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Jeremy Hardy RIP

Chizz
Chizz Posts: 28,338
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  • Uboat
    Uboat Posts: 12,195
    Very. Always liked him.
  • MuttleyCAFC
    MuttleyCAFC Posts: 47,729
    RIP
  • Brendan_O_Connell
    Brendan_O_Connell Posts: 8,938
    RIP
  • Anna_Kissed
    Anna_Kissed Posts: 3,302
    I enjoyed his comedy and agreed with his politics. A sad loss.

  • rananegra
    rananegra Posts: 3,689
    RIP. Only 57.
  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 33,628
    RIP.
  • SporadicAddick
    SporadicAddick Posts: 6,857
    Didn't agree with his politics and a principal reason why I switched off from much of Radio 4's 6.30 pm "comedy" slot. Nevertheless, very sad that anyone should die at that age and from that disease. RIP
  • Algarveaddick
    Algarveaddick Posts: 21,156
    What a great bloke he was, saw him live at the comedy store once. Brilliant comic and a genuine thorn in the side of the right. RIP Jeremy.
  • NornIrishAddick
    NornIrishAddick Posts: 9,623
    Very, very funny man.

    Terribly sad news.

    Amazing to think he was so young, he seemed as if he had been on the radio forever.

    RIP.
  • Bangkokaddick
    Bangkokaddick Posts: 4,297
    Saw him at the East Dulwich Tavern a couple of times before he started his radio work.

    RIP
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  • bobmunro
    bobmunro Posts: 20,846
    A very funny man, and I'm sure it helped that I did agree mainly with his politics. Often hilarious on The News Quiz and will be sadly missed.

    RIP Jeremy.
  • McBobbin
    McBobbin Posts: 12,051
    Shock that. RIP
  • hoof_it_up_to_benty
    hoof_it_up_to_benty Posts: 22,450
    Very sad - saw him many times. Always seemed a decent guy.

    RIP
  • Bedsaddick
    Bedsaddick Posts: 24,741
    RIP
  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,338
    I saw him at the Donmar Warehouse once, in the eighties. Very, very funny. But one person in the audience heckled him. Hardy put him down, in a very funny way. But the idiot carried on. So Hardy put him down again. Finally, the drunk fool had one more go at heckling. Hardy stopped his act, looked at him and shouted, at the top of his voice: "JUST FUCK OFF!"

    He then turned his attention back to the audience, apologised and said "I have ALWAYS wanted to do that".

    Very, very funny man.

    RIP.
  • i_b_b_o_r_g
    i_b_b_o_r_g Posts: 18,948
    RIP
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,954
    Hadn't realised he was ill. Very sad - liked him, and found him very funny.
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,954
    Chizz said:

    I saw him at the Donmar Warehouse once, in the eighties. Very, very funny. But one person in the audience heckled him. Hardy put him down, in a very funny way. But the idiot carried on. So Hardy put him down again. Finally, the drunk fool had one more go at heckling. Hardy stopped his act, looked at him and shouted, at the top of his voice: "JUST FUCK OFF!"

    He then turned his attention back to the audience, apologised and said "I have ALWAYS wanted to do that".

    Very, very funny man.

    RIP.

    And you still liked him after he told you to fuck off?
  • Wheresmeticket
    Wheresmeticket Posts: 17,304
    Very sad to hear this. Loved him on the news quiz and his stand up, RIP.
  • rikofold
    rikofold Posts: 4,051
    Oh this is very sad. I'm a huge fan of his radio work in particular. 57 no age at all. RIP
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  • iainment
    iainment Posts: 8,039
    Very sad news.
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,008
    edited February 2019
    What a shock. I always liked Jeremy Hardy, although he disappeared from TV about 20 odd years ago (mine at any rate).
    Also I've never seen his gigs advertised. RIP.
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,026
    Very sad. RIP
  • Salad
    Salad Posts: 10,189
    yes very sad, RIP.
  • LenGlover
    LenGlover Posts: 31,651
    Capable of being very funny at times.

    RIP
  • _MrDick
    _MrDick Posts: 13,108
    Life is so precious. Younger than me. Very funny man .. RIP
  • Anna_Kissed
    Anna_Kissed Posts: 3,302
    An article in The Guardian about Jeremy Hardy, authored by Mark Lawson

    Jeremy Hardy: a ferocious talent who radicalised radio comedy
    Provocative and political, the stand-up – who has died aged 57 – shook up Radio 4 at a time when it was in danger of resembling a Rotary Club quiz night

    https://theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/feb/01/jeremy-hardy-a-ferocious-talent-who-radicalised-radio-comedy
  • Anna_Kissed
    Anna_Kissed Posts: 3,302
  • Exiled_Addick
    Exiled_Addick Posts: 17,168
    This is very sad news. Saw him live twice, once as a stand up and once as part of the I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue live show. He was hilarious on both occasions.

    Was always one of my favourite guests on the News Quiz and Clue and I wondered why he hadn’t been on recent series.

    A sad loss.
  • Anna_Kissed
    Anna_Kissed Posts: 3,302
    edited February 2019
    A reflection on the life of Jeremy Hardy, with contributions from his friends Mark Steel and Jeremy Corbyn, was broadcast this afternoon in Last Word on BBC Radio 4.

    Jeremy Hardy is the first person to be featured in this week's programme. Also featured are Diana Athill OBE, Sir Conrad Swan, David Garman OBE and Michel Legrand.

    https://bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00028cc

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