Hundreds of people packed into a church alongside acting greats to remember “down to earth” star Richard Briers. Known to millions as Tom Good in 1970s hit The Good Life, he died peacefully last month ...

Briers, whose work ranged from Noddy to Shakespeare, revealed just days before that he was struggling with the lung disease emphysema which he blamed on years of smoking. He said: “I haven’t even got ...

Richard Briers, who has died aged 79, was one of Britain's best-loved actors. Famed for his role as the hapless Tom Good in the 1970s BBC sitcom The Good Life, Briers was an also an accomplished stage ...

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Good Life star Richard Briers has died at the age of 79, just days after revealing he was suffering from chronic lung disease. He said earlier this month: I’ve got emphysema, you see. I get very ...

I try not to do regrets - I think they're such a waste of time - but I now have one. Not having kept in closer touch recently with Richard Briers, or Dickie as I used to call him, is a real sadness to ...