[TV] Barry Cryer - RIP

[Dick Swiveller]

Very sad but that was a life well lived.

 

[Peacehaven Wild Kids]

My favourite one in The Bill

 

[Frutos]

Very sad, loved him on ISIHAC

RIP Barry

 

[Dick Swiveller]

Think this tweet sums him up quite succinctly.

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[WATFORD zero]

A naturally funny man. RIP

 

[Thunder Bolt]

A great comedian and a genius comic writer.

 

[Peter Grummit]

Just heard this, RIP Barry. A complete legend of English comedy.

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[DavidinSouthampton]

Very very funny man and totally genuine and likeable!

 

[Super Steve Earle]

A genius lost. Such a sharp wit. Very sad.

 

[dazzer6666]

Very clever, and very funny man.........RIP

 

[Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo]

He was an absolute comedy genius. As an earlier post shows the list of people he wrote for is incredible. Fantastic in his own right on ISIHAC too. Sad day. RIP.

 

[Gwylan]

Nooooooo ...

Not only was he a brilliantly comic writer but he was also the nicest celeb I've ever met. Spent a wonderful few hours in his company and he was not only funny but a really genuine human being

 

[vegster]

RIP Barry, you were at the very heart of British comedy and you will live on in your work. A sad loss.

 

[maltaseagull]

Think this tweet sums him up quite succinctly.

[TWEET]1486643182909730816[/TWEET]

That is some C.V!

RIP.

 

[Martlet]

Deeply saddened by this. Lovely and brilliant man - you always got the impression that the laugh was more important to him than the recognition.

RIP

 

[Guinness Boy]

The words "legend" and "genius" are overused, but he was both.

Genuinely gutted. RIP.

 

[Lenny Rider]

First remember him on Jokers Wild and Hello Cheeky.

Old school funny man and superb writer, who catapulted Kenny Everett into the big league with The Kenny Everett Video Show in 1978. Older NSCers will recall, one week they finished Opportunity Knocks binning Hughie Green and the next week Kenny was on, polar opposites.

Unfortunately The Large One never got him to a St George’s Day lunch in Brighton which was always his intention.

 

[The Clamp]

One of the best. Sad to hear this.

 

[Machiavelli]

Echo the comments. Barry Cryer has made wonderful company for me over decades. Very funny. And very, very warm.
Thanks and RIP Barry.

 

[Machiavelli]

Nooooooo ...

Not only was he a brilliantly comic writer but he was also the nicest celeb I've ever met. Spent a wonderful few hours in his company and he was not only funny but a really genuine human being

I wrote the previous post before reading this, and I'm not surprised he left such an impression via your encounter.