ATV Today: 26.02.1981: Death of Roger Tonge

Summary

The actor Roger Tonge, best known as Sandy Richardson on Crossroads, has died at the age of 35.

Year:

1981

Duration:

0:02:21

Film type:

Colour / Sound

Company:

ATV

Master format:

16mm

Description

Bob Warman interview with the Crossroads producer Jack Barton who describes how Sandy's work schedule allowed him to spend every Friday at the Royal Marsden Hospital at Sutton near London where he was being treated for Hodgkin's Disease. Also interviews with actors Ronnie Allen and Jane Rossington expressing their sorrow at the news. We see rehearsals taking place on-set. (followed by 55 seconds of trims of the rehearsal scenes).


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