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- Birth nameBarry Ernest Fantoni
- Barry Fantoni was born on February 28, 1940 in Epping, Essex, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for Journey to the Unknown (1968), That Was the Week That Was (1962) and Grubstreet (1972). He died on May 20, 2025 in Turin, Piedmont, Italy.
- Also a satirist, cartoonist and jazz saxophonist
- For several decades, a prominent figure in the production of the fortnightly satirical magazine "Private Eye", he is also the author of several detective stories featuring a tough Philadelphia sleuth called Mike Dime. Fantoni had never been to Philadelphia when he began writing these stories.
- Best known for his work with the satirical magazine, Fantoni was also a diary cartoonist for news publication the Times and produced caricatures for listings magazine Radio Times from the mid 1960s.
- He had been a long-term stalwart of the Private Eye editorial team from 1963 until his retirement in 2010.
- Was educated at the Archbishop Temple School in London.
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