Quote: Alan C @ June 23 2008, 3:02 PM BSTRichard Wattis -63
I never knew he had been younger than 63!
Comedians who died prematurely? Page 5
Ricky Gervais at that Princess Di memorial concert. Probably not the best place for comedy, although public reaction to her death made me laugh 
Quote: Nil Putters @ June 24 2008, 5:57 PM BSTalthough public reaction to her death made me laugh
Such an urban myth, that (Ricky part of your post) has become.
I watched on t'telly and he didn't go down remotely badly at all. Oh well.
I watched his spat, and as a Gervais fan (I know some aren't) I still thought he bombed.
spat?
bit, gig, 5 mins
Oh I see, I've never heard it called that before!
Pat Roach (67) throat cancer
Micheal Robbins (62) cancer
Arthur Lowe- 67. Quite a young age for who is for me the greatest comic actor of all time.
Brian Hall- 59 of cancer. Played Terry in Fawlty Towers.
Dino Shafeek- 54, rumours suggest suicide, played Char Wallah Mohammed in It Aint Half Hot Mum.
Lennard Pearce (Granddad, Only Fools and Horses) - 69 - Heart attack
Buster Merryfield (Uncle Albert) - 78 - Brain tumour
Malcolm Hardee (55) Drowning (accidental. He was drunk when he fell in the Thames.)
I haven't read through all this thread, but I'm sure these will have already been mentioned: Ronnie Barker and Richard Beckinsale. Richard was just 31 when he died of a heart attack, shocking. Edit: after reading the thread I've seen several people have mentioned them.
Quote: Paul Carroll @ June 23 2008, 3:00 PM BSTKenneth MacDonald, Mike the landlord from Only Fool's and Horses. Was only 50.
I had no idea he was dead! Shit.
I'm gonna bawl like a baby girl when David Jason dies.
Quote: chipolata @ June 26 2008, 2:42 PM BSTLennard Pearce (Granddad, Only Fools and Horses) - 69 - Heart attack
Buster Merryfield (Uncle Albert) - 78 - Brain tumour
Is that really prematurely? I wouldn't mind living that long.
Dave Chapman- A man of ambition.
Quote: David Chapman @ June 26 2008, 10:13 PM BSTIs that really prematurely? I wouldn't mind living that long.
You'd have loved to have died then. Instead it just keeps dragging on, and on, and on...