Obituary: Neil Innes

UK Comedian and musician Neil Innes, died yesterday at the age of 75.  If for nothing else, he will be remembered for his dead-on parody of John Lennon in The Rutles:  All You Need Is Cash.  It was a brilliant parody of the Beatles, no doubt in large part due to the help of George Harrison.

Innes could do Lennon better than Lennon ever did.

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Innes had been travelling home from France with his family, who have asked for privacy "at this difficult time".

"It is with deep sorrow and great sadness that we have to announce the death of Neil James Innes on 29 December 2019," they said in a statement.

"We have lost a beautiful, kind, gentle soul whose music and songs touched the heart of everyone and whose intellect and search for truth inspired us all.

"He died of natural causes quickly without warning and, I think, without pain."

They went on: "His wife Yvonne and their three sons, Miles, Luke and Barney, and three grandchildren, Max, Issy and Zac, give thanks for his life, for his music and for the joy he gave us all."

Time to get some cheese and onions: