The actor who played Del Boy’s adult son in Only Fools and Horses has revealed his mother has died from covid.
Douglas Hodge, who played the grown-up Damien Trotter in a BBC special in 1996, took to Twitter to announce the sad news and shared a touching picture of him kissing his mum on the forehead.
He captioned it: “My mum passed away tonight from covid. Happy Mother’s Day mumma. Xxxx.”
Douglas, 62, was in the heroes and villains special of the hit show, which aired on Christmas Day in 1996.
Del and Rodney are invited to a fancy dress party and decide to go dressed as Batman and Robin.
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Damien appears in the opening of the episode while Rodney is having a bad dream.
It’s set in the dystopian world of 2026 and Damien is head of the now multinational Trotters Independent Traders and the leader of the Western world.
Douglas was also in a relationship with Tessa Peake-Jones, who played Del Boy’s long-term partner, Racquel.
The couple were together for 27 years before splitting up in 2013 and have two children.
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Douglas, who is also a successful singer and musician, has since appeared in numerous TV shows and dramas including Black Mirror, The Night Manager and Outnumbered.
Meanwhile, Only Fools and Horses star Ron Pember died aged 87 earlier this month.
The news that Ron, who played Baz, the Chairman of the Tenants’ Association, had passed away was confirmed by his grandson Paul.
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Paul said: “‘The sadness now is the happiness then. That’s the deal. ‘11.04.1934 – 08.03.2022 #ronpember #grandad.”
Many of Ron’s celebrity pals rushed to Twitter to pay tribute to him.
Actor Danny John Jules who played Cat in Red Dwarf said: “Just heard the sad news that Ron Pember has passed away.
“He was such a gentleman with us upstarts when he appeared on #RedDwarf. He just rammed his tongue firmly into his cheek and joined the party! What a legend. RIP.”
The official Red Dwarf Twitter account also rushed to pay tribute to Ron, saying: “RIP Ron Pember. A terrific character actor, stage director and dramatist who made a memorable appearance in Series II’s Better Than Life.”
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