People I admire are the ones who do what they love and because of that are good at it, and the man this post is about certainly fits into that category! 

Humphrey Lyttelton, or Humph as many prefer to call him, was born on 23rd of May 1921 at Eton college to a father who was house master there, so he naturally went to Eton and everyone expected him to become a lawyer or have a similar more serious profession. But no Humph after coming back from WWII became a cartoonist for the Daily mail. His passion was jazz and he and his band had a top charts hit Bad Penny Blues, worked with Radiohead and made many songs and played even more great concerts. Besides all that he was the best host of ISIHAC, his deadpan style of humus or even humour is what made the brilliant jokes even funnier! He was the host of ISIHAC and presenter of BBC’s “Best of Jazz” for over 40 years. Besides all that he was also a calligraphist, a bird watcher and always found the time for his fans! He was a father, a husband, a friend and to many of us he was simply Humph the man that made us laugh every time we heard him say: “Welcome to Just a minute”, ohh no wait wrong show. All joking aside, Humphrey Lyttelton was great and extraordinary, a man of many talents and intrests. You could clearly see he did what he loved in life and thats the thing we should all learn from him.

Even at the age of 86 he still played the trumpet with his band and still recorded episodes of ISIHAC and was funnier then ever! And although he died two years ago on this day, he still makes me laugh every time I listen to old ISIHAC episodes, or when I read one of his books. I guess the great never really die!

Will now leave you with a couple of videos of the late and trully great Humphrey Lyttelton. So it goes.