The last of a certain kind of demimonde bon-viveur
Tributes from Stewart Lee, Sue Perkins and more as Tributes as comedy producer David Johnson dies at 60
The words of comedy and theatre have today paid tribute to ebullient producer David Johnson, who died yesterday at the age of 60.
A familiar, larger-than-life figure at the Edinburgh Fringe and the London scene, Johnson produced tours for the likes of Stewart Lee, Sandi Toksvig, Stephen Fry, Fascinating Aida and Sue Perkins.
He was admitted to hospital four weeks ago, where his condition quickly declined.
While his death was not Covid-related, his friend, the publicist Sally Homer, said: ’In a way the virus killed him… he wasn’t a man built for self-isolation nor closed theatres.’
When you think of Dame Barbara Windsor and hospitals, it’s hard not to picture her in the pink uniform and black stockings of saucy nurse Sandra May who sends poor bed-bound Sid James’s blood pressure through the roof in Carry On Doctor.