{"id":491038,"date":"2026-03-23T14:45:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T14:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/491038\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T14:45:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T14:45:10","slug":"shock-as-father-ted-actor-dies-suddenly-aged-69-the-independent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/491038\/","title":{"rendered":"Shock as Father Ted actor dies suddenly aged 69 &#8211; The Independent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMinwFBVV95cUxNMWhxV25BVHFWTzAyYVpLS3Z2X25xYlQ4a1FVVFhWZmlibU0wV25RN29xT1lsNFJTWmFMeERWZlBoSmpFRjdkSWVXMWJHclhYejhBZGpDTEliYk9TRlFKUWJndWprTjJIeF9VQlNUTUZSaU05dzJxNjhJUUFqWHA2UU5UQlQ5YVBOYzkyX0o0dXFHTTJtS2VrVlFhSFY1Qmc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Shock as Father Ted actor dies suddenly aged 69<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Independent<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiggFBVV95cUxNSlA5akNjWTJTSjdiVWVFdEhCSGpRMzhnSmZXeW1uLVdlZ1NNbXdhWG5CWmtDVnpUWHFONVFBQVFsMmxicEF1SWM5SmpjVFhUN2pZaFc4N0xGMkZCWmNDTlJYakZPbkFycmV1azlpVC1FNkhwWWg1Si1SWnBFVDdZVjJB?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Father Ted legend dies as tributes paid to &#8216;wonderful actor&#8217;<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Daily Star<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiiwFBVV95cUxNeUhoYVlHUUgyU3IxaDVpYVAwSzlsRkJIY3ZCVmlQZGo1N2JoTGxwZ25IVTRwbE1GMG9DT0xLQXFENEhzdzFyZnVMZmVEOXRxQ0FFVDlRejBiSEVtaTRDTkJnS0VOenN6WmQ4a0x1RkpmLXlLVVJmaVh2aHdhSW93dVdQMlpLMkJOeWRj?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Father Ted, Emmerdale &amp; Casualty star Ben Keaton dies aged 70 as tributes pour in<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Sun<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiggFBVV95cUxQdENHQ0tmNGxfbGFlNG1laF9BTFlJVlhRdmwwLW5IdUY2R21JQlY5LVQ0M3plUEFJRi1jWmZNVGRLTnYzM3hqUjNmemNvMVRIdXZxWjNSQ2pod3BYNmw4cFZNVFpqMFpmTktzYUpyWkdxdk1WVlJrUEZLSGJjVjdYOHpB0gGHAUFVX3lxTE9VRW5oNDdvaHN1Y0pTYWJ5Q0tOOTRqMUZQZGxVSHpWUTY3enNKTGl6UWR1dF9BQjhqLXRJbW5YdzFvQkZ3YTJsOGU4YVFWY0ZoTl84NTh2ODJyMEVEUTFfQU9YSmx4elNqX3ZMTW9YSlNZSDBJOTJXN0Z5YkRReS1Sd2d2S0pLbw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ben Keaton dead: Father Ted, Emmerdale and Casualty star dies<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Mirror<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.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?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Father Ted star Ben Keaton dies aged 70: Sitcom actor passes away &#8216;very suddenly&#8217; as tributes pour in from his shocked family and fans<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;dailymail.co.uk<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Shock as Father Ted actor dies suddenly aged 69&nbsp;&nbsp;The IndependentFather Ted legend dies as tributes paid to &#8216;wonderful&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":491039,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,96,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-491038","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491038","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=491038"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491038\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/491039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=491038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=491038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=491038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}