I saw him first in Beyond the Fringe with Jonathan Miller, Peter Cooke and Alan Bennet. I had never laughed so much in my whole life. They approached "taboo" topics with great verve and humour - comedy was never quite the same again. I think one could claim that they did for the comedy stage what the goons did to radio - and the two teams had a lot in common, of course.

Another one gone, and sadly missed.