To The Manor Born star Peter Bowles left £300k estate to wife and three children following death from cancer aged 85
SITCOM legend Peter Bowles left his £300,000 estate to his wife and three children.
The star of BBC’s To The Manor Born died of cancer aged 85 in March.
Figures show his assets went to his wife of 60 years Susan and children Guy, Adam and Sasha.
In the show, which launched in 1979, Bowles played supermarket owner Richard DeVere who buys the stately home of widowed Audrey fforbes-Hamilton (played by Penelope Keith).
The characters went on to wed in 1981’s final episode seen by 17.8 million viewers.
They returned for a one-off 25th anniversary special in 2007.
READ MORE TO THE MANOR BORN
Bowles’s other TV hits included Only When I Laugh, The Bounder and Perfect Scoundrels.
His career started in theatre in 1956 and ended there with The Exorcist.