Tributes to ex Grammar teacher and Insp Morse creator
INSPECTOR Morse author, and former Loughborough Grammar School teacher, Colin Dexter has died aged 86.
Mr Dexter died at his home in Oxford yesterday (Tuesday, March 21), his publisher Macmillan said.
Mr Dexter taught at both Wyggeston School, Leicester, and Loughborough Grammar School, between 1954 and 1966.
But he was best known for penning the crime novels, which spawned the long-running TV series Inspector Morse, starring John Thaw, and spin-offs Endeavour and Lewis.
Mr Dexter was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to literature in 2000.
Kevin Lygo, director of television at ITV, said: “We’re very sad to hear this news and our deepest sympathies go to Colin Dexter’s family.
“When Colin’s celebrated novels were adapted for television they went on to become one of the nation’s best-loved shows.
“Through 33 featurelength stories, the casebook of Morse and Lewis changed the landscape of detective drama.”