Mel Smith dead :(

[BadTicket]

Melvin Kenneth "Mel" Smith (3 December 1952 – 19 July 2013) was an English comedian, writer, film director, producer and actor. He was most famous for his work on the sketch comedy shows Not the Nine O'Clock News and Alas Smith and Jones along with his comedy partner Griff Rhys Jones. Smith and Jones founded Talkback, which grew to be one of the UK's largest producers of TV comedy and light entertainment programming.

Sad news. My father was a big fan of British comedy. Smith (and Jones) was one of his favorites and also mine growing up. Rest in peace, and thanks for the memories, mang.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_Z6tv7cQmM

 

[Womble]

superb writer of british comedy, way ahead of his time...sad news indeed.

 

[noyd666]

YES VERY FUNNY MAN.RIP.

 

[window]

Very sad news, I used to love watching Smith and Jones in the late eighties, stoned on Moroccan hash, very funny. R.I.P Mel.

 

[lost in a sea]

a lovely man and very very intelligent..

 

[Dipper]

^+1. R.I.P. Mel Smith, creator of so much laughter.

 

[ChaosCatalunya]

RIP Mel,

Not The Nine O'Clock News was an under rated classsic, PC Savage, Gerald the Gorilla etc, well worth checking out.

 

[Green81]

Sad news. Rip

 

[Pulsar]

I believe he played the albino torture chamber guy in Princess Bride.
Sad news.