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muriel_volestrangler

(101,322 posts)
Mon Jun 5, 2017, 01:40 PM Jun 2017

Peter Sallis: Wallace and Gromit actor dies aged 96

"The actor was best known for appearing in Last of the Summer Wine and was also famous as the voice of Wallace in Wallace and Gromit.

His agent confirmed he died peacefully with his family by his side.

Sallis played Norman "Cleggy" Clegg in Last of the Summer Wine from its first episode in 1973 until the series concluded in 2010.
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"I'm so sad, but feel so grateful and privileged to have known and worked with Peter over so many years. He was always my first and only choice for Wallace," Park said in a statement."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40165443

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Peter Sallis: Wallace and Gromit actor dies aged 96 (Original Post) muriel_volestrangler Jun 2017 OP
I just watch a doc about Aardman films Javaman Jun 2017 #1
So long, Peter bigtree Jun 2017 #2
kick bigtree Jun 2017 #4
last of the summer wine - a classic britcom that moved at a slow and deliberate pace nt msongs Jun 2017 #3
Cleggy bigtree Jun 2017 #5

Javaman

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1. I just watch a doc about Aardman films
Mon Jun 5, 2017, 02:03 PM
Jun 2017

Seems as if he lived a full and rich life. Rest in peace.

Gromit will miss you.

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