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Subject: Stephen Lewis, On the Buses' 'Blakey', dies aged 88

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/13/15 at 11:36 am

Actor Stephen Lewis, best known for his role as officious inspector "Blakey" in 1970s sitcom On the Buses, has died aged 88, his family has announced.

Lewis also played "Smiler" in the BBC's Last of the Summer Wine.

Born in east London in 1926, he got his start at the Theatre Royal Stratford East under the famous Joan Littlewood.

According to his family, the actor died "quite peacefully" in a nursing home in Wanstead, east London, in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

Subject: Re: Stephen Lewis, On the Buses' 'Blakey', dies aged 88

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/13/15 at 11:39 am

Another face from my youthful comedy days sadly passes away.  :\'( :\'( :\'(

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