John Thaw may have played some of the grumpiest ... John and his wife, the actress Sheila Hancock, nine years his senior, had one of the longest- standing and most successful marriages in British ...

5/5 In the past, John quits alcohol for good. In the present, Sheila grieves at his death.

Thaw was diagnosed with cancer of the ... In a statement released through a family friend to PA News, his wife Sheila Hancock, 69, said: "John died with his family around him.

Esteemed actress Sheila Hancock is one of the UK’s most respected ... award for her autobiography The Two of Us: My Life With John Thaw. She is now working on her first novel.

Sheila Hancock, 90, admits she wants to 'leave the world a happy place, full of life' ...