Ian Cognito
When comedian Ian Cognito died onstage at the Atic Comedy Club in Bicester in April 2019 there were two responses from the stand-up fraternity. Firstly utter shock. Secondly it was the way he would have wanted to go, entertaining people and making them laugh as he slipped away, just like a different kind of comedy great, Tommy Cooper.
A film charting the life and times of controversial British comedian Ian Cognito has won a major award at an American film festival.
Ian Cognito: A Life And A Death On Stage won the Best Feature Documentary Award at the LA Indies Festival. The documentary was directed by Joe Bor and Danny Ward and features footage of Cognito in action and contributions from numerous comedians including Matt Lucas, Shappi Khorsandi, James Acaster, Jo Brand and John Robins.
April 11th will be the one year anniversary of the sudden death of comedian Ian Cognito.
The famously anarchic stand-up, whose real name was Paul Barbieri, suffered a heart attack and died while performing at the Lone Wolf Comedy Club at the Atic in Bicester on Thursday, April 11, 2019.
Radio 4's series Last Word has broadcast an obituary of comedian Ian Cognito.
Cognito died onstage in Bicester on April 11. Reports say he suffered a heart attack. He was 60.
A recording has emerged of Ian Cognito's own self-penned musical epitaph. Listen below (maybe have a box of tissues handy).
There are hopes that a memorial plaque will be put up at the venue where comedian Ian Cognito died on Thursday night.
The uncompromising stand-up passed away during his headline set at the Lone Wolf Comedy Club at the Atic in Bicester.
Venue owner Ryan Mold has written on Facebook that he and the compere on the night, Andrew Bird, are aiming to organise a plaque to put onstage in his memory.
Andrew Bird has also spoken to BTJ about working with Cognito, whose real name was Paul Barbieri.
Tributes have been flooding in following BTJ's announcement of the death of comedian Ian Cognito.
The story has been picked up online and in the press and made BBC Radio news and it's accompanying website. As stand-up Alistair Barrie observed, Cognito, whose flavour of comedy was far too strong for television, finally made it onto the BBC.
Comedian Ian Cognito has died.
Beyond The Joke has heard that he became ill onstage in Bicester on Thursday night where he was performing at the Lone Wolf Comedy Club. Paramedics were called but he was pronounced dead. Reports say he had been taking medication for a heart condition.
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