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10-15-2010, 02:10 PM
Link (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1320918/Simon-MacCorkindale-dies-losing-battle-cancer.html)
Actor Simon MacCorkindale, who starred in TV's Casualty, has died after a battle with cancer.
The 58-year-old actor passed away in the arms of his wife, actress Susan George, in a clinic in London's Harley Street at 10:30pm last night.
Paying tribute to her husband today, Ms George said: 'No-one could have fought this disease any harder than he did since being diagnosed four years ago.
'He fought it with such strength, courage and belief. Last night, he lost this battle, and he died peacefully in my arms.
'To me, he was simply the best of everything, and I loved him with all my heart. He will live on in me forever.'
His big break came when he played murderer Simon Doyle in the 1978 film adaption of Agatha Christie's Death on the Nile.
Following the success of Death On The Nile, MacCorkindale made his way to Hollywood, landing roles in Dynasty, The Dukes Of Hazzard and Hart To Hart.
In 2002, he joined the cast of Casualty, playing consultant Harry Harper, where he remained until 2008.
The same year as leaving Casualty, he returned to the West End stage playing Captain Von Trapp in The Sound Of Music until its run at the Palladium ended.
The actor was diagnosed with bowel cancer in 2006 and underwent successful surgery, but the disease spread to his lungs.
When he went public with his health battle last year, he also revealed that the condition was terminal.
Speaking last year, he told the Mail: ''It came as a complete bombshell. I thought I had beaten bowel cancer.
'The oncologist said I had lung cancer - me, who never smoked a cigarette my whole life and always tried to live a healthy lifestyle.'
He made the decision to turn down theatre work over the past year so he could help his wife write her autobiography.
MacCorkindale and second wife George wed in Fiji in 1984 after a two year courtship. He was previously married to Bond girl Fiona Fullerton.
His death comes just a week after he played art dealer Sir David Bryant in an episode of BBC drama New Tricks.
Actor Simon MacCorkindale, who starred in TV's Casualty, has died after a battle with cancer.
The 58-year-old actor passed away in the arms of his wife, actress Susan George, in a clinic in London's Harley Street at 10:30pm last night.
Paying tribute to her husband today, Ms George said: 'No-one could have fought this disease any harder than he did since being diagnosed four years ago.
'He fought it with such strength, courage and belief. Last night, he lost this battle, and he died peacefully in my arms.
'To me, he was simply the best of everything, and I loved him with all my heart. He will live on in me forever.'
His big break came when he played murderer Simon Doyle in the 1978 film adaption of Agatha Christie's Death on the Nile.
Following the success of Death On The Nile, MacCorkindale made his way to Hollywood, landing roles in Dynasty, The Dukes Of Hazzard and Hart To Hart.
In 2002, he joined the cast of Casualty, playing consultant Harry Harper, where he remained until 2008.
The same year as leaving Casualty, he returned to the West End stage playing Captain Von Trapp in The Sound Of Music until its run at the Palladium ended.
The actor was diagnosed with bowel cancer in 2006 and underwent successful surgery, but the disease spread to his lungs.
When he went public with his health battle last year, he also revealed that the condition was terminal.
Speaking last year, he told the Mail: ''It came as a complete bombshell. I thought I had beaten bowel cancer.
'The oncologist said I had lung cancer - me, who never smoked a cigarette my whole life and always tried to live a healthy lifestyle.'
He made the decision to turn down theatre work over the past year so he could help his wife write her autobiography.
MacCorkindale and second wife George wed in Fiji in 1984 after a two year courtship. He was previously married to Bond girl Fiona Fullerton.
His death comes just a week after he played art dealer Sir David Bryant in an episode of BBC drama New Tricks.