All of us here at t5m would like to pay tribute to Tony Hart, the British artist and television presenter, who died on January 18, aged 83.
Tony had suffered from ill health, and had two strokes in recent years. His family have said that he died peacefully in the early hours of Sunday morning.
Tony and his infamous plasticine side kick ’Morph’, who lived in a pencil case and appeared alongside him in programs such as Take Hart, HartBeat and Artbox Bunch, have entertained generations. Richard Deverell, controller of BBC children’s programmes talked of Tony as a “… warm man who had a unique ability to communicate with and inspire children. His dedication to making art look simple and his ability to help bring it to life through characters like Morph influenced generations of children to be creative.”

Tony’s health deteriorated when he suffered two strokes, which left him unable to use his hands. He took comfort from fan mail, writing “My aged heart is warmed by the lovely letters and emails I receive, especially when they tell me that my work on television inspired the writers to become artists, sometimes very successful ones.”