Dad’s Army star John Clegg has died aged 90.

The star, who was best known as La Di Da Gunner Graham in It Ain’t Half Hot Mum, passed away peacefully and a private funeral will be held on August 29 in West Sussex.

An announcement on Tuesday, 20th of August, 2024 said he ‘died peacefully in care’ and ‘will be missed by all his friends from the theatre, his friends in Chichester and his family.’

BAFTA member Morris Bright MBE paid tribute to John on X, penning: ‘We is very sorry indeed to hear that La Di Da Gunner Graham, actor John Clegg, has gone to that great concert party in the sky, aged 90. He certainly was one of the boys who entertained us.’

Tributes then poured in for the star, who also appeared on Dad’s Army, with the British Comedy Society posted on X: ‘We’re saddened to learn of the death of actor John Clegg, best known as It Ain’t Half Hot Mum’s Padrewski, Gunner Graham. He was 90.’

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