{"id":587197,"date":"2026-05-16T11:22:26","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T11:22:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/587197\/"},"modified":"2026-05-16T11:22:26","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T11:22:26","slug":"actor-best-known-for-role-in-sherlock-holmes-series-dies-the-independent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/587197\/","title":{"rendered":"Actor best known for role in Sherlock Holmes series dies &#8211; The Independent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMioAFBVV95cUxOaTFVaU9WdFhsR3A1VmZ3dmFIUGFZdFVwUU5wTWlKOUdkTW9EUElkNHNxQ2dCYXgwNENqY1BWQnYzOWtJNTg1WWI2TTF2aEx5amNPR1dLRHdJcGxwSmlvMFhCZlRZbU9oa3YwWG9XRnMxems0QWlNUFBBenN1QzVKTWp0aE9EVkFTYTVZYWdNdlJPSWZCeDVpb2Y1dVVQbkZE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Actor best known for role in Sherlock Holmes series dies<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Independent<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMirAFBVV95cUxPZnRJSGd6a3JLQ2tuMG5kdnZjZm5ZZHlheGRDQlB5X2lYbUY5VTA2M2k0enhhQVV6WTRQYlc4Vlpuek50X2tXVzRzaDNndlY1VEl2Y0U3YzFia2w0Q1dIOVJyNEFPUHpiTVN6dDRaOVVtdVZ0VjRiLUZfUGhGUnItclVfTXllMlVmOHBRbHZzdjlPbkhSakF4a2dzc2hhQ2hLVDR2akJaNVdIdVZm?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">David Burke obituary: actor who reinvented Dr Watson<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiiwFBVV95cUxPdXBSeEdrZzNIVGRQbVdQbXExenFIcFpibUNQaVdTWG9JZDlha2FjU3pOMWVUYkU3d2JwNUpPM3RtbERyRF9qb21oa3BoLTlkQ1ZxRjFJU1JuckYzbnJLRXdSSTlVU1NYcVBod3RHWW5ESWtaOVRiVTlKbHczUHFMWVJrd3hrTDFUaFpR?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Actor David Burke, known for role as Dr Watson in Sherlock Holmes series, dies<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;lbc.co.uk<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMigwFBVV95cUxPMzYwSzNZbnZqTTdpaUpVV01hazlUenloYVFnN3FUNXlfV21TdUlrckg4UjV5M0tfRVdFLUdVeHM5YklqMFBoVFl1aC01cE5XdHBlWkd3Mlg3RzZzNHQyYTF5ZldTRXh2eE1MVkJ0dVdZZy1VYmU2Y0NBV1UtZEpGMjBkdw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sherlock Holmes star David Burke dies after long career on stage, TV and radio<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Daily Star<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiowFBVV95cUxQUnpyYjhrMDNlbzRWSk5BY2hzRnkwblJOc0hYSld3a1pXSWYtbkQ3MHZMRGZ3UHVXM1htcmF3UUROWkI2YjNSTlJDUWR0cW5hWDJTNk1ldjY4RjNMcEJTRDg4UU9EQjZ1Q3RzMVo5RlFLNVdkMlhOZnRPY2pZcjdDU3pnbEdpcFYwemYtNUxPM3lnWG5UT241cndha0NvZ2wtakZr?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Meet 80s Sherlock star David Burke&#8217;s famous wife and son as star dies aged 91<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;HELLO! Magazine<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Actor best known for role in Sherlock Holmes series dies&nbsp;&nbsp;The IndependentDavid Burke obituary: actor who reinvented Dr Watson&nbsp;&nbsp;The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":587198,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[200691,6491,2989,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-587197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-burke","tag-celebrities","tag-death","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587197","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=587197"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587197\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/587198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=587197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=587197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=587197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}