Dr Who

[juliely]

Which actor, who played Dr Who, collapsed and died at a Dr Who convention?
I thought I would post this on F&TV before Q&P.
Thanks.

[kempie]

Patrick Troughton was attending a Science-Fiction convention when he died in March, 1987. At his last convention panel, he complained of feeling unwell and went to his room to have a rest. A few hours later, one of the convention organizers went to Troughton's room to see why he was late for a convention panel, found him dead of a heart attack in his sleep.

[heatherglen]

You may like to know that it is Patrick Troughton's son who plays Robert Lindsay's sidekick in Jericho.

[juliely]

Thanks Kempie and Heatherglen. I did not know either of those two facts, I have a quiz night coming up soon so I will try to retain that info. (Fat chance)

[RogK]

...and his grandson, Jim, plays cricket for Warwickshire and has played a couple of one-day games for England. His other grandson, Sam, is very good actor.