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Neil Innes , English writer, comedian and Musician , known as "The Seventh Python " - died at the age of 75 years.

He was best known for his work with the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band , The Rutles and the collaboration with Monty Python .

A spokesman for the Innes family said he had died of a disease, and had, unexpectedly, on Sunday evening.

Python -founding member, Sir Michael Palin described him as a "great writer" and the "very dear friend".

"He was The First , Neil Innes really!" Sir Michael said the program. "We were very happy to have him on Board. "

"He was a great writer and he was eccentric and he was smart, without being pretentious," he added.

"And he was the warmest of people, he was a very nice friend. "

Fellow Python member John Cleese tweeted that he was monitored, "extremely dismayed" by Innes's death, calling him "a very sweet man, much too nice for his own good".

"Gentle soul"

Innes was. on the long journey to his home in France, after an evening with his wife and friends

His Family asked for privacy "at this difficult time".

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

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

"He died of Natural Causes quickly and Without Warning , and I think, without pain. "

she continued: "His wife Yvonne and his Three Sons , Miles, Luke and Barney, and three grandchildren, Max, Issy and Zac, thank you for his life, for his music and for the joy he gave to All of us. "

Neil Innes (right, with hat) in a script conference for the BBC-TV show Monty Python 's Flying Circus in 1974

The Essex star who was born and raised in Germany and performed piano, guitar and vocals in The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band - later renamed The Bonzo Dog Band - who had a hit in 1968 with I'm the Urban Spaceman. The Track was co-produced by Apollo C. Vermouth - a pseudonym for Sir Paul Mccartney .

The Comic -songwriter penned The Track Death Cab For Cutie, The Beatles 1967 film Magical Mystery Tour, and later, the US-inspired Band with the same name.

In the 1990s, he has a writing credit on The Oasis track, however, after Noel Gallagher parts of his song How Sweet was found An Idiot had got himself.

'The Seventh Python '

In the 1970s, Innes worked closely with the British comedy collective Monty Python , and Palin recalls how during their live shows, he would "bring The House down", to lead them to the title with a half cut plastic duck on his head.

Innes contributed skits and songs such as Knights of the Round Table " and " Brave Sir Robin, as well as in your classic films The Holy Grail and life of Brian.

He wrote and performed sketches for your last TV series, the leave in 1974, according to Cleese, temporarily, and was one of only two Pythons credited as a writer, in addition to The Hitchhiker 's guide to The Galaxy author Douglas Adams .

A film about Innes The Seventh Python is called, dates back to the Year 2008.

(from left to right) Monty Python ' s Terry Gilliam , Neil Innes , Eric Idle and Terry Jones

After the comedy group came to an end, Innes a fellow Python Eric Idle stepped up to a new series, Rutland Weekend Television, the birth of their parody Band The Rutles - a parody of The Beatles .

In The Band , Innes, Ron Nasty, a character based loosely on John Lennon .

According to Innes, wife Yvonne, he toured as a tribute with the Fab Four-act The Bootleg Beatles in the past Year .

(from left to right) Innes' character Ron Nasty, along with Stig O'hara, Dirk McQuickly, and Barry Wom, the fictional Band " The Rutles

Reacting to the news on Monday, screenwriter Charlie Brooker admitted that he got stuck was The Rutles -track cheese and onions "in my head for over 40 Years ".

actor and writer Stephen Fry tweeted that Innes's previous Band "the Bonzos were everything for me, when I was a teenager. "

guy, a comedy writer Danny Baker also paid tribute, posting the picture below, as well as friends in the end.

"A little deaf, My Friend is gone so suddenly," wrote Baker. "He wrote, summing up a beautiful song, how many of us feel today. Of course he did. "

While the Baby Driver and removal of the Director of the film Edgar Wright , he would have "to raise a glass to The Man . "

"she was Always a fan of The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band ," he wrote, linking to their 1968 track canyons Of the mind.

"Allow me to share a favorite clip of you in action (with a bonkers Innes-guitar-solo). RIP Neil . "

'Loved every moment'

In Innes reflected on the many different phases of his career.

"here's The Thing , it All happened very quickly," he said.

"The Bonzos lasted only five years or so, and in that time we have paid for three managers and had no holiday. Then I went in the Python era, but that seemed to be over in a flash, too.

"And, just like The Rutles were a brief Phase . They were only intended to be a short-term, stunt, because the timing seemed so right. "

He added: "people were desperately, to have The Beatles back together again, and a man In America was a $20m [£15. 2m] - for a reunion! It was pretty absurd.

"And George Harrison , was the, until then, felt tight with the Pythons, something that was made even dumber. He loved every moment of The Rutles . The 1996 revival for our archaeology-the album was even funnier, really. "

In the same interview, he described the accession of The Other members of the Python on stage on 2002 as a tribute to the late Beatles guitarist and Python -employees George Harrison at London's Royal Albert Hall as "one of The Most beautiful nights of My Life . "

Comedians Diane Morgan and Richard Herring , along with singer-songwriter Billy Bragg and broadcaster Gary Crowley All have their ceremonies on Monday. Morgan Innes described as "one of the nicest people I have ever met and the outstanding talent".

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Source of news: bbc.com