Former Countdown and Countryfile star and Mirror cartoonist Bill Tidy has died at the age of 89, his heartbroken family have announced.
Much-loved Bill, who penned the Mirror’s comic strip The Fosdyke Saga for 14 years, passed away on Sunday.
The talented and super speedy illustrator, was awarded an MBE in 2000 for services to journalism, helped to set up the British Cartoonists' Association.
