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Steve D
I don't normally wade in to these obit threats, but what great, great loss this is. He was just one of the funniest men ever to grace our screens - all the more so for the very dark side to his character.

His filmed sketches were hilarious. I've seldom been to a cemetary without thinking of the two sets of rival undertakers racing for the last plot!

He was at his best though when just talking to us. The only props he ever needed were his chair and his glass of Scotch, and whilst he was wonderfully irreverent and cynical about organised religion, I always felt his famous pay-off line was delivered with sincerity.

What superb irony for one of the country's funniest men to leave so many of us feeling sad on Comic Relief night. Crying or Very sad