Sir Antony Sher, the acclaimed UK theater actor who also starred in Shakespeare In Love and Mrs Brown, has died aged 72.The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) tweeted earlier today that Sher had died of cancer.
Sher’s husband Gregory Doran, the RSC’s Artistic Director, has been taking compassionate leave since September to care for him.RSC Executive Director Catherine Mallyon and Acting Artistic Director Erica Whyman hailed Sher’s “hugely celebrated career on stage and screen,” as tributes flooded in for the actor.“Anthony was deeply loved and hugely admired by so many colleagues,” said Mallyon and Whyman. “He was a groundbreaking role model for many young actors, and it is impossible to comprehend that he is no longer with us.
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