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Her character of Sybil Fawlty, in 'Fawlty Towers', was terrific.
She had been diagnosed with vascular dementia in 2013.
Her husband, the wonderful actor Timothy West, was her primary caregiver until he passed away in November 2024.
Later in life, she enjoyed an unlikely hit with Channel 4's Great Canal Journeys, travelling waterways in the UK and elsewhere with her husband.
"We didn't start out thinking it was going to be an especially exciting performance for people to watch," admitted West in an interview with the BBC's Colin Paterson in 2023.
But for 10 series - from 2014–2019 - the couple made canals captivating. "We were good at it," he smiled.
West noted how his wife's dementia would not break their 60-year love story.
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She had been diagnosed with vascular dementia in 2013.
Her husband, the wonderful actor Timothy West, was her primary caregiver until he passed away in November 2024.
Later in life, she enjoyed an unlikely hit with Channel 4's Great Canal Journeys, travelling waterways in the UK and elsewhere with her husband.
"We didn't start out thinking it was going to be an especially exciting performance for people to watch," admitted West in an interview with the BBC's Colin Paterson in 2023.
But for 10 series - from 2014–2019 - the couple made canals captivating. "We were good at it," he smiled.
West noted how his wife's dementia would not break their 60-year love story.
Fawlty Towers actress Prunella Scales dies aged 93
Scales played hotel manager Sybil Fawlty, the bossy wife of Basil, in the classic British sitcom.
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