Writer, broadcaster and satirist died on Saturday after a short illness, Borkowski PR agency announced
The satirist Victor Lewis-Smith, who compiled the Funny Old World column in Private Eye for almost 30 years has died after a short illness. He was 65.
Lewis-Smith starred in TV comedy sketch series, including Inside Victor Lewis-Smith on BBC2 in the 1990s, and was known for making hoax calls. His Private Eye column featured newspaper stories sent in by readers. It recently featured the Wanko Pizza Teriyaki Chicken, a pizza devised by a Japanese chain that people could share with their dogs; a man in Halifax who was driven to “his wits’ end” by a tormentor who repeatedly yelled “porridge” through his letterbox; and identical twin sisters from Perth, Australia, who had entered into a relationship with a man who claimed to love them both equally.
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