British actor Prunella Scales , best known for her performance in the iconic comedy Fawlty Towers , has died at the age of 93.

Prunella’s family issued a statement on Tuesday morning announcing that their “darling mother” had “ died peacefully at home in London” a day earlier.

“Although dementia forced her retirement from a remarkable acting career of nearly 70 years, she continued to live at home,” they said, before revealing she had been revisiting old episodes of Fawlty Towers a day before she died.

The statement concluded: “We would like to thank all those who gave Pru such wonderful care at the end of her life: her last days were comfortable, contented and surrounded by love.”

Prunella was most famous for her performance as John Cleese ’s on-screen wife, Sybil Fawlty, in F

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