Comic Sean Hughes dies at 51
‘Star suffered liver cirrhosis complications’
COMEDIAN Sean Hughes has died of health problems believed to be linked to years of boozing.
Street, playing Eileen Grimshaw’s lover Pat. The London-born Irish comic, also a novelist, once admitted pushing his body to “extreme hedonistic limits” and said his attempts to be teetotal failed.
He joked in 2014: “When I started drinking again, I thought my friends would be concerned but they welcomed my return with a ‘great to have you back’ attitude. Apparently I’m tedious when I’m sober.”
Comic Rhona Cameron, 52, spoke of meeting her old pal on TV last year. She said: “We won Pointless Celebrities together... I did see him shaking and sweating a lot and there was always a constant smell of alcohol around him.”
Other comedy stars paid tribute yesterday including Jack Dee, Dara O’Briain and Omid Djalili.
It is understood the star, 51, was admitted to Whittington Hospital, North London, with liver cirrhosis before suffering a cardiac arrest.
His final tweet, dated October 8, simply said he was “in hospital”.
Sean was a pioneering stand-up and in 1990, aged 24, became one of the youngest comedians to win the prestigious Perrier Award.
He received critical acclaim for Channel 4 sitcom Sean’s Show but was perhaps best known for being a captain on BBC music panel show Never Mind The Buzzcocks.
In 2007 he had a stint in Coronation