Theatre and film actor Sir Donald Sinden has died at the age 90.
His son said Sir Sinden, who made his name on stage as a Shakespearean actor, had passed away at his home after a long illness.
As well as his stage work, Sir Sinden also had more than 70 credits for film and TV productions stretching from the late 1940s to now.
He had been battling prostate cancer over several years and his death, just weeks before his 91st birthday, at his home in Romney Marsh, Kent, has been described as a "huge loss" by his family.
His son, actor and film director Marc Sinden, said in a statement: "My father has finished dying. He suffered for a few years from prostate cancer which slowly spread.....MORE...