He was there all the time. Neil Innes, singer-songwriter for the Monty Pythons, died Sunday evening at the age of 75, his family said, according to the BBC. A documentary devoted to him had described him as "seventh Monty Python" ("The Seventh Python"). Neil Innes died suddenly, without showing any signs of illness before, according to the British channel.
"He was eccentric and intelligent without appearing pretentious," said Monty Python founder member Michael Palin at the BBC. Another member of the group, John Cleese, said he was "totally devastated" on Twitter.
Utterly dismayed to hear about Neil Innes. Right out of the blue ...
A very sweet man, much too nice for his own good
Lovely writer and performer. When he worked with Python on our stage show, I listened every night to "How sweet to be an Idiot" on the tannoy
Very sad .....
Neil Innes appeared regularly in Monty Python films, as in Sacré Graal! , where we see him disguised as a squire, then be killed by a rabbit:
Neil Innes was also part of the music group Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, which played parodies of jazz and rock. He had composed a hit in 1968, I'm the Urban Spaceman , produced by Paul McCartney. The Bonzo Dogs posted a photo of their latest reunion on Twitter for a "victory dinner", where the group members can be seen smiling:
The Bonzos were reunited one last time only a few weeks ago for a victory dinner. Our thoughts and prayers are with Yvonne and the family at this sad time. RIP to the Urban Spaceman himself, the great Neil Innes xxxx pic.twitter.com/zWKmCh4qSW
- The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band (@BonzoDogBanned) December 30, 2019People
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