Tony Slattery DEAD

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BBC News - Comedian and actor Tony Slattery dies aged 65

Tony Slattery: Comedian and actor dies aged 65

He was known for his quick-witted improvisations on shows like Channel 4's Whose Line Is It Anyway.

www.bbc.com

 

[dUb]

I remember him being one of the first TV actors I found myself DRAWN TO in a lustful sense, I think it was a show called Just A Gigolo

RIP

 

[Ellie]

 

[AGinAg (37)]

The documentary about him was fucking tragic. His slide into alcoholism and his husbands attempts to put him off was a lot.

 

[dUb]

Would have struggled to recognise him in recent years

 

[dUb]

12yo dUb was FROTHING

 

[Rita]

I definitely recognise him in the photo on the BBC story but can’t place what from.

 

[Nancy]

I definitely recognise him in the photo on the BBC story but can’t place what from.

Whose Line Is It Anyway?

 

[Rita]

Whose Line Is It Anyway?

I can’t recall ever watching it.

 

[Nancy]

I can’t recall ever watching it.

I'm sure you must have at least once. Clive Anderson hosted it.

 

[AGinAg (37)]

He was generally on TV throughout the 90s, but I nothing as notable as Whose Line...

If was inferred that his addictions and bipolar got in the way of his post Whose Line career. All quite sad really, but there was still some semblance of him in there still.

 

[AGinAg (37)]

I'm sure you must have at least once. Clive Anderson hosted it.

Don't start this again.

 

[Nancy]

The four panelists would have to improvise a scene. Eg, 2 of them are out and about trying to find the Loch Ness Monster when they are approached by two people canvassing for the Liberal Democrats in the local council by-election. Hilarity ensues.

 

[lolly]

He was quite beautiful when he was younger.

 

[Rita]

No, I have never watched it. I think I must just remember of him.

 

[lolly]

I remember watching Whose Line Is It Anyway with my Dad in the late 80s. It was one of relatively few shows where our senses of humour would meet. Tony Slattery and particularly Josie Lawrence together always did it for me.

 

[Shirley]

I could have sworn he'd DIED before

 

[VoR]

This interview he did in 2019 really stuck with me. He obviously had a very troubled life after the early 90s.

Tony Slattery: ‘I had a very happy time until I went slightly barmy’

His appearances on Whose Line Is It Anyway? made him a major comedy and improv star in the 90s, but then his life fell apart. He talks about love, addiction, bipolar disorder and a long-buried secret

www.theguardian.com

 

[Kate]

Devvoed My first BIG crush. Yes OK I hadn't developed a gaydar yet at the age of 12/13

 

[Kate]

12yo dUb was FROTHING

Frothing with you

I think I first saw him on some panel show called Ps and Qs?! Then Whose Line of course and I remember Just a Gigolo too!

 

[Kratz]

No, I have never watched it. I think I must just remember of him.

Same. I didn’t watch that show but his face is certainly familiar.

 

[VV]

Oh no, I remember him well from What's my line in the 90s. RIP.

 

[lolly]

 

[Finn]

I could have sworn he'd DIED before

(RIP for the second time, Tony)

 

[lolly]

 

[lolly]

 

[AGinAg (37)]

Just to add that Colin Mochrie is a massive trans champion. Not necessarily relevant, but worth pointing out.