Brian Rix
British actor and activist
Died when: 92 years 206 days (1110 months)Star Sign: Aquarius
Brian Norman Roger Rix, Baron Rix, CBE, DL (27 January 1924 – 20 August 2016) was an English actor-manager, who produced a record-breaking sequence of long-running farces on the London stage, including Dry Rot, Simple Spymen and One for the Pot.
His one-night TV shows made him the joint-highest paid star on the BBC.He often worked with his wife Elspet Gray and sister Sheila Mercier, who became the matriarch in Emmerdale Farm.
After his first child was born with Down syndrome, Rix became a campaigner for disability causes, among others.He entered the House of Lords as a crossbencher in 1992 and was president of Mencap from 1998 until his death.
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