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RChappo · Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2008 2:49 pm Post subject: RIP Humph

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7367385.stm

Veteran jazz musician and radio host Humphrey Lyttelton has died aged 86.

The chairman of BBC Radio 4's comedy panel show I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue recently had surgery in an attempt to repair an aortic aneurysm.

The latest series of the quiz programme was cancelled after Lyttelton was admitted to Barnet Hospital in north London on 16 April.

BBC Director General Mark Thompson described "Humph" as "a unique, irreplaceable talent".

Very sad news indeed. I heard it on Radio Five last night just before I went to bed. Gutted. He was a brilliant host as anyone who ever listened to I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue will already know. Just a very funny, clever and supremely talented man who for me summed up the best things about being British. The guy was 86 but sounded like he could go on forever. We need more silly old men in the world!
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