I did not know Chapman was dead until someone mentioned it above, or homosexual until I had just now looked him up.
That a homosexual man would die of a malignant cancer which started in his throat is not surprising. The Wiki article blames his pipe smoking, but in my opinion it is far more likely to have been caused by a virus.
Again, I have to wonder, what happened to England? I am simply astonished at the pervasiveness of homosexuality in that country. I almost wonder if there was a German secret weapon or something.
Chapman was a gynecologist as well as a comedy writer and performer! And he was very, very funny in the tv series - still one of my favorite shows.
He came out, legend has it, at his bachelor’s party.