Prunella Scales, the formidable Sybil Fawlty in the beloved British sitcom “Fawlty Towers,” died Monday at 93.

Although only 12 episodes aired in 1975 and 1979, the show is regularly cited as one of television’s greatest comedies.

Scales maintained a distinguished 70-year career before vascular dementia led to her retirement in 2013.

LONDON — Actor Prunella Scales, best known as acid-tongued Sybil Fawlty in the classic British sitcom “Fawlty Towers,” has died, her children said Tuesday. She was 93 and had lived with dementia for many years.

Scales’ sons, Samuel and Joseph West, said she died “peacefully at home in London” on Monday.

“Although dementia forced her retirement from a remarkable acting career of nearly 70 years, she continued to live at home,” her sons said. “She was wat

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