{"id":1903,"date":"2024-02-26T21:54:24","date_gmt":"2024-02-26T21:54:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/?p=1903"},"modified":"2024-02-26T21:54:47","modified_gmt":"2024-02-26T21:54:47","slug":"beloved-actor-from-the-office-passes-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/?p=1903","title":{"rendered":"Beloved Actor From \u201cThe Office\u201d Passes Away"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/div>\n
\n
<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n

The entertainment industry is reeling from the loss of Ewen MacIntosh, a gifted actor and comedian celebrated for his iconic portrayal of \u201cBig Keith\u201d in the beloved series The Office U.K. MacIntosh, whose comedic brilliance endeared him to audiences worldwide, passed away at the age of 50, leaving behind a legacy of laughter and unforgettable performances.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

<\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

The news of MacIntosh\u2019s peaceful passing was confirmed by his management company, JustRight Management, on February 21, 2024. In a solemn statement, they announced, \u201cWith great sadness we announce the peaceful passing of our beloved comedy genius Ewen MacIntosh. His family thank all who supported him, especially Willow Green Care Home.\u201d The actor\u2019s family intends to hold a private cremation ceremony for close friends and family, followed by a \u201ccelebratory memorial\u201d later in the year. While the specific cause of MacIntosh\u2019s passing remains undisclosed, tributes have poured in from colleagues and fans alike, reflecting on his immense contributions to the world of comedy.<\/p>\n

Ricky Gervais, the mastermind behind The Office, paid homage to MacIntosh with a poignant tribute on social media, recalling him as \u201cvery funny and very lovely,\u201d and praising him as an \u201cabsolute original.\u201d Beyond his iconic role in The Office, MacIntosh left an indelible mark on British comedy, gracing the screens of popular series such as Miranda and Little Britain. His final acting credit was in Britain\u2019s 2017 romantic comedy, Finding Fatimah.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

