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[TV] Barry Cryer - RIP









Dick Swiveller

Well-known member
Sep 9, 2011
9,142
Think this tweet sums him up quite succinctly.

[TWEET]1486643182909730816[/TWEET]
 








Peter Grummit

Well-known member
Oct 13, 2004
6,769
Lewes
Just heard this, RIP Barry. A complete legend of English comedy.

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DavidinSouthampton

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NSC Patreon
Jan 3, 2012
16,540
Very very funny man and totally genuine and likeable!
 








Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo

Waxing chumps like candles since ‘75
Oct 4, 2003
10,899
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

Well-known member
Jul 5, 2003
31,324
Uffern
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

Sanity Clause
May 5, 2008
27,867
RIP Barry, you were at the very heart of British comedy and you will live on in your work. A sad loss.
 






Martlet

Well-known member
Jul 15, 2003
679
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
 




Lenny Rider

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Sep 15, 2010
5,378
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.
 






Machiavelli

Well-known member
Oct 11, 2013
16,561
Fiveways
Echo the comments. Barry Cryer has made wonderful company for me over decades. Very funny. And very, very warm.
Thanks and RIP Barry.
 


Machiavelli

Well-known member
Oct 11, 2013
16,561
Fiveways
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.
 



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