Tim Rendle, who ran the Lion's Den Comedy Club and was a well-established popular figure on the comedy circuit has died.

Rendle, who was in his early forties, was diagnosed with cancer earier this year and was initially given eighteen months but the cancer progressed much faster than expected. 

His Tuesday night club was also called the Comedy Car Crash and was known for featuring open mic acts. It ran at Bar Rumba in Shaftesbury Avenue.