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Andrew Sachs - a TV icon who memorably starred in both Fawlty Towers and Coronation Street - has died at age 86.

The actor passed away last week and was laid to rest in North London on Thursday (December 1) after battling dementia over the last four years.

His wife Melody Lang said that Andrew was wheelchair bound and unable to speak in his final days, so he chose to keep his health private.

"My heart has been broken every day for a long time," Melody was quoted by The Daily Mail as saying. "I never once heard him grumble."

In his near-seven decade career in front of the camera, he was a staple of UK TV and a national treasure for his portrayal of the bumbling waiter Manuel in iconic BBC sitcom Fawlty Towers.