Kenneth MacDonald was the long-suffering and dim-witted landlord, named Mike Fisher, of the Nags Head in the show.

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A few years before his death, Lennard was diagnosed with critical hypertension and had a few other health issues. We are sorry to learn of the passing of Kate Saunders, who played police-woman Sandra in the episode The Long Legs of the Law in 1982. How can his brother Rodney even think of abandoning the high flying world of trading for a real job? It is like losing a member of the family because he was one of the warmest, kindest people that I have had the good fortune to meet in my career. Lennard Pearce was one of the original cast members of the hit show, starring as Grandad (Edward Kitchener 'Grandad' Trotter) from the very beginning.

Del is confident that he's on to a winner with Trigger's consignment of Old English vinyl briefcases. Although he didn’t have much acting experience, actor Buster Merryfield was chosen for the part due to his distinctive white beard. I had radiology treatment last week and my oncologist is fairly confident this will stop the leg pain, and I will be up and about again.

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This is a first Only Fools and Horses duvet cover to hit the market and it is literally flying off the shelves. He will always be loved for being 'Boycie' and leaves a great legacy of work that will continue to bring pleasure and smiles for many years to come. And he said Del Boy was a combination of many characters he came across while working in the second-hand car trade in the 1970s. He was always trying to live down the Trigger thing because people tended to think he was a bit dim. He once described the character Rodney from Only Fools s a "teeny bit me" because he was also a bit of a "naive dreamer" as a teenager.

The 66-year-old, who played Mickey Pearce in Only Fools and Horses, previously battled lung cancer and was given the all-clear last year. Following the tragic death of Lennard, Buster Merryfield joined the show as another member of the Trotter family. I thought I had a painful groin strain a couple of months ago, unfortunately that turned out to be the cancer getting into my pelvis and leg bones.