Andrew Sachs, beloved star of Fawlty Towers, dies aged 86
German-born actor rose to fame in the 1970s for playing Manuel, the Spanish hotel waiter
Actor Andrew Sachs, famed for his role as a waiter in British sitcom Fawlty Towers, has died, his wife said in a newspaper interview on Thursday.
Sachs, 86, died at a care home in London last week and was buried on Thursday after suffering from dementia for four years, the Daily Mail reported.
“My heart has been broken every day for a long time,” his wife Melody Sachs was quoted as saying.
The German-born actor rose to fame in the 1970s for his role as Manuel in Fawlty Towers, playing a hotel waiter alongside actor John Cleese as the proprietor.
The comedy series saw Manuel often criticised by the rude Basil Fawlty, who the BBC said was inspired by a hotel proprietor Cleese encountered.
