Before the best sitcom actors thread is hijacked with a discussion on comedians who killed themselves, I thought I'd start a cheerful thread about comedians and comedy actors who died before their time. Here are a few obvious ones:
Gary Olsen - Cancer
John Candy - Heart attack
Dermot Morgan - Heart attack
Tony Hancock - suicide
Kenneth Williams - overdose
Ralph Bates - pancreatic cancer
Richard Beckinsale - heart attack
Eric Morecambe, but Ernie had a decent innings.
Richard Beckinsale - Heart attack
(got a feeling this is going to be a long thread)
Damn someone beat me to it!
Paul Eddington - T Cell Lymphona
Will Hay - died when he was 60
Dick Emery - 67
James Corden (32) - Testicular cancer (fingers crossed).
Nigel Hawthorne - 72
Barry Evans - 54
Robin Nedwell - 52
James Beck - 44
Marty Feldman 48
Michael Bates - 58
John Thaw - 60
Richard Wattis -63
If all these actors hadn't died they'd now be in 'Last of The Summer Wine'
Hattie Jacques - 58
Fulton Mackay - 64
Marti Caine - 51
Gary Holton - 33
Bill Hicks - 33
Yootha Joyce (53) - Hepatisis.
Humphrey Lyttleton - 86. But still going strong on I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue. And sorely missed.
Roy Kinear