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George Melly
Deceased

How Did George Melly Die?

Life & Death

Died aged 80
GenderMaleNationalityUnited KingdomBorn17/08/1926Died05/07/2007 (aged 80)Died inShepherd's BushCausepulmonary emphysema, lung cancerWikidataQ1293008 ↗TMDb#1231582 ↗

Alan George Heywood Melly was an English jazz and blues singer, critic, writer, and lecturer. From 1965 to 1973, he was a film and television critic for The Observer; he also lectured on art history, with an emphasis on surrealism.

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Filmography14 titles

YearTitleCharacterAge at
release
2012London: The Modern BabylonMovieSelf - Interviewee86
2007George Melly's Last StandMovieSelf81
2002TimeshiftSeriesself76
2001Lee Miller: A Crazy Way of SeeingMovieSelf75
2000The StranglersMovieSelf - Presenter74
1998So Graham NortonSeriesSelf72
1997HARDtalkSeries—71
1994Room 101SeriesSelf68
1994Joan Miró: Constellations - The Color of PoetryMovieSelf68
1990Have I Got News for YouSeriesSelf64
1979Friday Night, Saturday MorningSeries—53
1978"The Journey", or The Memoirs of a Self-Confessed SurrealistMovieSelf - Presenter52
1978The Secret Life of Edward JamesMovieNarrator52
1975ArenaSeries—49