Goodbye, Mr Freud

Sir Clement Freud, Chef, Politician, Broadcaster, Writer and Wit. Born 24 April 1924; Died 15 April 2009

Ten days ago, the all round bon vivant and good egg Sir Clement Freud, died and has left an irreplaceable hole in broadcasting. Grandson of the famous - or infamous, depending on how one views him - Sigmund, his hangdog face and mournful voice - masking a surprisingly cheery personality - made him recogniseable and popular, first in a series of dog food commercials, and later on the radio and television panel game show Just a Minute, of which he had been a regular contestant for over thiry years, and is indeed now the last of the "classic" line-up of contestants to have died.

His BBC obituary can be found here, and his obituary in The Guardian can be found here.

Mr Freud, you will be greatly missed...

The Classic Line-up (clockwise from Top Left): Freud, Derek Nimmo, Kenneth Williams, host Nicholas Parsons and creator Ian Messiter