John Bird: actor and comedian dies at 86
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< /figure>By Steven McIntoshEntertainment reporterActor and comedian John Bird has died aged 86, his reps have confirmed.
Bird was part of the television satire boom of the 1960s, and well known for his many appearances opposite John Fortune.
The pair memorably appeared alongside Rory Bremner in the Channel 4 television series Bremner, Bird and Fortune.
Co-star Bremner led the tributes to Bird, telling the BBC his former co-star "had this brilliant instinct for absurdity and the most witty wit".
"He was so modest, for someone who so often played such self-indulgent, self-glorifying characters," Bremner told The World at One on Radio 4
"He was at the forefront of the satire boom...he had the most wonderful mind and was the most modest of people , he was amazing."
Bremner, Bird and Fortune ran for 16 series, plus one-off specials, between 1999 and 2008, and was nominated for multiple Bafta TV Awards.
< /figure>By Steven McIntoshEntertainment reporterActor and comedian John Bird has died aged 86, his reps have confirmed.
Bird was part of the television satire boom of the 1960s, and well known for his many appearances opposite John Fortune.
The pair memorably appeared alongside Rory Bremner in the Channel 4 television series Bremner, Bird and Fortune.
Co-star Bremner led the tributes to Bird, telling the BBC his former co-star "had this brilliant instinct for absurdity and the most witty wit".
"He was so modest, for someone who so often played such self-indulgent, self-glorifying characters," Bremner told The World at One on Radio 4
"He was at the forefront of the satire boom...he had the most wonderful mind and was the most modest of people , he was amazing."
Bremner, Bird and Fortune ran for 16 series, plus one-off specials, between 1999 and 2008, and was nominated for multiple Bafta TV Awards.
< /figure>By Steven McIntoshEntertainment reporterActor and comedian John Bird has died aged 86, his reps have confirmed.
Bird was part of the television satire boom of the 1960s, and well known for his many appearances opposite John Fortune.
The pair memorably appeared alongside Rory Bremner in the Channel 4 television series Bremner, Bird and Fortune.
Co-star Bremner led the tributes to Bird, telling the BBC his former co-star "had this brilliant instinct for absurdity and the most witty wit".
"He was so modest, for someone who so often played such self-indulgent, self-glorifying characters," Bremner told The World at One on Radio 4
"He was at the forefront of the satire boom...he had the most wonderful mind and was the most modest of people , he was amazing."
Bremner, Bird and Fortune ran for 16 series, plus one-off specials, between 1999 and 2008, and was nominated for multiple Bafta TV Awards.
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