Widely-acclaimed British comedy actor and writer Eric Sykes dies after short illness full story ![]()
Shirley MacLaine is 79. Barbra Streisand is 71. Singer Richard Sterban of the Oak Ridge Boys is 70. Actor Eric Bogosian is 60. Actor Michael O’Keefe (“Roseanne”) is 58. Actor-comedian Cedric the Entertainer is 49. Actor Djimon Hounsou is 49. Drummer Patty Schemel (Hole) is 46. Actress Melinda Clarke (“The O.C.”) is 44. Actor Eric Balfour (“24”) is 36. Actor Austin Nichols...
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British actor Richard Briers, an avuncular comic presence on TV and movie screens for decades, has died at the age of 79. Briers' agent, Christopher Farrar, said the actor died at his London home on Sunday. A former heavy smoker, he had suffered from emphysema.
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Howard Stern Show Wack Packer Eric the Actor has learned that bigoted words have their upside, stating on Wednesday's satellite radio broadcast that he is officially radio to reclaim his original "given" on-air name "...
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LONDON — British actor Richard Briers, an avuncular comic presence on TV and movie screens for decades, has died at the age of 79.Briers' agent, Christopher Farrar, said the actor died at his London home on Sunday. A former heavy smoker, he had suffered from emphysema.Briers starred in the 1970s sitcom "The Good Life" as Tom Good, a man who decides to quit the urban rat race...
bostonherald.com (4 months and 1 day ago)
LONDON — British actor Frank Thornton — best known as Captain Peacock in the hit television comedy "Are You Being Served?" — has died at age 92.The actor's agent, David Daly, said Monday that Thornton died in his sleep in his home in London in the early hours of Saturday.Thornton is best remembered by British audiences for his comic role in the innuendo-laden sitcom "Are You...
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LONDON—British actor Richard Briers, an avuncular comic presence on TV and movie screens for decades, has died at the age of 79.
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LONDON (AP) -- British actor Richard Briers, an avuncular comic presence on TV and movie screens for decades, has died at the age of 79....
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LONDON (AP) — British actor Richard Briers, an avuncular comic presence on TV and movie screens for decades, has died at the age of 79.
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LONDON (AP) — British actor Richard Briers, an avuncular comic presence on TV and movie screens for decades, has died at the age of 79.
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British actor Richard Briers, an avuncular comic presence on TV and movie screens for decades, has died at the age of 79.
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