Guardian:
‘It was hard not to stare at him all the time’: inside the remarkable rise and shocking loss of Leonard Rossiter
Best known for sitcoms Rising Damp and The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, the actor died 40 years ago during a performance of Loot, aged 57. Co-stars, colleagues and friends remember a brilliant, singular and demanding man
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https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2024/oct/04/leonard-rossiter-rising-damp-fall-and-rise-of-reginald-perrin
@BillyBones awesome actor
"Miss jones, miss jones"
The complete series 1 of The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
For anyone who hasn't seen it
@BillyBones total legend he was
Rising damp was brilliant a master class in sitcom making
@stueytheround @BillyBones haven't read it yet myself - bookmarked though 👍
@ecksmc It really was. And it doesn't matter how many times I've watched it, I can happily sit through every episode 👍
@ecksmc @BillyBones That article was exceptional. A lot of it too. I took it in three bites!