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Former Grange Hill star Nicholas Donnelly has died at the age of 83, it has been confirmed.<\/p>\n
The actor, who played teacher Mr MacKenzie on the long-running children\u2019s drama, passed away in his sleep according to his family.<\/p>\n
In a statement, they said: \u201cHe was a gracious, kind and lovely man, a wonderful father and grandfather.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was also very funny and brilliant at telling stories, acting out all the characters, marvellous company and a privilege to know. He loved nothing more than offering hospitality and making people feel welcome.\u201d<\/p>\n
More to follow\u2026<\/em><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n By Patrick Cremona Published: Monday, 10 January 2022 at 12:00 am Former Grange Hill star Nicholas Donnelly has died at the age of 83, it has been confirmed. The actor, who played teacher Mr MacKenzie on the long-running children\u2019s drama, passed away in his sleep according to his family. In a statement, they said: \u201cHe […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":9733,"template":"","categories":[5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/01\/nicholas-donnelly-grange-hill-actor-dies-aged-83.jpg",1023,681,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/01\/nicholas-donnelly-grange-hill-actor-dies-aged-83-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/01\/nicholas-donnelly-grange-hill-actor-dies-aged-83-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/01\/nicholas-donnelly-grange-hill-actor-dies-aged-83-768x511.jpg",768,511,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/01\/nicholas-donnelly-grange-hill-actor-dies-aged-83.jpg",800,533,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/01\/nicholas-donnelly-grange-hill-actor-dies-aged-83.jpg",1023,681,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/01\/nicholas-donnelly-grange-hill-actor-dies-aged-83.jpg",1023,681,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"By Patrick Cremona Published: Monday, 10 January 2022 at 12:00 am Former Grange Hill star Nicholas Donnelly has died at the age of 83, it has been confirmed. The actor, who played teacher Mr MacKenzie on the long-running children\u2019s drama, passed away in his sleep according to his family. In a statement, they said: \u201cHe…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/9732"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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