Private Eye cartoonist Barry Fantoni who wrote scripts for That Was The Week That Was and voiced the magazine's mock poet E J Thribb has died at the age of 85.
The artist, also a jazz musician, designer, author and broadcaster, passed away yesterday at his home in Turin, Italy, following a heart attack.
Private Eye's editor Ian Hislop has paid tribute, describing Mr Fantoni as a 'multi-talented writer' and an 'integral part' of the magazine's comic writing team.
Mr Hislop said: 'Barry was a brilliant multi-talented writer, artist and musician.
'He was an integral part of Private Eye's comic writing team from the early days in the sixties and I hugely enjoyed collaborating with him when I joined the magazine later on.
