Monday, June 5, 2017

Peter Sallis dead at 96 – Last Of The Summer Wine and Wallace And Gromit actor died ‘peacefully at home’

ACTOR Peter Sallis has died peacefully at the age of 96 with his family by his side, his agents announced.

He was best known for his appearances in the Last of the Summer Wine and also voicing the character of Wallace in Wallace and Gromit.

He died with his family at his side at Denville Hall – a care home for actors in Northwood, London – on Friday.

Jonathan Altaras Associates released a statement saying: “It is with sadness that we announce that our client Peter Sallis died peacefully, with his family by his side, at Denville Hall on Friday, June 2.”

Mr Sallis became a household name in the UK as mild-mannered Norman Clegg in the comedy Last Of The Summer Wine, Britain’s longest-running sitcom…

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