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Apr 26, '08 3:07 AM
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Link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7368356.stm

Oh so sad.

The phrase 'a national treasure' is overused, but Radio 4 is the most common accompaniment to my life and I can't think of any voice I welcomed more than his. 'I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue' was/is quintessential Radio 4, and has been a fixture on my radio for as long as I can remember, right back to sitting listening with my family over dinner as a child. To be in the audience was one of my lifelong ambitions. As any Radio 4 aficionado will tell you, no comedy show was ever more lustily cheered, or more fondly remembered - and at the centre of it all, the unchanging institution, was Humph.

It was a long time before I discovered that Humph was more celebrated as a legendary jazz trumpeter than as a merely brilliant comedy presenter, but when I did I was blown away. What a guy.

He will be missed.

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sallybrother wrote on Apr 26

I agree with all your comments as a Radio 4 listener-I remember Willy Rushton dying too.
I met him once,along with Wally Fawkes(Jazz trumpet and cartoonist) at an event at The Cartoon Art Trust.A nice guy.

zentom wrote on Apr 26

Yes, very sad news indeed.

subtractadddivide wrote on Apr 26

Hitting super-C's with Gabriel's mob.

gnomethang wrote on Apr 27

Yup.We have lost a great entertainer and, I fear, the best radio show ever.

salachair wrote on Apr 28

They're talking about Rob Brydon taking over as host. I like RB, but he's no Humph.

sallybrother wrote on Apr 28

He would be a good choice-although I like him as a panellist-he has a good singing voice.
The format could go on-look at "Have I got news for you"
Although it has to be said Deayton did not have the class of Humph.

subtractadddivide wrote on Apr 30

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7374912.stm

sallybrother wrote on Apr 30

"she was pleased to see his tender won, but was startled when it suddenly grew to twice its size".

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