charts, a comedy single produced by Brint and co-written with Charlie Higson and performed by Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse as characters Smashie and Nicey. In 1990, the majority of work for Raw Sex: The Album was completed for Sony BMG, featuring assorted guest comedians performing assorted cover songs with the band, but the project was shelved. In his autobiography, Rowland Rivron attributes the cancellation to BMG's UK operations concentrating almost entirely on marketing Take That. Later years In 2004, Brint helped set up a charity, Action for Music, to help undiscovered musicians in Kenya, and later worked as a composer for the Kenyan TV soap opera Makutano Junction. In 2010 he founded The Idiot Bastard Band with Edmondson, Rivron, Phill Jupitus and Neil Innes, which had been planning a nationwide tour and an LP for 2012. The initial rounds of Idiot Bastard Band gigs, incorporating original comedy songs, oddball cover versions, guest comedians and some resurrected Raw Sex routines, became Brint's final public appearances. His last TV work saw him compose and produce music for Bellamy's People and The One Ronnie in 2010. Death On 29 May 2011 at the age of 60, Brint took his own life. The news was made public the following month via social networks by several of his friends and colleagues. He was survived by his wife, Amanda (née Cockerton). They had been married since 2003. Describing him as a "celebrated nonconformist", comedian Adrian Edmondson wrote of Brint: "He had a phenomenal gift for interpreting mood through music, and an innate sense of humour which never let the music intrude on any jokes. It was a difficult trick to pull off, but it suited his particular style of creativity, a magpie talent for collecting lots of references and making them into something entirely new that made you appreciate things in a different way." References External links Simon Brint (Aveleyman) 1950 births 2011 suicides Suicides in the United Kingdom English male comedians People from South Somerset (district) British television composers Alumni of the University of Reading 20th-century English comedians 21st-century English comedians