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British actor Ewen MacIntosh, greatest recognized for his function in BBC comedy collection “The Workplace,” has died on the age of fifty, his representatives confirmed.
“It’s with a heavy coronary heart I can verify the very unhappy information of our shopper Ewen’s passing. Ewen was a beautiful actor and an excellent higher human being. He made individuals chuckle and possessed such a sort coronary heart. He touched the lives of all who got here into contact with him,” Simply Proper Administration stated in an announcement despatched to CNN on Wednesday.
“Ewen suffered from unwell well being these previous two years and handed peacefully on the nineteenth February from undisclosed causes. His household are heartened by and deeply respect all of the outpouring of affection for Ewen however would respect the privateness for them to grieve at this very troublesome time,” it continues.
“Ewen will probably be so very dearly missed. Gods velocity Ewen,” added the corporate.
MacIntosh was greatest recognized for taking part in “Massive Keith,” the deadpan accountant in “The Workplace.” The traditional British comedy, which ran for 3 seasons between 2001 and 2003, was created by comedian Ricky Gervais, who led tributes to the actor.
“Extraordinarily unhappy information. The very humorous and really pretty Ewen Macintosh, recognized to many as ‘Massive Keith’ from The Workplace, has handed away. An absolute authentic. RIP,” wrote Gervais in a post on X.
Stephen Service provider, who co-wrote and co-directed “The Workplace,” referred to as MacIntosh “a stunning, uniquely humorous man.”
“So hilarious once we requested him to improv a voicemail message that we wrote extra dialogue for him, and he stole each scene he was in. A complete one-off. A tragic loss. RIP,” wrote Service provider in a post on X.