COMEDIAN Tony Slattery has died aged 65 following a heart attack, his partner has announced.

Slattery was best known for his appearances on the Channel 4 comedy improvisation show Whose Line Is It Anyway? as well as on the comedy programmes Just A Minute and Have I Got News For You.

A statement on behalf of his partner, Mark Michael Hutchinson, read: “It is with great sadness we must announce actor and comedian Tony Slattery, aged 65, has passed away today, Tuesday morning, following a heart attack on Sunday evening.”