{"id":519878,"date":"2026-04-08T16:53:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T16:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/519878\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T16:53:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T16:53:08","slug":"michael-campbell-actor-with-mnd-who-won-top-award-for-playing-richard-iii-dies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/519878\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Campbell: Actor with MND who won top award for playing Richard III dies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Lyric Theatre Belfast, the venue where he performed the leading role in the Shakespeare play, said it was devastated to learn of his death.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">In a statement Lyric&#8217;s executive producer Jimmy Fay paid tribute to Campbell, saying: &#8220;These islands have lost a great artist, and the sky is brighter tonight with his star.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He said Campbell, who was from Belfast, had been part of the Lyric family for many years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Mick showed great strength and dignity in light of his diagnosis MND,&#8221; Fay said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;He remained resilient and focused, creating dynamic work throughout his struggles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We at the Lyric pay tribute to his remarkable talent and send our deepest condolences to his wife Naomi, his mother and sisters, and all his friends, family and colleagues at this sad time.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lyric Theatre Belfast, the venue where he performed the leading role in the Shakespeare play, said it was&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":519879,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-519878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519878","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=519878"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519878\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/519879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=519878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=519878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=519878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}