Grandson of Sigmund Freud Dies.
Brother of Lucian Freud Dies.
Outside the UK, most people would not know what I was talking about if my headline said Sir Clement Freud Dies. But in the UK, most people over a certain age will know him well.
I first remember him as a celebrity chef, chopping things like cucumber so fast and so thin that I was surprised he had any fingers left. He was also well known for advertising dog food with his lugubrious (like the owner) bloodhound Henry. Then he was elected to Parliament as a Liberal MP. For at least 40 years he has been a regular contestant on the BBC radio comedy quiz programme "Just A Minute".
Before he was well known in Britain, he had fled with his parents from Nazi Berlin, fought in World War II, was an aide to Field Marshal Montgomery, and worked at the Nuremberg Trials.
Bobby may like his brother's paintings, but in the UK more people would know of Clement than have heard of Lucian, and I bet most would prefer his comic wit to his brother's art. Apparently they don't even get on.
I think I'll side with the polymath Clement.
3 comments:
His book "Gimpel" is good.
And I think I've heard his name in connection with the Nürnberg Trial. Wasn't he crime reporter?
I can't remember where I first saw him, but I know I liked him..he made me laugh and I was sad to hear the news this morning
I always loved his (very) dry sense of humour.
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