No one lives forever. In his case a particular shame. Thank heavens someone invented audio recording - we will listen to him forever.

Phil Payne, Sheffield,

Lovely man and never under estimate his importance as well as his wit.

Jonathan King, London, UK

In the 80's and 90's, sitting in bed on a Saturday morning listening to Loose Ends was the kick-start to the weekend. I always had a lovely image of them all trooping off to The George for a drink afterwards and felt very envious. I didn't know he'd been ill so was totally shocked to hear of his death last night, and extremely saddened. I once worked at Broadcasting House where there's a lovely photo of him holding two loose ends of a piece of string, on the wall in a corridor. I'm sure people will be walking past it today with tears in their eyes. The end of an era.

Philippa, Kent,

What was so nice, was how he encouraged people on Loose Ends to be funny and interesting. Radio 4's half hour tribute this evening was as much about his guests as about him. Yuo knew with Ned Sherrin that he could write and produce great theate. He had nothing to prove and could let others shine.

John Bradon, Oxford, UK

I had the pleasure of working with Ned at the BBC in th early sixties on Tinight and during the prparations for TWTWTW. He was a kind generous and witty man generous to a fault. With Ned the world was a better place, without him....

Chris Cherry, Bridport, Dorset

"Sherrin admitted in the autobiography to having had two homosexual relationships. "
Why on earth say "admitted"? It's nothing to be ashamed about - though I suppose if he had only had two such relationships you couldn't say he'd boasted!

Eric , London, England

Ned Sherrin was a man of great wit and intelligence. I loved Loose Ends and hated it when the programme was transferred from Saturday morning to the evening. I knew Ned had produced the film Virgin Soldiers and taking a shot in the dark sent him the manuscript of my book The Queer Commando. He read it and endorsed it. Very few in his position would do that. I was humbled by his generosity and am sad at his going.

Paul Mann, Newhaven, East Sussex

He was a master of the ever-evolving, constantly-edited anecdote and always made it seem it was better to be listening than to have been there. As a writer, editor or presenter he truly gave meaning to the role of host.

Miguel, Lisbon, Portugal

loose ends has been useless without him..come on BBC find someone worthy to replace him ...you haven't so far

JOHN FOXALL (RETIRED), birmingham, west midlands

I met him at the Edinburgh Fringe a few years ago when he was presenting 'Loose Ends' and I was in the studio audience. He was an absolute gentleman and appeared genuinely delighted when I asked him to sign my ticket.
He will be sadly missed by Radio 4 listeners.

Helen, Midlothian, Scotland

I always loved listenening to his witty monologue each week on Loose Ends. In his interviews with guests he always showed a thorough knowledge of their books second to none. I'm surprised to read that he was in his seventies. His shows were always fresh.

Des, Edinburgh,