BREAKING NEWS: TV star and comedian Sean Hughes dies at 51
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Irish stand-up star and BBC quiz show panellist Sean Hughes has died, his management company has said.
Hughes, who was a team captain on Never Mind the Buzzcocks on BBC Two, also had a role in Coronation Street in 2007.
He died on Monday, his spokesman said.
Hughes' latest tweet, dated 8 October, said that he was in hospital.