LAST of the Summer Wine and Porridge actor Brian Wilde has died at the age of 80, it was announced today.
Wilde played Foggy in the BBC comedy series Last of the Summer Wine and the ineffectual prison officer in Porridge.
The actors son, Andrew Wilde, said his father died in his sleep of natural causes last night.
He said Wilde suffered a fall around seven weeks ago and had not recovered.
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