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HE was best known for playing Terry the chef, who appeared in every episode of the second series. He’d previously taken on Cockney hard man roles, so his Fawlty Towers part was casting against type.

Hall remained friends with John Cleese and reportedly demanded a “signed Rolls-Royce” from the comic after he sent a signed photo as a joke. He was diagnosed with kidney cancer in 1994 and, despite going into remission, it returned in 1996 and he passed away a year later aged 59. ha ep N-w

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