Rats nibbling at his naked body, 'cold turkey' that left him hospitalised with brain damage and paranoia that saw him throw his furniture in the Thames: The 'rock bottoms' that forced Tony Slattery to confront his depression and alcoholism ○

The troubled Whose Line Is It Anyway? star, who has died at 65, also went bankrupt after spending up to £4,000 a week on cocaine and downing two bottles of vodka per day.