Prunella Scales watched ‘Fawlty Towers' one final time

Actress Prunella Scales, best known for her role as the long-suffering Sybil in the British TV comedy classic Fawlty Towers, has died aged 93, her family said yesterday.

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The actress died "peacefully at home in London" on Monday, her sons Samuel and Joseph said.

"She was watching Fawlty Towers the day before she died," they said on X, adding her last days were "comfortable, contented and surrounded by love".

Scales was diagnosed with vascular dementia in 2013, but continued to work for several years, including with her husband, the screen and stage actor Timothy West.

The couple were married for 61 years and West, who died in November 2024 aged 90, was to become her carer. They found time to film several series of a Channel 4 show Great Canal Journeys.