Neil Innes has Died

[JayJay]

I have always loved him. Really shocked to see it in b/w. I bet a few on here were fans too.

A link came up to other recent 'celeb' deaths including Clive James who was brilliant but I had read that he had died at the time but I didn't realise Jonathan Miller had too, who sadly, considering his intelligence, had Alzheimer's disease. He died late November. Not a great fan of his but still surprised that I hadn't seen anything earlier. I suppose a lot of us are at the age when contemporaries or older people we've admired are dropping like flies. 

Neil Innes link:

www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/entertainment-arts-50948921

[Manky Monkey]

There seem to have been a lot recently. Several younger celebs have died at young ages over the Christmas break too, (no-one I've ever heard of).
I loved the Rutles music & Rutland Weekend Songbook. Apparently he did the whistling at the end of Always look on the bright side of life, but I don't know whether he wrote it or not -brilliantly uplifting song. My Dad had it played at his funeral, (the rude version -Life's a bowl of sh*t, rather than Spit as they play on the radio).

[Baychimp]

Derek Fowlds has just died as well. He appeared in Heartbeat,Yes Minister and of coarse was the sidekick of the world famous Basil Brush  Boom! Boom!

[Manky Monkey]

One of those chaps you associate with different shows, depending on your age.
I'm one of the Basil Brush generation.

[BikerGran]

Yes Minister was great - the writers definitely had inside knowledge, sometimes it was so spot on with what was happening!

[JayJay]

And now Nicholas Parsons at 96 years old! Okay, who thought he was already dead? I know many of us can picture him in the Sale of the Century  but he was a lot more than that show. Stand up comedian, radio star and of course actor, appearing in many films and theatre productions. He definitely lived a full life.