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John Bird dead: Bremner, Bird And Fortune star dies aged 86 as comedians pay tribute to ‘brilliant’ actor

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BELOVED comedian John Bird has died at the age of 86, as tributes have poured in from fellow stars. Bird's friend and comedy partner Rory Bremner confirmed his death as he paid tribute to him as "one of our great satirists".

Reports suggest that the star died peacefully on Christmas Eve. Bremner wrote: "It's an irony that one of our greatest satirists, so brilliant at portraying ministers, civil servants or high-ranking officials who exuded self-satisfaction, was himself so modest and self-effacing. "John Bird was, to the end, never pleased with himself, always feeling he should have done better, been less lazy, had a late period like Brahms, 'where everything was spare and abstract'. "The reality was that he and his friend and collaborator John Fortune, together with Peter Cook, were pillars of the anti-establishment." READ MORE SHOWBIZHIGH DRAMA I was an air hostess before Love Island - it was carnage… mostly in First ClassBUMP ALONG Molly-Mae drops huge hint over her due date as she reveals how pregnant she is Bird rose to fame alongside Fortune and Bremner through their Channel 4 sketch show Bremner, Bird And Fortune, which ran from 1999 to 2010.

Bremner went on to say how it was "striking" that Bird had died on Christmas Eve, which was "nine years, almost to the day" after Fortune passed away on New Year's Eve 2013.

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