From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. John Edward Thaw, CBE (3 January 1942 – 21 February 2002) was an English actor who appeared in a range of television, stage, and cinema roles. He starred in the ...

He had been battling with cancer of the oesophagus for many months, but died at his Wiltshire home earlier this evening. "John died with his family around him," said his wife, actress Sheila Hancock, ...

LONDON — John Thaw, known to millions of TV viewers worldwide as the grumpy, music-loving detective in “Inspector Morse,” died Thursday at his home in London. He was 60 and had been battling throat ...