Timothy West RIP

Oh dear, he was taking such good care of Prunella she must be devastated; so very sad.

That's really sad especially as I think Prunella is still alive despite her dementia. He was a very good actor.

So sorry to hear this, particularly for Prunella. I did like that gentle programme they did floating around canals. They came across as such a loving devoted couple, married for years, that alone is quite something in showbiz.

I am again watching their canal journeys now,

RIP

I think he had his 90th birthday recently. Haven’t looked it up, I may be wrong about that.

RIP Timothy. We loved his canal programmes with Pru. We saw them once having a cuppa in the cafe at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford.

Oh no! He seemed such a gentle man, I too loved the canal trips, poor Prue.
RIP

He was a talented actor and his gentle, kindness to Prunella Scales was evident in the canal journey programmes.

It is so sad that Pru, who was a fine actor in her own right, should be left with her dementia without her loving husband.

Yes he was 90- I’d ironically just started rewatching their canal journeys- channel U/Yesterday- .
I too wonder how Pru will take the news, they did appear to be very devoted to one another.
Another great actor gone, not many of their generation left. RIP

Caring is erroneous; very hard on an elderly person caring for an elderly relative. The death of a carer before the cared is quite common.

I truly thought Prunella would be the one to go first. So sad.
I remember hin in "Brass" as the grasping mill owner. Magnificent. And only a couple of months ago he popped up in J B Priestley's "When We Are Married", also with Prunella.

So much younger then.

Here’s the X/Twitter post- I hadn’t realised they’d been married for 61 years.

A family of great actors, Timothy, Prunella and Sam. RIP Timothy. xx

Very sad to hear this.
A Titan of the stage and a wonderful and tirelessly caring partner to his wife, Prunella.
Sad news

How sad, I’ve enjoyed the canal boat programmes.

…. in 2023 West published a memoir, Pru & Me, about their life together.

“We have exactly the same conversation every day of the week and it’s something I never tire of. Repetition doesn’t really exist in Pru’s world and the look on her face when she enters the room and sees me sitting there on the sofa waiting for her makes me realise just how much I love her,” he said.

So sad to learn this , prunella now without her devoted and caring husband .

Loved the canal boat trips, he seemed so gentle and understanding with his wife Prunella.

Sorry Grandmabatty I have just found your thread.
I started one after not seeing anything under Chats or Politics but I forgot to look in the obvious place of TV!

I'll re-post this on here.

Oh dear, I'm sorry to hear this.

A very good actor and I loved his canal journeys with his wife Prunella Scales.
What will happen to her now, I wonder?

RIP Timothy West.

Very sorry to hear this. Their love for each other was very evident and she depended on him so much in recent years due to her dementia. RIP Timothy.

No worries Jennifer. I think he deserves more than one thread.

A wonderful, talented actor RIP

I was greatly saddened to hear this news too, and like mae13, assumed that his beloved Prunella would go first. It doesn't seem to be on the BBC news website, which seems odd, as I heard it on BBC news on the radio earlier.