http://toblog.bryans.org/articles/2008/04/26/humphrey-lyttelton-1921-2008 en-us 40 1. <i>v.</i> The act of writing a weblog <i>or</i> 2. <i>n.</i> Toby&rsquo;s weblog. <p>My god: you think that this year is getting better and then something happens to prove you wrong. It has been announced that <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/3477089.stm">Humphrey Lyttelton has died</a>. I got the announcement on the <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/comedy/clue.shtml"><span class="caps">ISIHAC</span></a> mailing list that he was in hospital but it didn&#8217;t seem like it was serious. He always seemed such a strong character that he would survive.</p> <p>I don&#8217;t have much to say as many more people will be able to say far more than I. I&#8217;m Sorry I Haven&#8217;t A Clue has been one of the soundtracks to my life. When I was very young my mother used to cut my hair whilst listening to it and although I then didn&#8217;t get many of the jokes I understood the sheer wit and joy behind them.</p> <p><span class="caps">RIP</span> Humphrey and thank you for all the laughter; you will be very sadly missed indeed.</p> <h2>Links</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humphrey_Lyttelton">Humphrey&#8217;s wikipedia page</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=12734999734">His tribute group on facebook</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.humphreylyttelton.com/">His website</a> which includes this rather wonderful quote:</li> </ul> <blockquote> <p>&#8220;As we journey through life, discarding baggage along the way, we should keep an iron grip, to the very end, on the capacity for silliness. It preserves the soul from dessication.&#8221;</p> </blockquote> <ul> <li><a href="http://xrrf.blogspot.com/2008/04/jazzobit-humphrey-lyttelton.html">No Rock and Roll Fun&#8217;s Jazzobit</a></li> </ul> Sat, 26 Apr 2008 00:32:00 +0100 urn:uuid:44a554fb-272e-4736-a94e-7e842374f025 Toby http://toblog.bryans.org/articles/2008/04/26/humphrey-lyttelton-1921-2008 life vale humphrey.lyttelton isihac http://toblog.bryans.org/articles/trackback/8499