tony slattery.rgy, the speed of his comic brain, saw him become a mainstay of whose line is it anyway? in the event of rambo's biceps exploding, his liver and most of his internal visceral organs will be situated there. the boy who had grown up in a north london council estate, was one of a golden generation from the cambridge footlights, who won the first ever perrier award for comedy alongside stephen fry, hugh laurie and emma thompson. and then, he disappeared from our screens. some 20 years later, he returned to the stage to explain what had happened. mental illness is a highly democratic disease. it can hit anyone. no—one in their right mind decides to be mentally ill. but after years of depression and isolation, he had begun to perform again. he had dates lined up in the next few weeks, but on sunday he suffered a heart attack, and died earlier today. among those paying tribute, the comedian helen lederer, who said he'd been her best man twice. he was, she says, her best friend in laughter, wi

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tony slattery.sion. tony slattery. his energy, the speed of his comic brain, saw him become a mainstay of whose line is it anyway? in the event of rambo's biceps exploding, his liver and most of his internal visceral organs will be situated there. the boy who had grown up in a north london council estate, was one of a golden generation from the cambridge footlights, who won the first ever perrier award for comedy alongside stephen fry, hugh laurie and emma thompson. and then, he disappeared from our screens. some 20 years later, he returned to the stage to explain what had happened. mental illness is a highly democratic disease. it can hit anyone. no—one in their right mind decides to be mentally ill. but after years of depression and isolation, he had begun to perform again. he had dates lined up in the next few weeks, but on sunday he suffered a heart attack, and died earlier today. among those paying tribute, the comedian helen lederer, who said he'd been her best man twice. he was, she says, her

comedian and actor tony slattery has died at the age of 65.fering a heart attack on sunday. tony slattery first made his name as part of the cambridge footlights — before appearing in shows such as �*whose line is it anyway?�* and �*have i got news for you'. he also appeared in severalfilms — including �*the crying game' — and �*peter�*s friends'. with me is our entertainment correspondent — lizo mzimba. very sad news. he had a classic route in the comedy from a young age, he was a member of the cambridge footlights at cambridge university, where his fellow performers included the likes of stephen fry, emma thompson, sandy tonks fred, hugh laurie, so classic funny people of that generation, and then they went to edinburgh and won the top comedy prize, and then in the late 1980s, came on channel 4, and even amongst the people that appeared on that show, he was especially funny in �*whose line is it anyway?�* with a very self—deprecating nature and audiences really related to him in so many ways, and then over the decades he did everything from

it's been announced that the comedian and actor — tony slattery — has died at the age of 65.s name as part of the cambridge footlights — before appearing in shows such as �*whose line is it anyway?�* and �*have i got news for you'. he also appeared in severalfilms — including the crying game — and peter's friends. stay with us here on bbc news. the business is coming up live from new york. hello there. good afternoon. some very settled weather conditions as we head through the rest of the week. and of course, it's now much milder across the board. some spells of sunshine too. earlier on today, such as here in shropshire. now high pressure is set to dominate our weather for the next few days. the winds remain very light towards the south. but it is breezy out towards the north and the west. and here, of course, the air is mildest, as you can see, marked in the dark yellows and the ambers. still some outbreaks of rain, possibly across parts of north west scotland. windier here, but the best of the sunshine in eastern scotland. down to the east of high ground it's always cloudy

and the comedian tony slattery has died at the age of 65.ing up in sport on bbc news: a pivotal night in the premier league title race — third placed nottingham forest take on the leaders liverpool at the city ground. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the princess of wales has revealed that she is finally in remission a year after doctors discovered she had cancer. the 43—year—old says she feel relieved and remains focussed on recovery. princess catherine has been visiting the royal marsden hospital in london today, where she received cancer treatment last year. she thanked staff for their care, support and compassion — and met patients undergoing treatment. our senior royal correspondent, daniela relph, reports. this was no ordinary royal visit. it was a patient saying thank you to the staff who cared for her during her cancer treatment. over the past year, the princess of wales has been a patient at the royal marsden. her return was described by kensington palace as "deeply personal and incredibly poigna nt". how are you fin

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and the comedian and actor tony slattery has sadly died at the age of 65 following a heart attack, hisannounced this afternoon. slattery appeared on the channel four comedy show improvisation show whose line is it anyway? and comedy shows have it anyway? and comedy shows have i got news for you. he was the former president of the improvisation group cambridge footlights, and has recently been touring a comedy show in england. well, those are the latest headlines. i'll be back with you in half an hour. now, though, it's over to martin. >> thank you. sam. now, don't we need some positive news? and could it be this. could we be entering a new era of british politics? well, a new poll done by yougov today has put reform uk within one point behind sir keir starmer's labour party, suggesting that the uk could now have entered a new era of three way party politics. and, of course, that will bring to an end the long dominant two party political system. nigel farage's party is also three percentage points ahead of kemi badenoch conservatives. and all this means that sir keir starmer is going to