{"id":13940,"date":"2024-07-10T20:20:52","date_gmt":"2024-07-10T20:20:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=13940"},"modified":"2024-07-10T20:20:52","modified_gmt":"2024-07-10T20:20:52","slug":"13940","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=13940","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cHe was in good shape, happy, and healthy. He had everything going for him.\u201d \u201cHe was well-liked, funny, passionate, and loved by his partner Hayley, his family, and his friends all over the world,\u201d a family member told the news source.<\/p>\n

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French news outlets say that Tony was the only person hurt in the accident, which is being looked into by local police.<\/p>\n

People who knew and loved the comedian shared their sadness on social media about his death.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m sorry to hear about Tony Knight. Things like this are always hard to hear about. It\u2019s important to remember how much laughter and joy he brought to so many people with his comedy, someone wrote on Facebook.<\/p>\n

\u201cWow, you have no idea when or how you\u2019ll spend your last day in this world.\u201d That\u2019s pretty scary to think about. A strange accident. \u201cI\u2019m so sorry for your family\u2019s loss,\u201d said the second.<\/p>\n

\u201cRest easy, my love. Sending my condolences to your family and friends. \u201cSorry to lose you, sir,\u201d said a third.<\/p>\n

\u201cWow that\u2019s so sad, especially those that help animals, prayers to all his loved ones,\u201d a fourth said.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThis is very sad news. \u201cRIP Tony,\u201d someone else wrote.<\/p>\n

\u201cMay God bless you and your family.\u201d \u201cMay you rest in peace\u2026\u201d added a sixth.<\/p>\n

Tony\u2019s longtime partner Hayley Wright\u2019s sister set up a GoFundMe in his honor to help pay for his funeral and medical bills.<\/p>\n

As of July 5, more than $8,000 of the $20,000 goal had been raised.<\/p>\n

Tony was getting ready to go on a comedy tour in the UK in the coming months before he died.<\/p>\n

It was also known that Tony loved dogs a lot. On his website, he called himself a \u201cdog listener.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tony \u201chelped people all over the world\u201d learn how to interact with their furry friends through different means, Hayley\u2019s sister wrote on GoFundMe about the side job.<\/p>\n

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She also said that he was about to teach well-known dog classes all over Europe before his sudden death.<\/p>\n

The Washington, DC native\u2019s most recent show, Mad Dogs and an Englishman, was a huge hit all over Australia and other countries.<\/p>\n

Tony was also an actor, as shown on his IMDB page. He was in The Legend of Awesomest Maximus (2011), The Saxon Chronicles (2006), and Unicorn City (2012).<\/p>\n

Though the Englishman was legally living in Australia, he has spent the last four years living with his partner Hayley on her family farm in Beaufort. They have been together for more than 15 years.<\/p>\n

It is said that Hayley wants to spread Tony\u2019s ashes in France.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cHe was in good shape, happy, and healthy. He had everything going for him.\u201d \u201cHe was well-liked, funny, passionate, and loved by his partner Hayley, his family, and his friends all over the world,\u201d a family member told the news source. French news outlets say that Tony was the only person hurt in the accident,…<\/p>\n

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