Hinge and Bracket's George Logan has died at the age of 78.
The one-half of the long-running musical duo played Dr Evadne Hinge and his family confirmed the news on Sunday.
Broadcaster and author Gyles Brandreth said it was "one of the great joys of my life" to script the TV series and specials of Dear Ladies with Hinge and Bracket.
Taking to Twitter, he wrote: "George Logan was a very funny, very brilliant man - a wonderful musician & a great entertainer.
"His creation, Dr Evadne Hinge, was beautifully observed & gloriously brought to life with his stage partner Patrick Fyffe as the irrepressible Dame Hilda Bracket. They were such fun!".
Writer Julian Dutton posted: "RIP George Logan, Evadne Hinge of Hinge & Bracket. What a fine act, so redolent of those gentlewomen in Ealing comedies who resided in shabby-genteel hotels.
"With Paul O'Grady and Barry Humphries gone, drag-with-character has lost another wonderful artiste."
Hinge and Bracket's other half, Patrick Fyffe (who played Dame Hilda Bracket), died at the age of 60 in 2002.
They were known for hosting Dear Ladies on BBC2 and had their own radio show.
The characters Hinge and Bracket were two elderly women who spent their time discussing their careers in classical music.
Hinge and Bracket would sing their songs while the former played the piano.
The series Hinge and Bracket was on TV between 1978 and 1981 while Dear Ladies played for a year between 1983 and 1984.
George and Patrick launched their drag routine at the 1974 Edinburgh Festival.
They even performed on two Royal Variety shows and showed up for royalty more than 15 times.
George previously discussed growing up gay in Scotland in the 60s in his book, A Boy Called Audrey.
"A gay pub near where I lived put on drag acts. One day, the pianist didn’t turn up. The landlady said, ‘You play the piano don’t you? I’ll give you two quid to play for the act?’ So I did, and became the regular pianist," he wrote.
“As I was watching all these acts I realised they were getting eight quid for doing gags I’d heard a hundred times. I thought, ‘I could do that and play the piano at the same time and keep the whole 10 quid to myself.’”
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