Majorly unhappy information from the British comedy scene … Tony Slattery — greatest identified for his position on the UK model of the improv present ‘Whose Line Is It Anyway?” — has died.
Slattery’s longtime accomplice of almost 4 a long time, Mark Michael Hutchinson, confirmed the information … telling BBC the comic handed away Tuesday morning after struggling a coronary heart assault Sunday night.
Tony rose to fame within the ’80s and was greatest identified for his fast wit and improvisational genius on Britain’s vastly profitable “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” — lengthy earlier than the present was remade for U.S. audiences.
His comedian profession additionally included roles in “Jeeves and Wooster,” the sketch comedy sequence “A Bit of Fry & Laurie” alongside Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie, and quite a few stage productions.
Tony was most lately touring a comedy present in England and launched a podcast, “Tony Slattery’s Rambling Club.”
He was 65.
RIP
