Willie Rushton was a robust and sharp-witted performer who died in December
1996, he found fame in
That Was The Week That Was and other television programmes with
David Frost. He was a founding team member in the long-running
BBC radio panel "game"
I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue, and was a cartoonist for the satirical and humorous magazine
Private Eye (that he co-founded with
Christopher Booker,
Paul Foot, and
Richard Ingrams) and other publications.