I watch this old programme called " on the busses" it had bob grant in it and he killed himself because he had difficulties. Anyone know what difficulties he had?
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From his obituary:
"in the years after On the Buses, the actor suffered from depression as a result of lack of work and money. In 1987, during a spell of unemployment that followed a Christmas production of Cinderella in Redhill, Surrey, he went missing from his Leicestershire home and travelled to Dublin intent on suicide. He finally returned home to his wife but recalled:
"For me the worst time was when the panto ended. To have a taste of what work could be like again, then to have that snatched away from me, was awful. All I could see was the empty months ahead, debts building up, no hope. I went into a black depression. I'd sit for hours with my head in my hands."
"I felt that I was in a black room with no window and no door, and the walls were coming in towards me. I just felt like screaming. I knew I had to get out, get away. I wanted to die, and I decided to top myself."
Eight years later, Grant was treated for carbon monoxide poisoning after being found slumped unconscious over the steering wheel of a fume-filled car at Racton, near Chichester, West Sussex, where he was due to appear on stage. The actor, who subsequently moved with his wife to Gloucestershire, was found dead in a similar incident at his home."
independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/bob-grant-37498.html
Thanks for helping!
bob grant was the actor NOT the character