BBC star Tony Husband died from heart attack (Picture: PA)

BBC Children’s TV legend Tony Husband has died, his family has confirmed.

The artist, who was known for kids’ variety show Hangar 17, had a heart attack on Westminster Bridge in London while travelling to a party held by Private Eye on Wednesday.

Husband’s son Paul wrote on X on Thursday ‘it is with a torn apart heart’ that he announced the death of his father.

He also said on Facebook: ‘I hate to post this because I know how many of you are going to be affected by it.

‘Yesterday my Dad, Tony Husband, passed away as he was on his way to a Private Eye leaving party on a Thames barge. Something that meant a hell of a lot to him.

‘He had a heart attack on Westminster Bridge. It’s somewhat ironic that he somehow managed to survive 30 years of Private Eye parties but the one he didn’t make…

‘I don’t know what more I can say other than he was everything to me and everything want to be. This is the very last cartoon he made. Sent to his mate Nick Newman on the train down cause he thought he would be late.’

Husband had a prolific media career that included appearances on Hangar 17 in the 1990s, which also featured bands including Take That and East 17.

More to follow.

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He was remembered as ‘prolific, funny and inventive.’