Tony Slattery death: Comedian and Whose Line Is It Anyway? star dies, aged 65

The comedian claimed in Stephen Fry’s 2006 documentary The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive that he had a “midlife crisis” after leaving Whose Line Is It Anyway?, and said he spent six months as a recluse.

Tony Slattery, the comedian and actor best known as a regular performer on game show Whose Line Is It Anyway? , has died of a heart attack, aged 65.

Five years later, he became a regular fixture on Whose Line Is It Anyway?, the series, presented by Anderson, that tested comedians’ improvisational skills.