John Thaw Lost Battle with Cancer at 60 — Inside the 'Inspector Morse' Star's Final Years


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Sheila wed Inspector Morse actor John Thaw in 1973 and remained married to him until his death in 2002. The couple shared three daughters who all became actresses. Thaw adopted her daughter.


John Thaw Lost Battle with Cancer at 60 — Inside the 'Inspector Morse' Star's Final Years

Birth name John Edward Thaw Height 5′ 7½″ (1.71 m) Mini Bio He was the working class boy from Manchester whose intensity and natural honesty made him British television's most bankable actor. He studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. His first starring role on TV was as Sgt John Mann in Redcap (1964).


John Thaw Lost Battle with Cancer at 60 — Inside the 'Inspector Morse' Star's Final Years

Sheila, 88, who was married to Inspector Morse actor John Thaw until his death in 2002, plans to leave a ­considerable chunk of her fortune to a charity she set up in his name. "A huge amount,".


Sheila Hancock 'I'll never find a man who can replace my John' Daily Mail Online

ACTOR John Thaw signed a new television contract the day before he died, his widow Sheila Hancock revealed yesterday. By The Newsroom Published 7th Apr 2002, 02:00 GMT Hancock, Thaw's wife.


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Dame Sheila Cameron Hancock DBE (born 22 February 1933) is an English actress, singer, and author. She has performed in theatre - plays and musicals in London, and her Broadway debut in Entertaining Mr Sloane (1966) earned her a Tony Award nomination for Best Lead Actress in Play.


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The finale of the latest series of Endeavour this Sunday marks the 30 th anniversary of Inspector Morse in style with a guest appearance from Sheila Hancock, the widow of Morse star John Thaw, who died in 2002.


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Veteran actress Sheila Hancock appears in Inspector Morse prequel Endeavour tonight (Friday February 5) and she is the widow of John Thaw. Fans of the period crime drama will know that the show's original star was John. As Inspector Morse, John became a mega-hit around the world. But now his widow, 87-year-old Sheila, pops up in this episode.


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Fri 22 Feb 2002 11.10 EST. John Thaw, the actor best known for his portrayal of the curmudgeonly Inspector Morse, has died aged 60. ITV confirmed last night that Thaw had lost his long battle.


Sheila Hancock reveals she begged her husband John Thaw not to die Daily Mail Online

John Thaw, the British television actor known to millions as the crusty, music-loving Chief Inspector Morse of Oxford, died at his home in Wiltshire, England, on Thursday. He was 60. The cause was.


Actor John Thaw and his wife actress Sheila Hancock arrive at the BAFTA Television Awards at

SHEILA HANCOCK, legendary British actress who stars in Sky1's A Discovery of Witches, admitted her late husband John Thaw, who was best known for playing Inspector Morse, was an "aggressive.


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The fact that Sheila also lost Alec to cancer of the oesophagus, in 1971, didn't make grieving for John any easier. In the months after John's death, Sheila turned to her children - Ellie.


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John Edward Thaw, CBE (3 January 1942 - 21 February 2002) was an English actor in television, stage and cinema, best known for his starring role in the television series Inspector Morse as Detective Chief Inspector Endeavour Morse and The Sweeney as Detective Inspector Jack Regan. Early life


Actress Sheila Hancock says climbing a mountain at 83 for film role was tough but just as

After John Thaw, best known as television's Inspector Morse, died of cancer on 21 February 2002, Sheila Hancock, who had been married to him for 28 years, wrote in her diary: 'He was my whole.


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The Two of Us: My Life with John Thaw ( ISBN 1-58234-417-5) is a 2004 biography written by British actress Sheila Hancock. It is a double biography that focuses on the lives of both Sheila Hancock and her husband John Thaw (also an actor), and tells the story of their lives and their 28-year marriage.


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John Thaw, the actor whose portrayal of the irascible television detective in Inspector Morse secured his place in the nation's affections, died last night at the age of 60. His wife, the actress.


Actor John Thaw and his wife, actress Sheila Hancock arrive at the BAFTA awards ceremony in

Friday, 22 February, 2002, 05:00 GMT Actor John Thaw dies John Thaw had been battling cancer of the oesophagus Actor John Thaw, star of Inspector Morse and The Sweeney, has died at the age of.

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