Comedy legend. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJ1JiXPlMkI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACMcjbmniC8 Priceless.
When I saw the thread title I though heart attack, must have been a heart attack. Googled him and yup. Sad but not entirely a shock.
He'd been ill for quite a few years hadn't he? So many cool famous people dying in recent times RIP Mel.