16 h. ago Riders star Marcus Gilbert's very tragic backstory: From losing his father at 12 years old to the death of his first wife after pancreatic cancer battle and his own Parkinson's diagnosis

The Bristol-born actor, was most famous for playing the swoonsome Rupert Campbell-Black in a 1993 TV adaptation of Riders, yet away from the spotlight his personal life was steeped in tragedy.

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18 h. ago Riders star Marcus Gilbert's very tragic backstory: From losing his father at 12

The Bristol-born actor, was most famous for playing the swoonsome Rupert Campbell-Black in a 1993 TV adaptation of Riders, yet away from the spotlight his personal life was steeped in tragedy.

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29 h. ago Marcus Gilbert dead at 67 as Riders star's tragic cancer battle

Marcus Gilbert, who played Rupert Campbell-Black in the hit 1993 series Riders, has died aged 67 following a battle with cancer.

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29 h. ago Lysette Anthony reveals she was saved by star she married on screen 30 years ago after 'telling the world she was raped by Harvey Weinstein nearly destroyed her'

Shortly before Christmas, Marcus Gilbert with whom, Lynette now confesses, she had a brief affair three decades ago on the set of Barbara Cartland's A Ghost In Monte Carlo, sent her a 'very sweet letter'.

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29 h. ago Riders star Marcus Gilbert dies aged 67 two years after finding love with co

Actor Marcus Gilbert, who played Rupert Campbell Black in the 1993 TV adaptation of Jilly Cooper's Riders, has died at the age of 67 following a three year cancer battle

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30 h. ago Marcus Gilbert dead: ITV star dies at 67 after finding love with co

The actor, famous for playing Rupert Campbell-Black in Riders, was considered for the James Bond role in the late 1980s.

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30 h. ago Doctor Who and Rambo star dies after heartbreaking cancer battle as tributes pour in

Actor Marcus Gilbert, who starred in the Jilly Cooper classic Riders and shows such as Murder, She Wrote and Doctor Who, has sadly died at the age of 67

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30 h. ago Marcus Gilbert dead: Riders actor dies two years after finding love with co

Riders actor Marcus Gilbert, who played Rupert Campbell Black in the hit series has died

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2 w. ago Tragic 'Soviet spy' backstory of King Charles' song choice used in Christmas speech

In a moving Christmas broadcast, the King called for unity and neighbourly spirit amid global divisions, with a stirring performance of "Carol of the Bells", a song with a tragic backstory

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3 w. ago The Guardian view on the rise of romantic fiction: finally getting the respect it deserves

Jilly Cooper, Joanna Trollope and Sophie Kinsella all changed the genre. A new generation of novelists are doing the same and sales are soaringAt last, the perception of popular fiction by women as “silly novels by lady novelists”, as George Eliot sniffily put it back in 1856, is changing. Next year, the British Book Awards will recognise romantic fiction for the first time. The recognition is long overdue.This welcome news came in the same week as the deaths of two doyennes of the form, Joanna Trollope and, at just 55, Sophie Kinsella, only a couple of months after the loss of national treasure Dame Jilly Cooper. Between them these publishing power houses produced more than 100 books, sold millions of copies, and inspired hit films and TV series, most recently last year’s star-studded adaptation of Cooper’s 1985 Riders. Continue reading...

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