When is mel smiths funeral
Funeral Services will be held at McInnis & Holloway (Crowfoot, 82 Crowfoot Circle NW, Calgary, AB), on Saturday, November 11, 2023 at 2:00 p.m.!
Mel Smith: Comedian Dies From Heart Attack
Griff Rhys Jones has led the tributes to his longtime comedy partner Mel Smith, who died from a heart attack at the age of 60.
The pair were most famous for their TV shows Not The Nine O'Clock News and Alas Smith And Jones.
Jones, who had been friends with Smith for 35 years, said the comedian was a "force for life" to everybody who met him, adding he was a "gentleman and a scholar, a gambler and a wit".
He also said: "I still can't believe this has happened.
He died in his sleep at his home in St John's Wood, his agent Michael Foster announced yesterday on behalf of Smith's wife, Pam. The son of the.
We are all in a state of shock. We have lost a very, very dear friend.
"He inspired love and utter loyalty and he gave it in return. I will look back on the days working with him as some of the funniest times that I have ever spent."
Smith began his career as a theatre director at some of the country's most established venues, but it was his partnership with fellow comedian Jones that made him a household name.
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Mel and Griff, as they became known, produced and starred in four series of the hit comedy Not The Nine O'Clock News