After a heartbreaking split from his partner, BAFTA-winner Daniel Postgate, the son of Bagpuss co-creator Oliver Postgate, was found dead in his shed aged 61. Daniel helped bring shows like Bagpuss and The Clangers to our screens, but he was tragically found dead in a shed at his Whitstable home in June after taking his own life.

His inquest, which was carried out this week at Oakwood House, Maidstone, heard the medical cause of death was consistent with suicide. Coroner Sarah Clarke told the court: "I always say to family, I don't think it's a question [why a person has died by suicide] that can ever be answered.

"He tells me he's undertaking a deliberate act. He doesn't want to endure the ongoing treatment. I would be wrong to find another reason [for Daniel's death]."

'Masterpie

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