Comedian Tony Slattery dies at the age of 65 of a heart attack

Comedian Tony Slattery has died at the age of 65 following a heart attack, his partner announced.

Slattery appeared on the Channel 4 improv comedy show Whose Line Is It Still? and comedy shows Just A Minute and Have I Got News For You.

A statement issued on behalf of his partner Mark Michael Hutchinson said: “It is with great sadness that we announce that actor and comedian Tony Slattery, 65, has died today, Tuesday morning, following a heart attack on Sunday evening, at the age of 65.”

HYSTERIA! — Comedian and founder of the Hysteria Trust, Sir Stephen Fry (bottom of photo) with Jennifer Saunders, Hugh Laurie, Emma Freud and Tony Slattery (right). (ANNUALLY)

Born on November 9, 1959, Slattery was a contemporary of Dame Emma Thompson, Sir Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie at the University of Cambridge.

He is the former president of the improv group Cambridge Footlights and recently toured England with a comedy show, and in October launched the podcast Tony Slattery’s Rambling Club.

Slattery left behind a partner of over thirty years, actor Hutchinson.