This week: A popular comic actor, a Bollywood legend and an English boxer
Emma Chambers, who has died aged 53, was best known for playing Alice Tinker in Richard Curtis’ sitcom The Vicar of Dibley.
She also starred in the 1999 Hugh Grant film Notting Hill.
Her first major television role was in a TV adaptation of Martin Chuzzlewit in 1994, in which she played Charity Pecksniff.
By then she had an established stage career. She also played Martha Thompson in 2000 in another adaptation – of Kingsley Amis’ novel Take a Girl Like You.
Born in Doncaster, to obstetric consultant John, and Noelle, she took up acting while attending school in Winchester. After her parents separated and she attended the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art, alongside former EastEnders actor and TV host Ross Kemp.
She is survived by her husband, actor Ian Dunn, who she married in 1991.
Sridevi Kapoor, who has died aged 54, was a Bollywood actress who starred in nearly 300 films.
Her dominance at the box office spanned the 1970s to the late 1990s. While maintaining a persona which was lively, outgoing and charming, she nevertheless remained intensely private when the cameras were no longer rolling.
Her acting style was intuitive and she was initially an outsider in Bollywood – an industry run in the Hindi language which she did not speak.
She made her first film, in Tamil, aged just four and was taking leading roles by the age of 13. Known for dazzling costumes and show-stopping dance routines, she appeared in family films for all ages, but was particularly loved by women and young girls.
However her private life and periodic cosmetic surgery were regularly the subject of speculation in the media.
A secret wedding in 1996 to Boney Kapoor saw her take a 16 year break from films, as she had two daughters, Jhanvi and Khushi. Her comeback film English Vinglish in 2012 was a major hit.
Her sudden death at a family wedding in Dubai was a shock, as were the circumstances – it appears she drowned in a hotel bathtub.
She received many awards, culminating in one of India’s highest civilian honours the Padma Shri.
Boxer Scott Westgarth, who has died aged 31, had only made his debut in 2013.
He died in hospital after collapsing after winning a points victory over Dec Spelman at Doncaster Dome on Saturday.
Hailing from Penistone, south Yorkshire, he had a record off seven wins, two draws and one defeat from 10 matches and the victory over Spelman was his fourth consecutive win, leaving him one win away from becoming English light-heavyweight champion.
However Westgarth, who had also worked as a chef at Sheffield’s Royal Victoria Holiday Inn, and previously as a ski instructor, claimed he was a boxer for the excitement and fun of the sport, rather than being motivated by pursuit of trophies.
He appeared in pain during post-match interviews after defeating Spelman and was later rushed to Royal Hallamshire Hospital.
His death has brought renewed concerns about the safety of the sport.
It was the first fatality in professional boxing since Canadian Tim Hague died two days after suffering a knock-out against Adam Braidwood in Edmonton, Canada.
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