'One of our greatest satirists' ⬇️ Tributes to comedian John Bird after he dies peacefully at 86
December 28, 2022 4:32 pm
Bird died peacefully at Pendean care home in West Sussex on Christmas Eve, almost nine years to the day after Fortune passed away. “The reality was that he and his friend and collaborator John Fortune, together with Peter Cook, were pillars of the anti-establishment.” Bird and Fortune became household names with their The Long Johns comedy skits, in which the double-act played bumbling politicians, military figures and businessmen.Bird, Bremner and Fortune also collaborated in BBC shows Now Something Else and The Rory Bremner Show and Channel 4 series Rory Bremner, Who Else?
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