Comedian Kinnear dies in accident

1988 - Actor Roy Kinnear, whose muddled manner kept him in the first rank of British comedy since the early 1960s, has died after a riding accident in Spain. He was 54. He was thrown from a horse near Madrid while filming The Return of the Musketeers which costars Michael York and Oliver Reed. York rushed him to hospital but he died 24 hours later from head injuries. He leaves his wife, Carmel, and three children.