Radio 4’s News Quiz is one of the staples of our household, and whenever Linda Smith was on the panel we knew it would be a good one. She was one of the funniest people in Britain, and it’s far too early to be reading her obituary.

1 March 2006 · Comedy

More obits and tributes:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/obituaries/story/0,,1720290,00.html
http://media.guardian.co.uk/site/story/0,,1721225,00.html
http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/article348378.ece

A great bit from the Indy’s:

She was brought up in Erith, a town by the Thames where Kent edges towards London, which she said “isn’t twinned with anywhere, but it does have a suicide pact with Dagenham”. This was a comment that attracted the wrath of her local paper, but she defended herself by pointing out that the same paper ran a competition the following week to come up with the best name for the new Erith leisure centre, which was won by the entry “The Erith Leisure Centre”.

Added by Rory on 3 March 2006.

Oh no! That's very sad. I liked her too.

Added by Kirsten on 3 March 2006.


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