Last Of The Summer time Wine star Tom Owen dies at the age of 73

Very last Of The Summer Wine star Tom Owen has died at the age of 73, his family members have confirmed.

The famous actor is very best regarded for playing Tom Simmonite in the popular and very long-managing BBC sitcom for 10 a long time from 2000.

His visual appeal on the exhibit ongoing a loved ones custom soon after his father, Invoice Owen, portrayed his on-screen father, Compo Simmonite, prior to his death in 1999.

Sad news: Last Of The Summertime Wine star Tom Owen has died at the age of 73, his relatives have confirmed

His other television credits involve The Monthly bill, The Onedin Line and Upstairs Downstairs. In 2018, he also starred in attribute movie The Bromley Boys.

His loved ones confirmed the unfortunate information of his dying on Tuesday as they explained he had ‘passed absent peacefully’ in a assertion.

Tom shares two sons, James and William, with his ex-wife Mary Bernadette Therese Moylan, who he married in 1978.

In a assertion, his loved ones explained: ‘He passed away peacefully and is survived by his two little ones, James and William, and ex-spouse, Mary.’

Star: Owen performed the nomadic Tom Simmonite in the well-liked and extended-operating BBC sitcom for 10 years from 2000. Pictured with Peter Sallis and Frank Thornton 

Tom began his vocation in performing straight right after leaving faculty, and his father was instrumental in landing him his very first work as an assistant stage manager at Leatherhead Theatre in Surrey.

Following shelling out 12 months at his occupation, he then moved on to just take up a identical job at the Westminster Theatre.

Tom expended 4 several years in television right before returning to repertory theatre in Sidmouth, Devon, wherever he ongoing to do the job and immediate.

Then, the actor was picked to enjoy Compo’s prolonged-shed son Tom in Very last Of The Summertime Wine, just days immediately after his father Bill’s death from cancer in July 1999.

Stars: His look on the show continued a spouse and children tradition following his father, Monthly bill Owen, portrayed his on-screen father, Compo Simmonite. Pictured with Peter Sallis and Frank Thornton

Formerly describing how he secured the position, he explained the initially he realized of writer Roy Clarke’s search was when he received a cellular phone phone from the show’s producer, Alan Bell.

‘It was two or three days after Dad had died,’ he said back in 2000.

‘Obviously my thoughts was on other factors, like organising the funeral, and it hadn’t happened to me at all that I would be approached to enjoy Compo’s very long-shed son.

‘Alan prompt the thought to me and I believed about it for two seconds in advance of expressing certainly.’

Death: His family members confirmed the news of his loss of life on Tuesday as they stated he experienced ‘passed away peacefully’. Pictured: Tom unveiling a Heritage Foundation Blue Plaque in honour of his father 

Talking about taking on the job, he formerly admitted he was ‘very emotional’ at to start with mainly because of his father Bill’s demise but wanted to perform on the clearly show in his memory.

He explained the cast and crew, who worked with Monthly bill on the strike clearly show, had a ‘traumatic shock’ when his father had died as they experienced recognized him for many years. 

‘At 1st when I arrived on set it was quite odd, he said. ‘It was emotional, but incredibly early on I made a decision the only way I could deal with it was by remaining a specialist.

‘I was incredibly informed of how wary the other forged users could possibly be of me. They had all been by means of a traumatic shock when Dad died. They had regarded him for all individuals yrs as nicely.

Career: Tom’s other tv credits include things like The Monthly bill, The Onedin Line and Upstairs Downstairs. In 2018, he also starred in attribute movie The Bromley Boys

‘Dad cherished the present and I consider he would be incredibly very pleased that it is heading to go on, and in a way it truly is continuing in his memory. I imagine he would be quite joyful that I’ve taken his area.’

BBC sitcom Last of the Summer Wine ran for 31 collection from 1973 until eventually its final ever episode How Not to Cry at Weddings in August 2010. 

Norman Clegg, played by Peter Sallis, was the only character to seem in all 295 episodes of the comedy.

Invoice Owen died from pancreatic most cancers at age 85 in 1999 and after his loss of life, his co-star Peter Sallis mentioned he wished to be buried upcoming to him.

Peter, who played ‘Cleggy’ in the Yorkshire-primarily based comedy, lived for a different 18 several years and passed absent aged 96 in June 2017, when he was buried beside his close mate.

The two previous close friends are now collectively in the graveyard at St John’s Church in the Yorkshire town of Holmfirth. 

Friendship: Bill Owen died from pancreatic most cancers at age 85 in 1999 and soon after his demise, his co-star Peter Sallis (pictured with Tom at Bill’s funeral) said he preferred to be buried subsequent to him