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Old 10-19-2007, 03:12 PM   Its Not A Bluff........Alan Coren Has Died Post #1
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Broadcaster Alan Coren dies at 69

Humorist and broadcaster Alan Coren has died aged 69 after suffering from cancer, the BBC has announced.

Coren was a regular panellist on BBC Radio 4's satirical show The News Quiz, and also appeared as a team captain on TV programme Call My Bluff.

He edited Punch magazine, wrote several books, and was known most recently for his column in The Times newspaper, which he started in 1989.

Mark Damazer, controller of Radio 4, said his death was a "terrible loss".

'Brilliantly funny'

He added: "Alan was the heartbeat of The News Quiz - the man around whom so much turned for nearly 30 years.

"It was not only that he was consistently brilliantly funny, but above and beyond that, his humour burst with humanity and warmth," he said.

"He could pick out the foibles of the mighty - and his own - with pinpoint accuracy, and yet at the same time he evoked sympathy for the human condition."


It is hard to imagine the programme without him -
Francis Wheen, fellow panellist on The News Quiz

Mr Damazer went on: "He was fabulously well-read - and there was no subject which was ever beyond his wit."

Journalist Francis Wheen, who appeared on The News Quiz with Coren, said he was shocked about his death.

"It is very, very sad, and it has been quite sudden... he was diagnosed with cancer and declined quite quickly," Mr Wheen told BBC News 24.

"It is a great loss because he was the only original surviving member of The News Quiz.

"He had been doing it for more than a quarter of a century, and it is hard to imagine the programme without him."

'Big laugh'

Comic Jeremy Hardy, who also featured on The News Quiz, described Coren as a "generous" performer.

"He would have a flight of fancy and he never really knew where it was going, but it would always go somewhere brilliant and it would always end with a big laugh.

"He never prepared anything. He used get irritable with those of us who were comics who had jokes prepared. He thought that was bad form and that we should just all wing it in the moment

"When I first came on the show he was a bit appalled that I was clearly a comic and clearly had gags, but we became very fond of each other over the years."

Coren leaves a wife and two grown-up children - Giles and Vicky - who are both successful broadcasters and journalists.
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Old 10-19-2007, 03:13 PM   Its Not A Bluff........Alan Coren Has Died Post #2
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****, thought that said Anna Coren. Was about to dust off the party hats.
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Old 10-19-2007, 03:14 PM   Its Not A Bluff........Alan Coren Has Died Post #3
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didn't recognise the name, but certainly the face. Oh well, at least he doesn't have to pay taxes anymore.
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Old 10-19-2007, 03:21 PM   Its Not A Bluff........Alan Coren Has Died Post #4
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Call my Bluff, that's where I recognise him from. Daytime television hell whilst skiving from school
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The News Quiz loses another of it's best contributors.
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Old 10-19-2007, 03:23 PM   Its Not A Bluff........Alan Coren Has Died Post #6
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Very sad news.
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Old 10-19-2007, 03:26 PM   Its Not A Bluff........Alan Coren Has Died Post #7
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The News Quiz loses another of it's best contributors.
First Sherrin now him, the rest of the Line up must be worried (well more worried than before the bunch of coffin dodgers!!!).
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Old 10-19-2007, 04:41 PM   Its Not A Bluff........Alan Coren Has Died Post #8
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I don't remember Ned Sherrin being much of a regular on The News Quiz, and I go back to the Coren/Ingrams days before they let comedians on it as well as journalists...
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I liked him Good on Grumpy Old Men. He was my first thought for replacing Whiteley as Countdown presenter - but was probably already diagnosed by then.
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Old 10-19-2007, 04:50 PM   Its Not A Bluff........Alan Coren Has Died Post #10
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I worry about Humphrey Lyttelton, as i can't see I'm sorry i haven't a clue being anything like the same programme when he goes.
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