Actor Warren Mitchell dies aged 89

Actor Warren Mitchell, who played Alf Garnett in TV series Till Death Us Do Part and In Sickness and in Health, has died aged 89.

A statement from his family said the star died in the early hours of Saturday "surrounded by his family".

"He has been in poor health for some time, but was cracking jokes to the last," the family added.

Mitchell's great nephew paid tribute to him on Twitter, saying he was "the last of his generation".

The full tweet read: "Just got the news my great uncle Warren Mitchell (aka Alf Garnett) died last night. The last of his generation, wonderful and funny man RIP."

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I remember sitting around the black and white telly with my family as a child cracking up watching "till death do us part " cracking up. Imagine a show like that today...people would be up in arms but the world was a better place then.

RiP.

Thank you for all the laughs over the years Alf.

Back when minorities knew their place.

Joins the silly old moo now.

RIP...Legend. And i've never forgotten that West Ham won the World Cup !

R I P Warren Mitchel . What a pity we can no longer get a laugh from politically in correct jokes

I suppose "Alf" was my first experience of watching a man "not holding back",.... of saying straight out what he thought. RIP.

Was it the PC that killed him

RIP...Legend. And i've never forgotten that West Ham won the World Cup !

Though Warren Mitchell was a life long Spurs supporter.

A brilliant character was Alf Garnett and Warren was also a wonderful actor.

I saw him play the role of Willy Loman in Death of a Salesman at the National Theatre, he was superb.

One of the greats!

RIP Warren, I absolutely loved him in Till Death Do Us Part.

I used his catchphrase often in my youth when I had a row with the wife "You silly moo

I'm goin down the pub"

Legend

The irony of a left-wing, Jewish, Spurs supporter playing a Conservative-voting West Ham fan was not lost on Mitchell, although he became concerned that some of his audience failed to recognise the show as satire.

He recalled an exchange with a fellow Tottenham fan who had come up to congratulate him on "having a go" at immigrants. "Actually," Mitchell tersely replied, "we're having a go at idiots like you."

We were all outraged by Alf Garnett. He did a lot for our sanity.

RIP Warren.

I still use the phrase... Silly moo!. My staff take it as a Duhh that was rather obvious wasn't it exclamation. Giggles all round

Very said to hear that a Master of entertainment has left us,His memories of him and his work will be with us, Farewell Mr Mitchell

The irony of a left-wing, Jewish, Spurs supporter playing a Conservative-voting West Ham fan was not lost on Mitchell, although he became concerned that some of his audience failed to recognise the show as satire.

He recalled an exchange with a fellow Tottenham fan who had come up to congratulate him on "having a go" at immigrants. "Actually," Mitchell tersely replied, "we're having a go at idiots like you."

I was 10 when "Till Death.." was first broadcast. In my predominantly white, but changing, working class district there were many intelligent people who understood satire. But the adults saw what they wanted to see, the threat to jobs from immigration, and passed their views to their children. We were ok, because my father was a craftsman, but many unskilled or semi skilled mill workers were looking over their shoulders. Alf struck a chord, just not in the way planned by his creators.

In the mid to late '60s we all picked up on Alf's mannerisms down the pub to get a point across " Look ...look , listen I'm trying to tell yer somefink in'I " Not so long ago it was George Cole that left us , now Warren Mitchell , 2 of the great artists.

'It stands to reason , don't it' was the phrase I remember, as he jabbed his pipe in hand to bring home the point.

R. I. P. Alf.

He had cherie blairs dad well described as a Scouse git.

A class act. R.I.P.