Tributes paid to performer best known for his work on TV shows including Whose Line Is It Anyway and QI
The actor and comedian John Sessions has died at the age of 67. Sessions, best known for appearing on television shows including Whose Line Is It Anyway, Have I Got News For You and QI died following a heart attack at his home in south London.
Born in Ayrshire, Scotland, in 1953, Sessions trained at London’s Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (Rada) and became a panellist on the original radio version of Whose Line Is It Anyway in the 1980s alongside Stephen Fry, later transferring to television with the programme. As well as his work on panel shows, Sessions was also known for his turn in Spitting Image playing, among others, Norman Tebbit and Sir Laurence Olivier, and later for roles in TV series including Doctor Who, Victoria and Skins.
