When Did Richard Briers Die?

Richard David Briers CBE was an English actor. His fifty-year career encompassed film, radio, stage and television. Briers first came to prominence as George Starling in Marriage Lines, but it was a decade later, when he narrated Roobarb and Noah and Nelly in...

What happened to Richard Briers?

Death. According to Lucy Briers, his daughter, he quit smoking in 2001 immediately after a routine chest X-ray suggested he would otherwise soon be in a wheelchair. He was diagnosed with emphysema in 2007. He died at his home in Bedford Park, London on 17 February 2013 from the effects of a cardiac arrest.

How old is Richard Briers?

Actor Richard Briers, best known for his role in TV's The Good Life, has died at the age of 79, his agent has said.