{"id":32926,"date":"2023-05-17T17:02:20","date_gmt":"2023-05-17T15:02:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1832411"},"modified":"2023-05-17T17:05:24","modified_gmt":"2023-05-17T15:05:24","slug":"comedian-andy-smart-dies-aged-63-as-stars-pay-tribute","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/comedian-andy-smart-dies-aged-63-as-stars-pay-tribute\/","title":{"rendered":"Comedian Andy Smart dies aged 63 as stars pay tribute"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> Fellow comic Dara \u00d3 Briain remembered Smart as being &#8220;a force for joy&#8221;. <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Molly Moss\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Wednesday, 17 May 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">Comedian Andy Smart has died \u201cunexpectedly\u201d at the age of 63, his daughter has confirmed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">Taking to social media to announce the sad news on Wednesday 17th May, she <a href=\"\/\/twitter.com\/AndyCSP\/status\/1658799226086670337?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1658799226086670337%7Ctwgr%5Ea3025c445b36eec0337721587201db3b111ae4a7%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fd-3614580001406833599.ampproject.net%2F2304262219000%2Fframe.html&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">wrote<\/a>:\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">\u201cI\u2019m very sorry to let you all know that Dad passed away unexpectedly last night.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">\u201cHe had so many friends and such a great life. Raise a glass for him.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"&quot;twitter-tweet&quot;\" data-dnt=\"&quot;true&quot;\"><p lang=\"&quot;en&quot;\" dir=\"&quot;ltr&quot;\">Hi this is Grace, Andy\u2019s daughter, I\u2019m very sorry to let you all know that dad passed away unexpectedly last night. He had so many friends and such a great life. Raise a glass for him. <br\/>G x<\/p>\u2014 Andy Smart (@AndyCSP) <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/AndyCSP\/status\/1658799226086670337?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">May 17, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async=\"\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot;\" charset=\"&quot;utf-8&quot;\"\/>\n<p><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">A cause of death is yet to be confirmed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">The comedian is best known for performing with improv group The Comedy Store Players, with whom he performed as a guest and a permanent member for over 13 years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">Friends Eddie Izzard and\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">Dara \u00d3 Briain\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">were amongst those paying tribute to the comedian following the tragic news of his passing.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"&quot;twitter-tweet&quot;\" data-dnt=\"&quot;true&quot;\"><p lang=\"&quot;en&quot;\" dir=\"&quot;ltr&quot;\">Very sorry to hear this Grace. Andy was a very funny man and a great improviser. His talent will be missed<\/p>\u2014 Eddie Izzard (@eddieizzard) <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/eddieizzard\/status\/1658813037917216774?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">May 17, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async=\"\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot;\" charset=\"&quot;utf-8&quot;\"\/>\n<p><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">Izzard <a href=\"\/\/twitter.com\/eddieizzard\/status\/1658813037917216774&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a>: \u201cVery sorry to hear this Grace. Andy was a very funny man and a great improviser. His talent will be missed.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">\u201cThat is such terrible news, I\u2019m so sorry to hear that,\u201d\u00a0\u00d3 Briain <a href=\"\/\/twitter.com\/daraobriain\/status\/1658811063293313025&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">\u201cCondolences to Andy\u2019s family and friends; he was such a force for joy, and will be sorely missed,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>More to follow\u2026<\/em><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Fellow comic Dara \u00d3 Briain remembered Smart as being &#8220;a force for joy&#8221;. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":32927,"template":"","categories":[6,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/05\/comedian-andy-smart-dies-aged-63-as-stars-pay-tribute.png",1200,800,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/05\/comedian-andy-smart-dies-aged-63-as-stars-pay-tribute-150x150.png",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/05\/comedian-andy-smart-dies-aged-63-as-stars-pay-tribute-300x200.png",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/05\/comedian-andy-smart-dies-aged-63-as-stars-pay-tribute-768x512.png",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/05\/comedian-andy-smart-dies-aged-63-as-stars-pay-tribute-1024x683.png",800,534,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/05\/comedian-andy-smart-dies-aged-63-as-stars-pay-tribute.png",1200,800,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/05\/comedian-andy-smart-dies-aged-63-as-stars-pay-tribute.png",1200,800,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Fellow comic Dara \u00d3 Briain remembered Smart as being \"a force for joy\".","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/32926"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}