with his one-man show An Evening of Theatrical Anecdotes. Sherrin wrote two volumes of autobiography, several books of quotations and anecdotes, as well as some fiction; and several works in collaboration with Caryl Brahms. Personal life Openly gay, he was a patron of the London Gay Symphony Orchestra, as well as the Stephen Sondheim Society of Singapore up until 1995. Sherrin was awarded a CBE in the 1997 New Year Honours. He was diagnosed with unilateral vocal cord paralysis in January 2007; this diagnosis was later changed to one of throat cancer, from which he died on 1 October 2007, aged 76. Selected works References 1931 births 2007 deaths Alumni of Exeter College, Oxford BBC people British radio people Deaths from cancer in England Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Deaths from esophageal cancer English radio presenters English television personalities English theatre directors English writers British gay writers LGBT theatre directors English LGBT writers Laurence Olivier Award winners People educated at Sexey's School People from Chelsea, London People from South Somerset (district) British LGBT broadcasters Royal Corps of Signals officers 20th-century British Army personnel British barristers