Tragic Tony Slattery’s battle to beat booze & drug demons saw him living in warehouse and throwing furniture into Thames

COMEDIAN Tony Slattery’s “dazzling talent” delighted fans for more than 40 years – but behind the humour he was deeply troubled by depression and addiction.

At the height of his career, the stand-out star of Channel 4 improv show Whose Line Is It Anyway? — who died today after a heart attack aged 65 — disappeared from public life after suffering a breakdown at the age of 36.