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Coronation Street legend and The Crown star James Laurenson 'left £214,000 in his will' after he died aged 84 following a fifty-year career
The beloved actor died aged 84 back in May 2024, after a varied career spanning fifty years on stage and screen.
Laurenson also famously performed the first gay kiss with Sir Ian McKellen in an adaptation of Christopher Marlowe's Edward II in 1970, just three years after homosexuality was decriminalised in the UK. Howeve the casting of the non aboriginal Kiwi in the role attracted anger but also positive reviews, with one Australian critic dubbing him 'Australia's newest TV sex symbol'. He also played the lead role of Julian Marsh in the West End production 42nd Street at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in 1984 - his only performance in a musical.
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