Comedian and actor best known for the satirical television show Bremner, Bird and FortuneJohn Fortune, who has died aged 74 after a long illness, was a distinguished member of the Oxbridge generation of brainy comedians who turned British entertainment inside out in the early 1960s, along with his friend, college contemporary and writing partner, John Bird, as well as Peter Cook, Jonathan Miller, Alan Bennett, David …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:47PM on December 31, 2013