{"id":5518,"date":"2024-11-26T20:22:36","date_gmt":"2024-11-26T20:22:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/?p=5518"},"modified":"2024-11-26T20:22:36","modified_gmt":"2024-11-26T20:22:36","slug":"beloved-veteran-actor-dies-at-90-more-below","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/?p=5518","title":{"rendered":"Beloved Veteran Actor Dies at 90 More Below"},"content":{"rendered":"

British stage, film, and TV actor Timothy West has died. Known for a decades-spanning career that included portraying Winston Churchill three times and starring roles in U.K. soaps Coronation Street<\/em> and EastEnders<\/em>, West passed away \u201cpeacefully in his sleep\u201d on Tuesday, Nov. 19, his children, Juliet, Samuel and Joseph West announced. He was 90.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter a long and extraordinary life on and off the stage, our darling father, Timothy West, died peacefully in his sleep yesterday evening,\u201d the statement read<\/a>. \u201cTim was with friends and family at the end. He leaves his wife, Prunella Scales, to whom he was married for 61 years, a sister, a daughter, two sons, seven grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren. All of us will miss him terribly.\u201d\"Timothy\"Timothy1,000 \u00d7 666<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

West\u2019s family added, \u201cWe would like to thank the incredible NHS staff at St George\u2019s hospital, Tooting, and at Avery Wandsworth for their loving care during his last days.\u201d<\/p>\n

Born in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England on Oct. 20, 1934 to actors Lockwood West and Olive Carleton-Crowe, per the BBC<\/a>, West\u2019s career in entertainment began when he served as an assistant stage manager at the Wimbledon Theatre. He went on to enjoy a prolific career on both the stage and screen, becoming a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company for three seasons in the \u201960s and playing the lead roles in Macbeth<\/em>, King Lear<\/em>, and more.<\/p>\n

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