Sad news - Ian Lavender - AKA Pike has passed away

[network41]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-68204488

[Norphy]

When I was a young child, whenever Dad's Army came onto the TV and my grandparents were round or we were at theirs, it always used to be a favourite game of my nanny to say "He's dead", "He's dead" whenever the credits came on. At this point, it was only Clive Dunn, Ian Lavender and Bill Pertwee left so there were more "He's dead" then "He's not dead". They're all gone now

 

77 is no age either, such a shame

[sigma]

My paternal Grandfather was in the Home Guard. They got up to all sorts of stuff apparently.

[Andrew_C]

My immediate thought was:-

 

At the pearly gates, Capt Mainwairing saying "Don't tell him Pike"

 

I see from the internet that I'm not the only one.

 

 

Sort of step-uncle by marriage was a BBC director; had something to do with DA, and Lavender was a friend of his.