The actor Diana Rigg has died at the age of 82. A statement from her agent Simon Beresford said: “It is with tremendous sadness that we announce that Dame Diana Rigg died peacefully early this morning. The episode’s writer, Mark Gatiss, tweeted a tribute, saying: “It was my great joy and privilege to have known Diana Rigg. Diana Rigg, as Emma Peel, and Patrick Macnee, as John Steed, in the The Avengers. Hare said “Diana Rigg had a dazzling change of direction in middle age as a great classical actor.

Source: The Irish Times September 10, 2020 14:07 UTC