<\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

Colleagues and friends, profoundly affected by MacIntosh\u2019s passing, have shared their grief and fond memories of the late actor. Miranda Hart, who starred alongside MacIntosh in Miranda, expressed her gratitude for his comedic brilliance in a heartfelt Instagram post, reminiscing, \u201cThank you, Ewen, for making me laugh. We were the same age and crossed paths many times as we did our best to be funny and make a living out of it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ed Scott, a close friend and music executive, took to Twitter to pay tribute to MacIntosh\u2019s character and kindness, highlighting his empathy, integrity, and unwavering goodness. \u201cEwen was so full of empathy, kindness, and integrity and above all a really good man,\u201d Scott tweeted, extending his condolences to MacIntosh\u2019s family, including his parents Sara and Ewen Sr, his brother Colin, and his multitude of friends and fans.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The entertainment industry is reeling from the loss of Ewen MacIntosh, a gifted actor and comedian celebrated for his iconic portrayal of \u201cBig Keith\u201d in the beloved… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"a3_pvc":{"activated":false,"total_views":0,"today_views":0},"yoast_head":"\nBeloved Actor From \u201cThe Office\u201d Passes Away - X Story News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/?p=1903\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Beloved Actor From \u201cThe Office\u201d Passes Away - X Story News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The entertainment industry is reeling from the loss of Ewen MacIntosh, a gifted actor and comedian celebrated for his iconic portrayal of \u201cBig Keith\u201d in the beloved...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/?p=1903\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"X Story News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-02-26T21:54:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-02-26T21:54:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.awm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-22-at-1.45.09-PM-750x393.png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Chris Taylor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Chris Taylor\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/xstorynews.com\\\/?p=1903#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/xstorynews.com\\\/?p=1903\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Chris Taylor\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/xstorynews.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/00c89e19f0494d049761577cf202bcf8\"},\"headline\":\"Beloved Actor From \u201cThe Office\u201d Passes Away\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-02-26T21:54:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-02-26T21:54:47+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/xstorynews.com\\\/?p=1903\"},\"wordCount\":387,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/xstorynews.com\\\/?p=1903#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.awm.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/Screenshot-2024-02-22-at-1.45.09-PM-750x393.png\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/xstorynews.com\\\/?p=1903#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/xstorynews.com\\\/?p=1903\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/xstorynews.com\\\/?p=1903\",\"name\":\"Beloved Actor From \u201cThe Office\u201d Passes Away - X Story News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/xstorynews.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/xstorynews.com\\\/?p=1903#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/xstorynews.com\\\/?p=1903#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.awm.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/Screenshot-2024-02-22-at-1.45.09-PM-750x393.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-02-26T21:54:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-02-26T21:54:47+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/xstorynews.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/00c89e19f0494d049761577cf202bcf8\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/xstorynews.com\\\/?p=1903#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/xstorynews.com\\\/?p=1903\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/xstorynews.com\\\/?p=1903#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.awm.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/Screenshot-2024-02-22-at-1.45.09-PM-750x393.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.awm.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/Screenshot-2024-02-22-at-1.45.09-PM-750x393.png\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/xstorynews.com\\\/?p=1903#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/xstorynews.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Beloved Actor From \u201cThe Office\u201d Passes Away\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/xstorynews.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/xstorynews.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"X Story News\",\"description\":\"Breaking News, X Story\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/xstorynews.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/xstorynews.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/00c89e19f0494d049761577cf202bcf8\",\"name\":\"Chris Taylor\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/dda2a64e347b05e808aeb904ce68f09f8e53ca718760587d1233160c1e54339e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/dda2a64e347b05e808aeb904ce68f09f8e53ca718760587d1233160c1e54339e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/dda2a64e347b05e808aeb904ce68f09f8e53ca718760587d1233160c1e54339e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Chris Taylor\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/xstorynews.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/xstorynews.com\\\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Beloved Actor From \u201cThe Office\u201d Passes Away - X Story News","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/?p=1903","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Beloved Actor From \u201cThe Office\u201d Passes Away - X Story News","og_description":"The entertainment industry is reeling from the loss of Ewen MacIntosh, a gifted actor and comedian celebrated for his iconic portrayal of \u201cBig Keith\u201d in the beloved...","og_url":"https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/?p=1903","og_site_name":"X Story News","article_published_time":"2024-02-26T21:54:24+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-02-26T21:54:47+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.awm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-22-at-1.45.09-PM-750x393.png","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Chris Taylor","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Chris Taylor","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/?p=1903#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/?p=1903"},"author":{"name":"Chris Taylor","@id":"https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/00c89e19f0494d049761577cf202bcf8"},"headline":"Beloved Actor From \u201cThe Office\u201d Passes Away","datePublished":"2024-02-26T21:54:24+00:00","dateModified":"2024-02-26T21:54:47+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/?p=1903"},"wordCount":387,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/?p=1903#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.awm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-22-at-1.45.09-PM-750x393.png","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/?p=1903#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/?p=1903","url":"https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/?p=1903","name":"Beloved Actor From \u201cThe Office\u201d Passes Away - X Story News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/?p=1903#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/?p=1903#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.awm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-22-at-1.45.09-PM-750x393.png","datePublished":"2024-02-26T21:54:24+00:00","dateModified":"2024-02-26T21:54:47+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/00c89e19f0494d049761577cf202bcf8"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/?p=1903#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/?p=1903"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/?p=1903#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.awm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-22-at-1.45.09-PM-750x393.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.awm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-22-at-1.45.09-PM-750x393.png"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/?p=1903#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Beloved Actor From \u201cThe Office\u201d Passes Away"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/","name":"X Story News","description":"Breaking News, X Story","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/00c89e19f0494d049761577cf202bcf8","name":"Chris Taylor","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/dda2a64e347b05e808aeb904ce68f09f8e53ca718760587d1233160c1e54339e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/dda2a64e347b05e808aeb904ce68f09f8e53ca718760587d1233160c1e54339e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/dda2a64e347b05e808aeb904ce68f09f8e53ca718760587d1233160c1e54339e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Chris Taylor"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/xstorynews.com"],"url":"https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/?author=1"}]}},"views":74,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1903"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1903\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1906,"href":"https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1903\/revisions\/1906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}