TELEVISION ARTIST HART DIES
Popular British TV artist TONY HART has died, aged 83.
Hart passed away in the early hours of Sunday morning (18Jan09) after suffering from ill health, including two strokes in recent years.
He became an iconic figure in the U.K. after first appearing on TV screens in 1952 as resident artist on the popular programme Saturday Special.
Hart went on to appear in up to three TV series every year for the next 50 years, before retiring in 2001.
Hart, whose wife Jean died in 2003, is survived by daughter Carolyn and two grandchildren.
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