Fans have paid tribute to BBC comedian Kelly Monteith after he sadly passed away aged 80.
The ground-breaking American comedian was best known in the UK as one of the first to be given his own BBC series and his self-titled show ran from 1979 to 1984, writes The Mirror.
"Kelly was an integral part of TAC having co-hosted Brit Flix with Kelly, Paul and Two-Buck Chuck and Kelly’s BBC Memories. In 2015 Monteith and Paul Boland were awarded the National Arts and Entertainment Journalism Award for Best Television Anchor/Host by the Los Angeles Press Club. "In America, Monteith starred in two series on CBS called, The Kelly Monteith Show and The Hit Squad. As Kelly often remarked, one of the highlights of his career was performing for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth Il at the Royal Variety Performance in 1983.
Back in February 2021, Kelly suffered two strokes and a GoFundMe campaign was set up by his ex-wife Caroline Alexander to raise funds for his rehabilitation and speech therapy while he recuperated at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center for two months.Still Game star actor Sanjeev Kohli tweeted: "Sad news about Kelly Monteith. Funny, personable & way ahead of his time. Judging from the reaction on here he was a bigger influence than he ever knew.
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