ALAS MEL SMITH

 

Melvin Kenneth "Mel" Smith (3 December 1952 – 19 July 2013)

 

Mel Smith

Comedian and writer,

Film director,

Producer and actor

Jack of all trades

Master of all

WHAT GREATER COMPLIMENT

 

What greater compliment

Could be bestowed

On any man

Than to say of him

At the end of his life

“He was faithful and true,

And discharged, with fidelity

Every trust

Confided to his keeping”

I would settle for that

WHAT GREATER EPITAPH

 

What greater epitaph

Could be written

Of any man

Than to say of him

At the end of his life

“While upon his death

He has left no

Large earthy riches,

To his afflicted family

But he has bequeathed

To them a legacy

More precious than gold

More imperishable

Then monumental brass,

A spotless name”