Richard Briers Cause Of Death: What Happened To Ann Davies’ Husband?

Richard Briers was an English actor.

Richard Briers’ fifty-year career encompassed film, radio, stage and television.

Richard Briers first came to prominence as George Starling in Marriage Lines (1961–66), but it was a decade later, when he narrated Roobarb and Noah and Nelly in… SkylArk (1974–76) and when he played Tom Good in the BBC sitcom The Good Life (1975–78), that he became a household name.

Later, Richard Briers starred as Martin in Ever Decreasing Circles (1984–89), and he had a leading role as Hector in Monarch of the Glen (2000–05).

From the late 1980s, with Kenneth Branagh as director, Richard Briers performed Shakespearean roles in Henry V (1989), Much Ado About Nothing (1993), Hamlet (1996), and As You Like It (2006).

Richard Briers is also known as the ex-husband of English actress Ann Davies.

Ann Davies was the wife of actor Richard Briers and the mother of actress until his death in February 2013.

Ann Davies and Richard Briers gave birth to two children; Lucy Briers and Katie Briers.

What Happened To Ann Davies’ Husband?

Richard Briers was a smoker but according to his daughter Lucy Briers, he quit smoking in 2001 immediately after a routine chest X-ray suggested he would otherwise soon be in a wheelchair.

Richard Briers was diagnosed with emphysema in 2007.

Sadly, Richard Briers died at his home in Bedford Park, London on 17 February 2013 of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, a group of lung diseases that block airflow and make it difficult to breathe.