creator and writer of the sitcom All Gas And Gaiters, Edwin Apps reportedly dead: https://www.lanouvellerepublique.fr/deux-sevres/marais-peintre-et-scenariste-de-chapeau-melon-et-bottes-de-cuir-edwin-apps-est-decede (Can't translate due to bloody accept terms of use pop up which kills Google Translate). Many comedy roles particularly Whack-O in the late 1950s and Harry Worth shows, Steptoe And Son, but also the odd "serious role" (The Avengers). One of those you'd know if he popped up on your small screen. He was 89. Gist: Died in his home in Liez, a small town north of Paris, where he lived as a full time painter/artist since the 1970s. Credits him as a writer of great skill, and light touch. He remained a regular actor on French TV, apparently, and wrote books on art and religious art. Had had several exhibitions of his artwork just before the pandemic and seems to have been a popular local figure in that part of France. Died on the 16th April, no cause of death given. In The Avengers episode The Correct Way to Kill, he runs the gentlemans outfitters shop the conspiracy is using. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,630 Posted May 19, 2021 On 04/09/2016 at 16:04, Spade_Cooley said: Watching some Richard Pryor over the weekend, thought I'd check in to see how long-term "he's gotta be dead soon" candidate Paul Mooney was doing. Not great. He's on the left btw. Ask a black dude: is Paul Mooney dead? Answer: yes. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,630 Posted May 26, 2021 Rusty Warren, one of the leading "party" (ie, blue) comedians of the 1960s, has died at the age of 91. Pretty much forgotten today, she had four top 100 Billboard albums, a fan club that had 70,000 members at its peak, and Catherine O'Hara got her break doing impressions of her. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lafaucheuse 4,081 Posted June 1, 2021 French comedian and comedy author Romain Bouteille has died at 84 https://www.google.fr/amp/s/amp.ouest-france.fr/culture/arts/theatre/romain-bouteille-qui-avait-fonde-le-cafe-de-la-gare-avec-coluche-est-mort-a158995e-c2ae-11eb-bf56-c2206490d599 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,361 Posted June 5, 2021 On 03/11/2020 at 12:59, YoungWillz said: John Sessions dead? https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/john-sessions-actor-comedian-dies-aged-67/ https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9655681/Actor-John-Sessions-left-1-4million-estate-siblings.html John Sessions left vast majority of his estate of £1.4 million to his siblings 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,647 Posted June 8, 2021 After an evening watching BBC 4 two names that might be worth putting on the long tracking radar are Peter Spence (b.1944) who wrote To The Manor Born and Raymond Allan (b.1940/1) who wrote Some Mothers Do Ave Em Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,211 Posted July 18, 2021 Poor old Tom O'Connor dead as reported on the Dead of 2021 thread: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-57879765 I went for an audition for Crosswits - my first attempt at a game show. Though I didn't get on, the production company sent me for another game show Chain Letters with the great Jeremy Beadle - which I won. This close to meeting Tom though never did. 7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,630 Posted July 18, 2021 Back in the office I've not seen in over a year there's a massive blown-up photo of an episode of "Cross Wits" solely because there's a guy in our New York headquarters called Tom O'Connor. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,232 Posted July 18, 2021 35 minutes ago, YoungWillz said: I went for an audition for Crosswits - my first attempt at a game show. Though I didn't get on, the production company sent me for another game show Chain Letters with the great Jeremy Beadle - which I won. Please say it's on Youtube 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,845 Posted July 18, 2021 On 28/01/2020 at 19:57, Ulitzer95 said: The Comedians (1971–1993) Russ Abbot b. 1947 Lennie Bennett 1938–2009 Stan Boardman b. 1937 Jim Bowen 1937–2018 Alan Brady NO INFO Jimmy Bright b. 1971/ note: youngest comedian to star on the show Duggie Brown b. 1940 Les Bryan b. c. 1941 Mike Burton NO INFO Dave Butler 1936–1996 Kenny Cantor 1938–2019 Jackie Carlton 1923–1995 Brian Carroll 1930–2014 Johnny Carroll 1941–2020 Frank Carson 1926–2012 Paddy Cassidy