According to his relatives, the 90-year-old former EastEnder passed away in his sleep yesterday.
“After a long and extraordinary life on and off the stage, our darling father Timothy West passed away peacefully in his sleep yesterday evening,” his family said in a statement. He was ninety years old. At the end, Tim was accompanied by family and friends.
Has a sister, a daughter, two sons, seven granddaughters, and four great-grandchildren. He was married to Prunella Scales for 61 years. He will be sorely missed by all of us.
We express our gratitude to the amazing NHS professionals at Avery Wandsworth and St George’s Hospital in Tooting for their compassionate care during his final days. Joseph West, Juliet, and Samuel
Timothy will portray Artie Simkins, a patient’s neighbor who had to dial 999 after suffering a tumble in their garden.
Ahead of the final episode tomorrow, this episode of the BBC soap opera is the penultimate in the daytime medical drama.
After nearly 25 years, production came to an end in March after the broadcaster decided to discontinue it.
Timothy played Gloria Price’s (Sue Johnson) love interest, Eric Babbage, in seven episodes of Coronation Street, among other soap operas over his distinguished career.
“Well, I thought if Ian McKellen can do it, then it’s good enough for me,” he commented at the time.
Later, starting in 2014, he portrayed Stan Carter on EastEnders as the normal father of Shirley (Linda Henry) and Tina Carter (Luisa Bradshaw-White).
He later moved into The Queen Vic bar with his family after his grandson Mick (Danny Dyer) came to him in dire need of money.
The character was involved in a romantic triangle with Cora Cross (Ann Mitchell), a resident of Walford, and her estranged wife Sylvie (Linda Marlowe).
Following a fight with terminal prostate cancer, Stan was killed off the BBC serial opera in April 2015.
