Guardian journalist Simon Hoggart has died aged 67 from pancreatic cancer, the newspaper has confirmed.
Hoggart, who died on Sunday, was also known for presenting Radio 4's The News Quiz for 10 years up until 2006.
The Guardian's editor, Alan Rusbridger, said: "Simon was a terrific reporter and columnist - and a great parliamentary sketch writer."
Hoggart wrote political sketches for the Guardian, and a column on wine for the Spectator.
Rusbridger added: "He wrote with mischief and a sometimes acid eye about the theatre of politics. But he wrote from a position of sophisticated knowledge and respect for Parliament.
"A daily reading of his sketch told you things about the workings of Westminster which no news story could ever convey. He will be much missed by readers and his colleagues."
'King Lear'Hoggart gave up his Saturday column for the newspaper in December following complications from his condition and another round of chemotherapy.
His final article, a review of the year, appeared on 19 December.
Hoggart was diagnosed with terminal cancer three and a half years ago. He died at the Royal Marsden hospital in London.
He joined the Guardian straight from university and first began his sketches in the 1970s - he resumed this work in 1993 after a 12-year-stint at the Observer.
Hoggart also published 20 books and took part in many radio and TV programmes.
Guardian colleague Michael White said Hoggart "remained determined not to give up, nor to let his illness become widely known lest it detract from the laughter he always sought to generate".
His Guardian review of the year published on 19 December included the death of Margaret Thatcher, the birth of Prince George and the resurrection of the idea of leaving the EU.
He never shied away from fierce criticism of politicians - in a recent sketch, he described shadow Chancellor Ed Balls as sounding "like King Lear, raging against the storm that was blowing outside".
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