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Reggie Perrin writer David Nobbs dies | Reggie Perrin writer David Nobbs dies |
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Writer David Nobbs, best known for creating the television character Reginald Perrin, has died, the British Humanist Association has said. | |
Nobbs, 80, from Ripon, North Yorkshire, also wrote for The Two Ronnies, Ken Dodd, Frankie Howerd and Radio 4's The Maltby Collection. | Nobbs, 80, from Ripon, North Yorkshire, also wrote for The Two Ronnies, Ken Dodd, Frankie Howerd and Radio 4's The Maltby Collection. |
The creator of The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin also wrote 20 novels. | The creator of The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin also wrote 20 novels. |
Comedian John Cleese said he was a "lovely kind, gentle man with a delicious sense of humour". | |
He said on Twitter: "Very sad today to hear of the death of David Nobbs. First worked with him on the Frost Report in 1966. | |
"He wrote many top-class shows and books. His masterwork: the Reggie Perrin shows." | |
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, first broadcast in the 1970s, told the story of a man, played by Leonard Rossiter, desperate to escape his dull marriage, disappointing children and daily grind of his job. | |
The British Humanist Association's chief executive Andrew Copson said: "David Nobbs was a very special talent and we were all honoured to have worked with him over his years as a patron of the BHA." | |
Ricky Gervais, creator of The Office, also paid tribute to Nobbs, by borrowing a catchphrase from the character CJ, played by John Barron, who was Perrin's tyrannical boss. | |
He tweeted: "I didn't get where I am today by not knowing what a genius David Nobbs was. RIP." | |
And Little Britain star Matt Lucas wrote: "Reggie Perrin and A Bit Of A Do were masterpieces. David Nobbs leaves the world a richer place." | |
Author Irvine Welsh, who wrote the novel Trainspotting, said: "Very sad to hear of the death of inspirational David Nobbs, who I had quite a few laughs with. | |
"A comic genius and an excellent human being." |
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