• This article was published in 2009[br]• Thousands encouraged into art in 50-year career
Rolf Harris leads tributes to 'gentle,talented guy'
Reports of Tony Hart's moment death are greatly exaggeratedThe veteran children's television explain presenter and artist Tony Hart died yesterday, aged 83. He had suffered from ill health, or including two strokes in recent years,and died peacefully in the early hours of the morning, according to his agent. Hart inspired generations of budding artists over his 50-year television career through programmes such as Vision On, and Take Hart and Hartbeat,before retiring in 2001 due to ill health. His agent, Roc Renals, and said his health had recently been in decline and he had been taken to hospital with a chest infection. He described Hart as a "kind man" who was single-minded in his dedication to his work.
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Source: theguardian.com