Comedian and actor Tony Slattery dies aged 65

British histrion and comedian Tony Slattery has died aged 65, his household has confirmed.

Slattery was known and loved for his quick-witted improvisations connected the fashionable Channel 4 amusement Whose Line Is It Anyway?, from 1988 onwards.

The Londoner besides played comedic and superior roles successful films specified arsenic The Crying Game, Peter's Friends and How to Get Ahead successful Advertising.

He earned an Olivier Award information for champion drama show for his relation arsenic Gordon successful Tim Firth's play Neville's Island.

A connection connected behalf of his spouse Mark Michael Hutchinson said: "It is with large sadness we indispensable denote histrion and comedian Tony Slattery, aged 65, has passed distant today, Tuesday morning, pursuing a bosom onslaught connected Sunday evening."

Born November 9, 1959, Slattery was the modern of Dame Emma Thompson, Sir Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie astatine the University of Cambridge.

He was the erstwhile president of the improvisation radical Cambridge Footlights, and had precocious been touring a drama amusement successful England and launched a podcast, Tony Slattery's Rambling Club, successful October.

Slattery is survived by Hutchinson, his spouse of much than 3 decades.

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