Comedian Harry U. Eldrich Death – Dead | Passed Away – Obituary
Harry Eldrich Death – Dead: A great loss was made known to InsideEko. As friends and families of the deceased are mourning the passing of their loved and cherished Harry Eldrich.
Having heard about this great loss, the family of this individual is passing through pains, mourning the unexpected passing of their beloved.
This departure was confirmed through social media posts made by Twitter users who pour out tributes, and condolences to the family of the deceased
Just heard the sad news of the passing of Harry U Eldrich. I remember after our fourth or fifth gig together, saying to him “Harry, every time I see you, not only have you gotten angrier but the targets of your anger have gotten seemingly more and more arbitrary”.
He could evoke a simmering sense of righteous bitterness as well as anyone and it’s truly sad we’ll never get to see how his act would have evolved over time. RIP my friend.
I was devastated last night to get a phone call and hear that Richard Hurley aka Harry U Eldrich had passed away. I’d only seen once or twice in the last couple of years but a few years before that we used to spend a lot of time together. 8 or 9 years ago I used to regularly perform and watch comedy at Dirty Dicks and then 7 or so years ago I MC’d regularly there and Harry was always a big part of the gang there. As a comedian he was absolutely fearless with a huge presence and his material was as dark as can be! Off stage he was a very interesting chap who was always up for a drink after the show. It is so sad when someone is taken before their time. I will always remember you for your wicked sense of humour, immaculate dress and will always have a vision of you screaming in audience members faces! Rest in Peace Richard/Harry.
I have spent much of this morning reading tributes to fellow comedian Richard Hurley, aka Harry U Eldrich , who has passed away, well before his time. We were on the same bill two or three times early on in my comedy “career”. However, I never once engaged one to one with him. I feel sad, and a little ashamed about that. As Harry U Edrich, he was outrageous, hilarious and (to me) bloody frightening! Because he did scare me, I gave him a wide berth if I saw him in a break or at the end of a show. Yet, I knew that so many of my fellow performers got to know him and love him.
I have read so many comments this morning as to what a lovely man he was. Perhaps it was testament to his brilliance as a performer that I was sucked in 100% by the Eldrich character and that, ironically I never got to know Richard.
I was struck by, and related to the following line in another performer’s tribute this morning:
“I am sorry for those who were too intimidated to chat to him, he was genuinely the nicest.”I do wish I wasn’t one of those who was too intimidated. I now realise he would have been a great person to get to know. Too late.
I’ve been trying to process what I want to say about the brilliant Harry U Eldrich. I could think for weeks and not do justice to who he was. The first time I met him was at a very weird audienceless try out gig for joke pit in 2012. He came off the stage during his set and did comedy very close to me and it was a bit uncomfortable to be honest but it was also undeniably funny. I got to know him after that and in 2014 I shared a front room with him at the Edinburgh Fringe. He made the process of going to my first Edinburgh Fringe so easy. He was a very funny man and a very kind and generous man. The last time I saw him was last year when he came down to do a Pegasus for me. We are all better off for having known him but worse off now he is gone.
We are still working on getting more details about the death, as family statement on the death is yet to be released.