Former
London's Burning Star Dies
Former London's Burning star James Hazeldine has died after a short illness.
The 55-year-old, who played Bayleaf, was taken ill on December 10, the day after appearing in a preview of play The Talking Cure at London's Royal National Theatre.
Hazeldine spent days in intensive care before dying yesterday, his agent, Nicola van Gelder, said.
He leaves a partner and two children in their twenties.
The actor had parts in a number of films including Emma in 1996, Business As Usual in 1988 and Pink Floyd: The Wall in 1983.
At the Royal Shakespeare Company he played Troilus in Troilus and Cressida, John Clare in Edward Bond's The Fool, and Alcibiades in Timon of Athens.
He was TV's first Jimmy Porter in Look Back In Anger and worked extensively as both actor and director.
Trevor Nunn, director of the Royal National Theatre, said: "It is rare that great charismatic talent and selfless warm generosity are found in the same person but this was so with Jimmy Hazeldine.
"A leading actor of minutely observed truthfulness, comic brio and emotional daring, he was also a man of infectious enthusiasm, great warmth and humanity who was universally popular amongst his colleagues."