Edward Hardwicke, who played the faithful Dr. Watson opposite Jeremy Brett’s Sherlock Holmes in the famed Granada Television series of the 1980s and ’90s, died … This is a list of the dates of deaths of individuals who have worked on Star Trek. The play ran for only three performances. In 1914, at the beginning of World War I, … He was 75. Bruce W. WATSON Bruce Winsor Watson died May 25, 2009 at Evergreen Hospice. During the last 4 years of his life he led the fight against his cancer with determination, insight and compassion for oth Actor Basil Rathbone, whose roles ranged from Shakespeare to Sherlock Holmes, died of a heart attack Friday in New York. Bruce's absence depressed Rathbone, particularly after Bruce died on 8 October 1953, while the play was in rehearsals. He died in his little unfinished house on the foothills of the Manzano Mountains south of Albuquerque New Mexico. He was best known for his portrayal of Dr. Watson in a series of films and in the radio series The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (starring Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes).Bruce is also remembered for his roles in the Alfred Hitchcock films Rebecca and Suspicion. Bruce Watson was born on March 11, 1961 in Timmins, Ontario, Canada. Bruce Watson. Actor. May 28, 2010, 2:15 PM. After a long, hard fought, and tragic struggle with mental illness, Bruce took his own life in a horrific act of self violence. Gary Coleman, actor, died at 42. The son of a British baronet, Sir William Bruce, he was born in Ensenada, Mexico, where his parents were vacationing. Nigel Bruce was slated to portray Dr Watson once more but became too ill and the part was played by character actor Jack Raine. Gary Coleman died Friday after suffering an intercranial hemorrhage. Mar 11 Bruce Watson, Canadian-Scottish rock guitarist, sitar and mandolin player (Big Country - "Wonderland"; "In A Big Country"), born in Timmons, Ontario; Mar 11 Mike Percy, rocker (Dead or Alive-Spin Me Round) Mar 11 Elias Koteas, Canadian actor; Mar 12 Joseph Facal, Quebec politician Later career Bruce Watson Professional Expendable We lost a favorite, and our only, uncle, last week. 1 Ray Walston (2001), Jack C. Haldeman II, Benjamin W.S. He was 42. He is an actor, known for ... Born: March 11, 1961 On July 20, 1973, the actor and martial-arts expert Bruce Lee dies in Hong Kong at age 32 from a brain edema possibly caused by a reaction to a prescription painkiller. He is best remembered for playing 'Doctor John H. Watson', opposite Basil Rathbone, in the Sherlock Holmes movies of the 1930s and 1940s. William Nigel Ernle Bruce (4 February 1895 – 8 October 1953) was a British character actor on stage and screen.