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Actor Edward Woodward dies at 79
Veteran actor Edward Woodward has died aged 79, his agent has confirmed.
The Croydon-born star had been suffering from various illnesses including pneumonia and died in hospital, said Janet Glass.
The actor, who lived in Hawker’s Cove near Padstow, died at the Royal Cornwall Hospital in Truro.
Edward Albert Arthur Woodward OBE (1 June 1930–16 November 2009) was an English actor and singer.
Originally a Shakespearean stage actor, he was best known for his roles in the 1960s-1970s television spy series Callan, the 1973 film The Wicker Man, the 1980 Australian biographical film drama Breaker Morant and his lead role in the 1980s American television series The Equalizer.
Woodward underwent triple bypass surgery in 1996 and quit smoking after two heart attacks. In February 2003 it was announced that he was diagnosed with prostate cancer.
Edward Woodward died at the Royal Cornwall Hospital in Truro on 16 November 2009. The 79-year-old actor, who lived in Hawker’s Cove near Padstow, Cornwall, had been suffering from various illnesses, including pneumonia.
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