It has made us both unwell,’ she said. While still a teenager Sim took Cole under his wing - plucking the young actor from Blitz-hit London and took him in to his Oxfordshire home as an unofficial evacuee. This is shaking what he values. I have been working for myself for so long - I started writing a business plan for SheerLuxe in 2005 when I was 25 and launched the business in 2006 - that I just can't imagine anything else. Donald Trump demands 'STOP THE COUNT!'

There is analysis of his studio work, his live recordings, his … Talking to BBC News, Webster called Cole a "comic genius" who "made you realise there's an Arthur Daley in every family". Veteran actor George Cole has become ‘deeply depressed’ over a dispute with a neighbour at his idyllic rural retreat, his wife claimed yesterday.

Pictured: Cole and Waterman in the hit show. 'I was lucky enough to spend the Tuesday with him before he died,' he said.

He wed Eileen Moore in 1954 and the couple had a daughter, Harriet, and son Crispin before the pair split after 11 years of marriage when she left him for a hairdresser. My team gave me A House in the Sky for my birthday. His family must be devastated, and I am absolutely certain that anybody who ever knew him, will feel the same. "He loved horse racing, that was his big hobby, crosswords and his family. It was one of the most popular programmes of the decade, garnering around 17.5 million viewers at its peak.

In January last year Mrs Cole told how her husband had become 'deeply depressed' after becoming embroiled in a dispute with a neighbour.

Cole was born in Tooting, London.

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So what IS essential? It also allowed him to work with Alistair Sim, who had become his mentor after taking him into his home at the age of 15 alongside his adoptive mother.

Fellow stars of stage and screen paid tribute to the actor today, describing him as “immaculate” and “unforgettable”. He thought Cole would be too 'posh'. Today Sheerluxe is one of the leading online magazines in the UK and counts myriad emerging, independent and well established brands and retailers as its partners.