The actor Christopher Cazenove, best loved for his work in the 1980s American soap Dynasty, has died after a battle with sceptecaemia. He contracted the disease in February and since then had been fighting it in St Thomas’s hosptial in London. His agent released a statement on behalf of his family and girlfriend stating that he “died peacefully surrounded by his loved ones”. He was 66 years old.

Acclaimed actor and screen writer Robert Culp died yesterday on Wednesday 25 March after falling near his home in Los Angeles.