Tue Jun 19, 2012 5:12 pm
The veteran Welsh actor Victor Spinetti has died of pancreatic cancer, his agent said today.
Spinetti is thought to have had cancer for a year, but remained in good spirits as friends including Barbara Windsor, on whose Radio 2 show he made a recent appearance, came to visit him.
Barry Burnett, Spinetti’s agent said: “He was very cheerful to the end. I spoke to him on Friday and he was talking about his plans and everything.”
Spinetti was born to an Italian-Welsh father and Welsh mother in Cwm in Ebbw Vale, south Wales in 1929. R.I.P