Humphrey Lyttleton has died.

The world is a worse place for his passing. Great, great jazz musician* and superb host of BBC Radio 4’s ‘I’m sorry I haven’t a clue.’ If you haven’t heard Humph get a laugh by saying nothing, you haven’t heard true a master at work. If you have time to spare and want a guaranteed belly-laugh, go to the Clue site and listen to a some clips.

BBC obituary here.

* In a slightly spine-shivering PS, I borrowed one of his CDs from Whitby Library yesterday, got home to hear of his death.