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Tony Hendra, satirist best known as rock manager in This is Spinal Tap – obituary

By Telegraph Obituaries  7 March 2021 • 1:21pm Tony Hendra, who has died aged 79, was one of the most brilliant satirists of the post-war period. He formed the link between the Cambridge Footlights team, in which he collaborated with John Cleese and Graham Chapman, and American institutions such as the satirical magazine National Lampoon and the NBC show Saturday Night Live where he was instrumental in launching the careers of John Belushi and Chevy Chase.  In Rob Reiner’s classic 1984 �...
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Tony Hendra, many-sided satirist best known as the rock manager in This is Spinal Tap – obituary

Hendra (2004): ‘extraordinary; a truly great satirist’ Credit: Tina Fineberg/AP Photo Tony Hendra, who has died aged 79, was one of the most brilliant satirists of the post-war period. He formed the link between the Cambridge Footlights team, in which he collaborated with John Cleese and Graham Chapman, and American institutions such as the satirical magazine National Lampoon and the NBC show Saturday Night Live where he was instrumental in launching the careers of John Belushi and Chevy C...
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Tony Hendra Dead: 'This Is Spinal Tap' Actor and National Lampoon Alumnus Was 79

Embassy Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection THIS IS SPINAL TAP, (background l-r): David Kaff, R.J. Parnell, (foreground l-r): Tony Hendra, Harry Shearer, Patrick Macnee, Michael McKean, Christopher Guest, 1984. His best-known roles include starring as the blundering, ill-tempered manager in Rob Reiners 1984 rock mockumentary. Tony Hendra, the British satirist and National Lampoon alumnus who played the band manager on This Is Spinal Tap, died Thursday in Yonkers, New York. He was 79. Hendra�...
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He was at the fox table at the radio dinner a couple days ago. i wanted to ask if that was outof -- out of line. how did the people of nebraska -- do you think ben nelson took a bribe to sell his votes? in this senate? >> well, i dont want to characterize it that way wh. there are deals being cut behind closed doors on a bill that potentially affects one sixth of the economy, where we do need the type of reform that is going to fill in gaps that is pro porsal to the nature of the problem but doe...
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