Sean Hughes
Sean Hughes (10 November 1965 – 16 October 2017) was a British-born Irish comedian, writer and actor. He starred in his own Channel 4 television show Sean's Show and was one of the regular team captains on the BBC Two musical panel game Never Mind the Buzzcocks. Hughes was born the middle boy in a family of three boys in Whittington Hospital in Archway, North London. His mother was from Cork and his father from Dublin. At the age of six, Hughes moved to Dublin and lived with his paternal grandmother in Firhouse, Co, Dublin, where he spent most of his youth. He attended Coláiste Éanna secondary school in Ballyroan. Hughes was a vegetarian and proponent of animal rights. He was a heavy drinker for most of his career. In 2012, he became teetotal. He started drinking again before he died, saying: "Apparently I’m tedious when sober". Hughes died in 2017, aged 51, from cirrhosis. He had been admitted to Whittington Hospital in North London, the same hospital in which he was born. A funeral service was held at St Pancras and Islington Cemetery. After eulogies to his memory, extracts of Hughes' poetry were recited, and recorded music from the Smiths and Lily Allen was played. His body was cremated and a wake was held in a nearby pub. Source: Wikipedia.org
