Felicity Kendal mourns the loss of life of her accomplice Michael Rudman.
The theater director handed away on Thursday (30.03.23) on the age of 84 however no additional particulars relating to his loss of life have been offered. The unhappy information comes two years after he survived a battle with COVID-19, spending two weeks in hospital ICU on a ventilator after contracting the virus in 2021.
His loss of life was confirmed in a press release posted on Twitter by the bosses of the expertise firm The Soho Company which represented him. He stated, “We’re deeply saddened by the passing of our consumer, the sensible theater director and author Michael Rudman. He can be vastly missed, however his contributions to the theater trade is not going to be forgotten. RIP Michael.”
Michael’s profession successes embrace a stint on the UK’s Nationwide Theater and as a director at Chichester Pageant Theater whereas he was Inventive Director of Sheffield’s famed Crucible Theater for 2 years within the Nineteen Nineties. He has additionally directed three performs on Broadway and received a Tony Award for his manufacturing of the Arthur Miller traditional “Demise of a Salesman.”
Michael was married to first spouse Veronica Bennett – the mom of his two daughters Amanda and Katherine – from 1963 to 1981 – and to actress Felicity Kendal, with whom he shared son Jacob.
Michael and Felicity separated in 1991 and divorced in 1994, however resumed their relationship in 1998 with out remarrying.
Felicity, 76, has beforehand spoken out about Michael’s “appalling” battle with COVID, telling the Camden New Journal newspaper: ‘I feel I can converse for lots of people in regards to the concern being large and the frustration being an actual hardship. .
“That feeling of not understanding what state the one you love is in and understanding you may’t go and see them but — it is like nothing you’ve got ever felt earlier than. It was simply such a scary second. Michael is in his 80s … The factor that will get you thru household disappointment and sickness is which you can be collectively.”
