Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Ted Lasso actor Anthony Head dies aged 72
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British actor Anthony Head died of complications due to pneumonia, his daughters said in a statement on June 5.
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LONDON – Actor Anthony Head, best known for his roles in Buffy The Vampire Slayer and Ted Lasso, has died at the age of 72, his family announced on June 5.
The British actor, the brother of singer Murray Head, was best known as librarian Rupert Giles in the cult US supernatural TV series starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, which ran from 1997 to 2003.
“It is with heavy hearts that we announce the death of our extraordinary father, Anthony Head,” said his daughters Emily and Daisy Head in a statement released to the PA news agency.
“He passed away peacefully of complications due to pneumonia, surrounded by his family. It has been, and forever will be, an honour and a privilege to be his daughters, and to have witnessed first-hand the impact both he and his work have had on so many,” they added.
Anthony Head rose to fame in Britain in the 1980s in a series of TV advertisements for coffee. In the ads, which ran from 1987 to 1993, he and actress Sharon Maughan played a couple who fell in love over a cup of coffee.
Most recently, in football comedy Ted Lasso (2020 to present), he played Rupert Mannion, former owner of AFC Richmond and the ex-husband of Hannah Waddingham’s character Rebecca.
Head was also a singer known for his distinctive baritone voice.
His long-term partner Sarah Fisher, who ran a sanctuary for rescued horses, died in December aged 61. AFP
