Actor Kelly dies, aged 82

One of the most loved actors the country has ever produced, David Kelly, died yesterday evening aged 82.

His career endeared himself to every generation as it built slowly and steadily to reach international acclaim in recent years.

The older audiences saw Mr Kelly in the early days of RTÉ chatting away in the signal box with Jimmy O’Dea. Along with Maureen Potter these two actors were among the pioneers of Irish comedy sketches.