Fawlty Towers actor Prunella Scales dies aged 93
- Fawlty Towers actress Prunella Scales died peacefully at home in London, her family said, confirming she was aged 93.
- Scales had been diagnosed with vascular dementia in 2013, which forced her retirement after a career of nearly 70 years.
- Her sons Samuel West and Joseph West said Prunella Scales was watching Fawlty Towers the day before she died and thanked carers who cared for her at the end of life for her comfortable final days.
- She is survived by two sons and one stepdaughter, seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren, and was married to Timothy West for 61 years.
- The sitcom Fawlty Towers, which starred Sybil opposite John Cleese and Connie Booth and won the Bafta for best scripted comedy in 1976, marked its 50th anniversary this year, and Scales also played Queen Elizabeth II and worked with Ronnie Barker.
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