Beloved British comic and actor John Bird, finest identified for his satire on tv, has died on the age of 86, sparking a flood of tributes from his fellow stars.
Bird died “peacefully” at a care residence in West Sussex, in response to a press release. His pal and comedy accomplice, Rory Bremner, additionally confirmed the loss of life of “one of our great satirists”.
He seems to have died on Christmas Eve, The Sun stories.
“It’s an irony that one of our greatest satirists, so brilliant at portraying ministers, civil servants or high-ranking officials who exuded self-satisfaction, was himself so modest and self-effacing,” mentioned Bremner.
“John Bird was, to the end, never pleased with himself, always feeling he should have done better, been less lazy, had a late period like Brahms, where everything was spare and abstract. The reality was that he and his friend and collaborator John Fortune, together with Peter Cook, were pillars of the anti-establishment.”
Bird rose to fame alongside Fortune and Bremner by their sketch present Bremner, Bird and Fortune on Britain’s Channel 4, which ran from 1999 to 2010.
Bremner went on to say the way it was “striking” that Bird had died on Christmas Eve, which was “nine years, almost to the day” after Fortune handed away on New Year’s Eve in 2013.
“Lord knows, satire has missed them this last decade, and now that loss is permanent,” Bremner added.
“John may not have felt he got his life right, but by God, he got it written.”
Bird and Fortune had been nominated for 4 Baftas, successful one in 1997.
The trio additionally collaborated on BBC exhibits Now Something Else and The Rory Bremner Show.
Meanwhile, Bird appeared within the movie Jabberwocky and in comedy exhibits together with Yes, Prime Minister and One Foot within the Grave.
“They realised that true satire lay not in ad hominem attacks on politicians but in exposing the cant behind the ‘discipline of the market’ and the culture of privatisation where chief executives were rewarded for success and equally compensated for failure,” Bremner continued.
Bird was born in Nottingham and performed an energetic function in The Footlights at Cambridge University, earlier than becoming a member of the Royal Court Theatre and starting a profession in comedy.
He is survived by his spouse Libby, who’s a live performance pianist, and his step-sons Dan and Josh.
This story first appeared on The Sun and has been republished with permission.
