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Tributes to Richard Griffiths

Stars of stage and screen have paid tribute to actor Richard Griffiths, who died from complications following heart surgery at the age of 65.

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Richard Griffiths was the 'life of every party'

Sir Nicholas Hytner, who directed Griffiths in the hit stage show The History Boys, has said the actor was always the life and soul of the party:

His currency as an actor was truth; as a colleague it was hilarity.

His anecdotes were legendary. They were, literally, endless. They would go on for hours, apparently without destination, constantly side-splitting.

The only way to stop them was to tell him you were walking away, though there were always others in the audience so, as far as I know, he never stopped.

He was the life of every party.

– Sir Nicholas Hytner, director, national theatre

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