Peter Vaughan, who played Maester Aemon Targaryen in Game of Thrones, has passed away according to his family. The actor was 93.
It has been lucky for us here at Winter Is Coming that we haven’t had to do very many of these yet. But today we are saddened to report that actor Peter Vaughan, who so brilliantly portrayed the role of Maester Aemon up at the Wall, passed away this morning.
According to the BBC:
His agent Sally Long-Innes said: “This is to confirm that very sadly Peter Vaughan passed away at approximately 10.30 this morning. He died peacefully with his family around him.”
Peter Vaughan in Porridge, Image via BBC
Peter Vaughan, as we noted at the time of his exit from the show, was a longtime BBC actor, who had appeared in TV and Film every year from 1956 onward. He may never have been an A-list celebrity, but to be a successful working actor for sixty years is no small feat. Before being cast in Game of Thrones, Vaughan was best known for his role in the 1970s TV serial Porridge, a fictionalized sitcom about life in UK prisons. (For those unaware, “doing porridge” is UK slang for serving a prison sentence, due to the food served for breakfast.)
Vaughan appeared in Seasons 1, 3 4 and 5 of Game of Thrones, as a mentor and father figure to Jon Snow and Sam Tarly at the Wall. Unlike every other character who died on the show, Vaughan had the great luck to portray the only character who dies of old age, having served his country with grace and dignity for over 100 years. One could say the same about the actor, who served the BBC acting stable with grace and dignity for decades before passing on of old age.
Our thoughts and prayers are with his family at this time. RIP Peter Vaughan.
Via http://winteriscoming.net/2016/12/06/now-watch-ended-peter-vaughan-passes-away-age-93/
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