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Warwick Davis announces his wife Samantha has died aged 53 as he pays tribute to his ‘favourite human’

Warwick Davis has announced that his beloved wife, Samantha, has died at the age of 53. He issued a statement to share the news.

Warwick and Samantha – founder of dwarfism charity Little People UK – had met back in 1988 on set of the film Willow. “She was a unique character, always seeing the sunny side of life she had a wicked sense of humour and always laughed at my bad jokes.” Alongside the picture on Instagram, Warwick wrote: “Out for a long overdue date-night with my beautiful wife, @SammyDDavis.

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