{"id":290738,"date":"2025-10-28T15:04:51","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T15:04:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/fawlty-towers-star-dies-aged-93\/"},"modified":"2025-10-28T15:04:51","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T15:04:51","slug":"fawlty-towers-star-dies-aged-93","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/fawlty-towers-star-dies-aged-93\/","title":{"rendered":"Fawlty Towers star dies aged 93"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/s-djqQON_ps\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Fawlty Towers star dies aged 93\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/s-djqQON_ps\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Actress Prunella Scales has died at her London home aged 93.<\/p>\n<p>[Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe]<\/p>\n<p>She was best known for playing Sybil Fawlty in the acclaimed 1970s comedy series Fawlty Towers alongside John Cleese.<\/p>\n<p>She enjoyed success in the 1960s sitcom Marriage Lines and in recent years appeared in Great Canal Journeys with her long-time husband Timothy West but her dementia meant she had to stop in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>Get more news at our site &#8211; https:\/\/www.channel4.com\/news\/ <\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe<\/p>\n<p>Follow us:<br \/>\nTikTok &#8211; https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@c4news<br \/>\nInstagram &#8211; https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/channel4news\/<br \/>\nTwitter &#8211; https:\/\/twitter.com\/Channel4News<br \/>\nFacebook &#8211; https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Channel4News\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Actress Prunella Scales has died at her London home aged 93. [Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe] She was best known for playing Sybil Fawlty in the acclaimed 1970s comedy series Fawlty Towers alongside John Cleese. 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