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  • Gorden Kaye: 'Allo 'Allo!'s Rene Artois dies aged 75

    01/25/2017 12:11:47 AM PST · by Dajjal · 10 replies
    BBC ^ | 23 January 2017 | Entertainment & Arts
    Actor Gorden Kaye, who was best known for his role in the long-running BBC sitcom 'Allo 'Allo!, has died aged 75. The star's former agency confirmed to BBC News he died at a care home on Monday morning. Kaye played cafe owner Rene Artois on the hit show, which centred on the fictional exploits of resistance fighters in World War Two in German-occupied France. He appeared in all 84 episodes of the sitcom, as well as a stage version. [snip] Kaye's career almost came to an abrupt end in 1990 when he was critically injured in the Burns' Day storm....