Jeremy Hardy died

[DaveCinzano]

Jeremy Hardy: Comedian and Radio 4 panel star dies aged 57

57, crikey

 

[Pickman's model]

 

[peterkro]

Oh dear that is a shame.

 

[Libertad]

Fuck

 

[planetgeli]

Terrible news. RIP.

 

[Chilli.s]

Aw thats sad, RIP Jeremy.

 

[xenon]

Just heard this. Bollocks.

RIP

 

[Looby]

No! I’m really sad both because he seemed lovely and also because of my huge crush. I was fairly convinced that if he ever met me he would fall for me instantly.

Mr Looby disagrees.

 

[wiskey]

Nooo ... He always spoke sense to the nation

 

[Sprocket.]

 

[Guineveretoo]

I just heard this on the news and feel like crying.

I didn't know him, but I had seen him performing many times, and on radio and television, and thought it was very funny and very clever.

I didn't know he was ill. Oh, and he was younger than me.

It feels sad,

 

[danny la rouge]

Oh no! I liked him a lot. What a shame. I didn’t know he’d been ill.

 

[colacubes]

Oh no He was very funny and a nice man to boot.

 

[existentialist]

Fuck . RIP, Jeremy.

 

[Ax^]

rip

 

[Idris2002]

Mrs Idris met him once, and came away impressed, even though she normally takes a dim view of all things SWP. He'd moved away from the swappies years ago, though, hadn't he?

The only line of his I remember: "I don't recall the 1960s being particularly permissive. I was allowed stay up late on Tuesdays to watch Bonanza, but that was it".

 

[belboid]

Bugger. A lovely bloke

 

[Ranbay]

WTF >"<" now way

 

[cheesethief]

I always liked him... RIP

 

[yield]

Rest in peace

 

[killer b]

Oof. The last reason to ever bother listening to Radio 4.

 

[Guineveretoo]

He used to be a keen member of Socialist Alliance, but he then went on to support Jeremy Corbyn, and took part in the JC4PM shows, and also in Labour Party fundraising shows. I got the impression he was a member of the Labour Party.

 

[RoyReed]

I first saw him perform at a pub on Brixton Hill in the early '80s. Loved him ever since. Rest in Peace, mate and keep up the singing!

 

[Looby]

He just always seemed to be such a lovely bloke and this is confirmed by people posting that have met him.

He played our TU conference social a few years ago and was brilliant.

The news quiz isn’t the same without him. [emoji20]

 

[marty21]

Very sad news , always liked his comedy and he was a decent man .

 

[colacubes]

He just always seemed to be such a lovely bloke and this is confirmed by people posting that have met him.

He played our TU conference social a few years ago and was brilliant.

The news quiz isn’t the same without him. [emoji20]

He really was. He was once at Offline on NYE when I was DJing (think he lived locally), and I drunkenly went and fan-girled at him at about 2am He was totally charming, particularly given I probably wasn't making 100% sense

 

[rubbershoes]

A real shame. He'll be missed

 

[wayward bob]

 

[ohmyliver]

Actually quite gutted by this. Fan of his since getting into radio 4 comedy in the 80s as a teenager. Turns out he was a carer at the primary school my daughter goes to. My wife saw him once, I never saw him, probaly for the best otherwise I'd probably been quite gushy in a middle aged fan boy way.

The joke of his I remember the most is 'my 11 year old asked for a pair of trainers, so I said why can't you make them yourself like 11 years in (can't remember specific country where one of the big sportsware companys used child labour)'

 

[DaveCinzano]

Some nice tributes here

Comedian Jeremy Hardy dies of cancer aged 57