Tuesday, February 28, 2006

Sad News

She was born at Erith in Kent, a town of which she said: "It's not twinned with anywhere, but it does have a suicide pact with Dagenham."

Really shocked to discover that the wonderfully funny Linda Smith died a couple of days ago. So totally unexpected and so sad. I always made a point of watching Have I Got News For You when she was guest starring on it. The quote above is from Jeremy Hardy's obituary for her in today's Guardian. If I shut my eyes, I can picture her saying those words.

The British Humanist Association also carries an obituary.

4 comments:

Bill said...

She took on that presidency after she knew she had grisly cancer.

Really sad day.

gray said...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/networks/radio4/aod.shtml?radio4/newsquiz

michael the tubthumper said...

was a real shocker. i really liked her as well

iLL Man said...

A real bugger that....

Only saw her on HIGNFY and Room 101. Always sad to see someone genuinely funny and talented pass on. Why the fuck does Bernard Manning get to live so long, the witless, porcine fuck!