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John Inman, star of TV sitcom Are You Being Served?, has died in hospital early this morning.
The actor, 71, died in St Mary's Hospital in Paddington, west London, at 4am after being ill for some time.



Full article here: http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/...254767,00.html



I used to love this silly (and oft repeated) show.

That's sad...I always associate that show with my mom, she loved it and it helped to foster my love of British comedies as a kid.

I guess he's no longer free.

Or perhaps truly free now. They ran the series a while ago on BBC Prime and watching it again brought out the laughs for me.
R.I.P.

I suppose he's truly free now. R.I.P. Mr. Humphries.

I suppose Mrs Slowcomb's pussy died somewhile ago...

Noo, not Mr. Humphries!! I adored the show, but I guess he really is free now.

I saw him on the telly some time ago. He was very bloated and clearly not well.
RIP Mr Inman
Oddly enough, I don't think he did anything of note after AYBS? When I saw him on the box he was being interviewed about an upcoming panto where he was - surprise surprise = the dame

This thread was started in March 2007 - this is grave digging in more than one sense...

Well, Are You Being Served has been repeated constantly over the last 30 years so I think it is a fitting tribute...

Oh dear gods, it was at the top of the topics page and I didn't even think to check the date. I hadn't even heard when he died, so now I feel doubly terrible!

In any case, I feel a AYBS marathon is in order...