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Jan 2, 2018 · Bill Owen and Peter Sallis, Last of the Summer Wine’s Compo and Clegg, forged a bond not only with each other but with the West Riding landscape across which the series was shot.
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Jan 2, 2018 · (left to right) Bill Owen as Compo, Brian Wilde as Foggy, Peter Sallis as Norman Clegg. Peter, who was also known as the voice of Wallace in Wallace & Gromit, died aged 96 in June. It’s now been revealed he was buried next to Mr Owen at St John’s Church in Upperthong.
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Owen is buried in the churchyard of St John's Parish Church, Upperthong, near his beloved town of Holmfirth in Yorkshire, the home of Last of the Summer Wine. His co-star Peter Sallis was buried next to him after his death aged 96 in June 2017.
Sallis died from natural causes at the Denville Hall nursing home in Northwood, London, on 2 June 2017, at the age of 96. [2] [44] He was buried next to fellow Last of the Summer Wine actor Bill Owen in the churchyard of St John's Parish Church, Upperthong, near the town of Holmfirth in Yorkshire, the home of the sitcom. [45]
Jan 2, 2018 · Actors Peter Sallis and Bill Owen became best friends during the 26 years they spent filming the comedy show together before Compo star Bill passed away in 1999.
Clegg and his compatriots, Foggy (Brian Wilde) and loveable layabout Compo (Bill Owen), enjoy a carefree second childhood, engaging in romps and childish pranks.
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Nov 8, 2022 · Owen played Tom Simmonite, the long lost son of Compo - who was played by the actor's real-life father Bill Owen. The nomadic character featured in the long-running BBC sitcom for 10 years,...
