The Loss Of A Legend
I don’t usually comment much on the passing of celebrities, but a most recent passing has really touched me. One of my favourite radio hosts, and an accomplished jazz performer, Humphrey Lyttelton passed away yesterday at the age of 86. Up until the very end he was still touring with his jazz group and hosting radio shows.
Humph is an iconic piece of British radio history and was a wonderful humourist. His performance as the regular chairman of the comedy panel show “I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue” since 1972, a role in which his portrayed attitude of a comically-grumpy, weary authority figure with a dour, deadpan nature, will forever be etched in my mind as one of the finest of British performances.
Thank you, Humph, for the silliness and the soul.
“…and so, ladies and gentlemen, as the lone piper of time appears at the gates of dawn, and Dawn throws open the window and tells him where to stick his bagpipes…”