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John Cleese , Stephen Fry and David Mitchell have paid tribute to the "wonderful comedian" Tim Brooke-Taylor, who after his death at the Age Of 79 years.

Cleese, who co-starred with Brooke-Taylor in the 1960S and ' 70s, said he was "a great artist and companion".

Fry described him as "a hero who can as long as I do me," while Mitchell said: "The World has been stolen".

The Former Member of the 1970s trio died The treats on Sunday after contracting coronavirus.

Cleese met The Comedian at the University of Cambridge and went with him on the stage and screen, said The News meant that he had lost "The Will to be stupid".

Fry added that Brooke was gently Taylor", friendly, funny, smart, hot, but piercingly funny, if he has chosen".

Mitchell, who appeared alongside Brooke-Taylor on BBC Radio 4 panel show I'm sorry, I Have no idea, described him as "a wonderful actor and a really nice man".

The surviving members of The Goodies over to your co-star. Bill Oddie remembered him as "a true visual comic and a great friend", while Graeme Garden , said that he was "terribly sad over The Loss of a Dear Colleague and close friend of over 50 Years ".

The madcap Sketch Show began in 1970 and ran for 12 years, brings The Trio of prime-time TV success.

Brooke-Taylor had previously shone with a garden, Oddie and Cleese, and others on the BBC radio comedy I'm sorry I'll read That Again in the 1960S .

, Which subsequently led to Radio 4 's long-running I'm sorry, I Have no idea. Brooke-Taylor appeared on The First edition of 1972 and remained a regular guest.

The Show 's host, Jack Dee , Brooke said Taylor was "a charming man, and never all of it, but large companies".

He Said : "Tim brought a unique quality to the idea. He was a real team-player, very generous as a performer, never selfish and always More Than pleased, as The Butt of The Joke .

"For me, is his great comedy-Gabe played the innocent get hurt, and he did it brilliantly and with a characteristic lightness.

"It is always heartbreaking to lose a loved one, but These Times can be the most cruel circumstances, the events and my thoughts are with his wife Christine and his entire Family . "

One of his greatest contributions to the British Comedy co-write and play the famous Four Yorkshiremen sketch, with John Cleese , Chapman and Marty Feldman , originally for the ITV comedy program At Last , The 1948 Show!

A variety of other figures from the comedy and TV-a tribute on Social Media .

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Source of news: bbc.com