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    South African-born British character actor and comedy actor

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  1. Apr 27, 2021 · Sid James died following a performance on the stage. He died on April 26, 1976, while starring in a revival of The Mating Season at the Sunderland Empire. The play from Sam Cree was first...

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  3. Feb 3, 2016 · Sid James is said to haunt the theatre after suffering a fatal heart attack on stage. Indeed, when Empire manager Roy Todds phoned the show’s producer, Bill Roberton, to tell him the shocking...

  4. Apr 26, 2024 · When Sid James took to the stage at Sunderland Empire, he was one of the most recognisable faces in the country. The South African-born actor had appeared in 19 of the hit Carry On comedies...

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    On 26 April 1976, four days after the end of the sixth series of Bless This House, James was on tour in a revival of a comedy, The Mating Season, when he suffered a heart attack on stage at the Sunderland Empire Theatre.

  6. Apr 26, 2022 · Carry On legend Sid James' death – heart attack on stage to audience confusion. The TV and film comic suffered a massive heart attack while on stage on this day in 1976, but the audience at the play he was starring in just assumed it was all a gag.

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    Aug 21, 2006 · Sid James (died 26 April 1976) Best known for his Carry On roles, the grand old man of dirty laughter collapsed onstage at the Sunderland Empire during a performance of The Mating Game and...

  8. Apr 15, 2022 · CARRY ON star Sid James' death on stage left one of his co-stars thinking 'it was a gag', as she reflected on the moment the legend died, unearthed accounts show.

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