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Timothy West Dies: British Theater And Screen Actor Was 90


British theater and screen actor Timothy West has died aged 90.

West was one of the UK’s most beloved actors, known on-screen for roles in soaps EastEnders and Coronation Street, and later for Channel 4’s Great Canal Journeys, a touching series in which he traveled around the country on a boat with his wife, Fawlty Towers actress Prunella Scales. “After a long and extraordinary life on and off the stage, our darling father Timothy West died peacefully I his sleep yesterday evening. Love and condolences to you and your family,” and screenwriter Sarah Phelps, who was a writer on BBC soap EastEnders, writing: “Oh Sam, your beautiful Dad.

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