NO INFO Johnnie Casson b. 1943 Eddie Colinton 1936–2002 Mike Coyne b. 1939 Jimmy Cricket b. 1945 Colin Crompton 1931–1985 Bob Curtiss b. 1938 Pauline Daniels b. 1955 / note: only comedienne to star on the show Charlie Daze b. 1938 Les Dennis b. 1953 Vince Earl b. 1944 Stevie Faye b. 1927 Ray Fell 1939–2016 Eddie Flanagan 1936–2002 Alan Fox 1936–2014 Stu Francis b. 1951 Syd Francis 1940–2006 Mike Goddard b. c. 1943 Ken Goodwin 1933–2012 Mike Goodwin NO INFO Jackie Hamilton 1937–2003 Jerry Harris NO INFO Dennis Jones NO INFO Jimmy Jones b. 1938 Mike Kelly 1943–2018 George King NO INFO Bobby Knoxall MBE 1933–2009 Bobby Knutt 1945–2017 Brian Lewis NO INFO Bernard Manning 1930–2007 Jimmy Marshall 1933–1996 Paul Melba 1936–2020 Mick Miller b. 1950 Pat Mooney 1931–2008 Johnny More 1934–2015 Hector Nicol 1920–1985 Hal Nolan 1932–2014 Chris O'Dell 1939–2016 Tom O'Connor 1939–2021 Tom Pepper NO INFO Bryn Phillips 1934–2014 Colin Price NO INFO Don Reid b. 1943 Mike Reid 1940–2007 George Roper 1934–2003 Harry Scott NO INFO Mike Scott NO INFO Tony Stewart b. c. 1958 Sammy Thomas 1932–2010 Johnnie "Goon" Tweed 1928–2006 Johnnie Wager 1930–2019 Roy Walker b. 1940 Jos White 1923–2019 Charlie Williams MBE 1927–2006 Stu Williams 19??–???? Lee Wilson 1938–2013 Lenny Windsor b. c. 1946 Updated for the death of Tom O'Connor. Also just uncovered the deaths of Johnnie Wager in 2019, aged 89 and of Jackie Carlton in 1995, aged 72 (using a newspaper archive). Also added a rough year of birth for Lenny Windsor based on the fact that he was 71 in October 2017 when he was still touring Vegas circuits. I reckon out of the 34 names who are not marked deceased, another 5-10 will be dead already. Still quite a few of them about though. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RoverAndOut 4,755 Posted July 18, 2021 5 hours ago, YoungWillz said: Poor old Tom O'Connor dead as reported on the Dead of 2021 thread: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-57879765 I went for an audition for Crosswits - my first attempt at a game show. Though I didn't get on, the production company sent me for another game show Chain Letters with the great Jeremy Beadle - which I won. This close to meeting Tom though never did. Honestly Cross Wits is the only thing I really know Tom O'Connor for. I used to watch the re-runs on Challenge in much younger days. Seemed a lovely bloke and such a gentle but brilliant kind of humour. Just checking out what else I know him from on wiki, and the thing I think I've seen in him more recently is an episode of Pointless Celebs (back in 2011...), where he appeared alongside, I've just discovered, his daughter-in-law, gold medal-winning Olympian Denise Lewis! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
openviews 334 Posted July 25, 2021 Jackie Mason dead at 93 https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/24/arts/jackie-mason-dead.html 5 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Perhaps 1,429 Posted July 25, 2021 Jackie Mason DDP QO: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-9822287/Jackie-Mason-passes-away-93-unparalleled-career-borscht-belt-comic.html 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Drewsky1211 4,817 Posted July 25, 2021 1 hour ago, openviews said: Jackie Mason dead at 93 https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/24/arts/jackie-mason-dead.html RIP. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomTomTelekom 3,731 Posted August 7, 2021 Comedian and actor Trevor Moore, best known as a founding member of the comedy troupe The Whitest Kids U' Know, died at 41 years: https://deadline.com/2021/08/trevor-moore-the-whitest-kids-u-know-41-obituary-1234811024/ 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Banana 862 Posted August 8, 2021 1 hour ago, TomTomTelekom said: Comedian and actor Trevor Moore, best known as a founding member of the comedy troupe The Whitest Kids U' Know, died at 41 years: https://deadline.com/2021/08/trevor-moore-the-whitest-kids-u-know-41-obituary-1234811024/ Best sketch show imo RIP Classic 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,677 Posted August 13, 2021 On 08/08/2021 at 00:21, TomTomTelekom said: Comedian and actor Trevor Moore, best known as a founding member of the comedy troupe The Whitest Kids U' Know, died at 41 years: https://deadline.com/2021/08/trevor-moore-the-whitest-kids-u-know-41-obituary-1234811024/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
