The actor, playwright, author and singer Anthony Newley (67), has died after a long illness with cancer, it was announced today. Mr Newley died at his home in Jensen Beach, Florida, yesterday afternoon, according to his close friend, Mr Herbert Kretzmer.
Married three times, including to the actress Joan Collins with whom he had two of his four children, Mr Newley shot to fame as the Artful Dodger in the 1948 film version of Oliver Twist.
