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Tony Hendra, the British humorist and National Lampoon alumnus who played the blundering This Is Spinal Tap band manager responsible for delivering both the tiny Stonehenge and one of the film’s greatest sight gags, died Thursday of Lou Gehrig’s disease in Yonkers, NY. He was 79. Hendra’s wife Carla confirmed his death to The New York Times.
Mar 5, 2021 · Tony Hendra, the veteran comedy writer who played Spinal Tap’s manager Ian Faith in the 1984 rock mockumentary, has died at the age of 79. His wife, Carla Meisner, told the New York Times the cause of death was motor neurone disease. Born in Willesden, North London, Hendra was educated at St Albans School where he was a classmate of Stephen ...
Mar 6, 2021 · TONY Hendra, star of This is Spinal Tap, has died at age 79. The actor and satirist had been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) back in 2019. His wife confirmed that he passed from …
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Mar 6, 2021 · Wife Carla Hendra confirmed to The New York Times her husband's cause of death. He was best known for starring as the inept manager in cult classic, This Is Spinal Tap. Tony was British but have ...
Mar 8, 2021 · Also Read: Tony Hendra, National Lampoon Editor and 'This Is Spinal Tap' Star, Dies at 79 Wilson performed in front of audiences at the Royal Albert Hall and at the Great Wall of China, and he was ...
Mar 5, 2021 · British satirist Tony Hendra died aged 79 on Thursday in Yonkers, New York. His wife, Carla Meisner said the cause of death was Lou Gehrig's disease, which the writer was first diagnosed with in 2019.
Jul 4, 2004 · Correction: August 8, 2004, Sunday The Lives column on July 4, about the relationship between the writer Tony Hendra and the actress Diana Sands, misstated the cause of Sands's death in 1973. It ...
