Bresslaw died of a sudden heart attack on 11 June 1993. He had collapsed in his dressing room at the Open Air Theatre in Regents Park, London, where he was to play Grumio in the New Shakespeare Company's production of Taming of the Shrew, the day after the death of fellow comedy performer Les Dawson.He was cremated at Golders Green Crematorium, where his ashes are buried

He was understood to have collapsed with a heart attack at the Inner Circle open air theatre in Regent's Park, and died shortly afterwards. He was 59 years old.

in his dressing room at the Open Air Theatre in Regents Park, London

In bed...