I've been following this loosely since it happened and although I never really got into his comedy (I prefer Bill Bailey, Dylan Moran, Ross Noble, Jack Dee and Paul Merton and other similar "modern" comedians) I've seen a lot of it and I know how influential it was to British comedy, so I do feel his loss even though it's not something I care hugely about. I've never really liked the man for some reason - not a personal reason in any case, nor anything to do with his comedy, I just never connected with him, perhaps because it was a bit before my time so I didn't really see much of him even while he was still doing recent shows. Perhaps I was missing out on something? I don't know, but from what I do know I can say that it's a shame he went the way he did - I think he was certainly more deserving of a nicer, later death than the one he got.
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