Michael Thomas (11 April 1952 – 4 March 2019) was a British theatre actor, who worked on the English stage and screen for the past forty years. His career saw him work for the

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, the National Theatre, and the RSC on numerous occasions. He also appeared on television, e.g. in ''

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'', episode "Ghost in the Machine", as John McKendrick and also in the ''

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'' episode "Sway" as Rufus Haldane. Thomas toured in

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' production of ''As You Like It'' and ''The Tempest'', playing to theatres in New York, China, Singapore, Germany, Holland, Paris, Madrid, London and Greece (Epidaurus). Most recently, Thomas has appeared in ''All's Well That Ends Well'', ''St. Joan'' and ''Pillars of the Community'' at the National, ''Waste'' and ''Festen'' at the Almeida Theatre, ''King Lear'' and ''In Praise of Love'' at The Chichester Festival Theatre and ''Women Beware Women'', ''Edward II'', ''The Roman Actor'', ''Henry V'', ''The Comedy of Errors'', and ''Henry V'' at the RSC. He was married until his death to the actress

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, and has two children, Edwin and Letty. He was born and raised in

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and was a keen sailor. In 2010, Michael was diagnosed with an aggressive form of

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, and received a life-saving bone marrow donation from Jeremy Brice, who was registered as a donor with

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. On 9 March 2019 his son Edwin posted on

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, "I'm sad to announce my wonderful Dad, the actor Michael Thomas, left us all for his journey North in the early hours of Mon. morning. He was at home, surrounded by love, & after such a fight is surely now sailing the North Sea he loved so much. Am so proud to be his son. Edwin x". Thomas died on Monday 4 March. His funeral was in

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on 10 March.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Thomas, Michael 1952 births British male stage actors 2019 deaths Deaths from multiple myeloma