Humphrey Lyttelton, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Humphrey Lyttelton

English jazz trumpeter

Date of Birth: 23-May-1921

Place of Birth: Eton, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 25-Apr-2008

Profession: writer, composer, conductor, comics artist, bandleader, journalist, radio personality, trumpeter, non-fiction writer, jazz musician, autobiographer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About Humphrey Lyttelton

  • Humphrey Richard Adeane Lyttelton (23 May 1921 – 25 April 2008), also known as Humph, was an English jazz musician and broadcaster from the aristocratic Lyttelton family. Having taught himself the trumpet at school, Lyttelton became a professional musician, leading his own eight-piece band, which recorded a hit single, "Bad Penny Blues", in 1956.
  • As a broadcaster, he presented BBC Radio 2's The Best of Jazz for forty years, and hosted the comedy panel game I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue on Radio 4, becoming the UK's oldest panel game host. Lyttelton was also a cartoonist, collaborating on the long-running Flook series in the Daily Mail, and a calligrapher and president of The Society for Italic Handwriting.

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