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| Stars attend funeral of Sherrin | Stars attend funeral of Sherrin |
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| Stars of radio, theatre and television have attended the funeral of broadcaster and writer Ned Sherrin. | Stars of radio, theatre and television have attended the funeral of broadcaster and writer Ned Sherrin. |
| Dame Judi Dench, Stephen Fry and Sir David Frost were among the mourners bidding farewell to Sherrin, who died last week from throat cancer aged 76. | Dame Judi Dench, Stephen Fry and Sir David Frost were among the mourners bidding farewell to Sherrin, who died last week from throat cancer aged 76. |
| The service took place at Chelsea Old Church, central London, where Sherrin was a regular worshipper. | |
| Amid the flowers adorning his coffin was the battered Gladstone leather bag which Sherrin carried everywhere. | Amid the flowers adorning his coffin was the battered Gladstone leather bag which Sherrin carried everywhere. |
| 'Boundless brio' | 'Boundless brio' |
| The coffin was carried out of the church to the theme tunes of his favourite BBC Radio 4 soap The Archers and That Was The Week That Was, the ground-breaking satirical BBC TV show he devised. | The coffin was carried out of the church to the theme tunes of his favourite BBC Radio 4 soap The Archers and That Was The Week That Was, the ground-breaking satirical BBC TV show he devised. |
| He also presented BBC Radio 4's Loose Ends for 20 years. | He also presented BBC Radio 4's Loose Ends for 20 years. |
| At the service, Dame Judi read from Shakespeare and Sherrin's fellow broadcaster Victoria Mather paid an affectionate tribute. | At the service, Dame Judi read from Shakespeare and Sherrin's fellow broadcaster Victoria Mather paid an affectionate tribute. |
| Ned Sherrin's broadcasting career spanned six decades | Ned Sherrin's broadcasting career spanned six decades |
| She described Sherrin as a man who had "enriched so many restaurants", and told how he feasted on fish pie, oysters and vodka martinis in his final days. | She described Sherrin as a man who had "enriched so many restaurants", and told how he feasted on fish pie, oysters and vodka martinis in his final days. |
| "I'm so happy that Ned died at home in his own bed as an English gentleman should," she said. | "I'm so happy that Ned died at home in his own bed as an English gentleman should," she said. |
| His co-writer Alistair Beaton recalled Sherrin's "boundless brio" and read out one of the hundreds of messages received by the BBC following news of his death. | His co-writer Alistair Beaton recalled Sherrin's "boundless brio" and read out one of the hundreds of messages received by the BBC following news of his death. |
| The listener wrote: "He was what the BBC is meant to be. He added to British culture. Loving Ned Sherrin is part of being British." | The listener wrote: "He was what the BBC is meant to be. He added to British culture. Loving Ned Sherrin is part of being British." |
| Sherrin's ashes will be interred - in his Gladstone bag - at the family plot in Kingweston, Somerset. | Sherrin's ashes will be interred - in his Gladstone bag - at the family plot in Kingweston, Somerset. |