{"id":2446510,"date":"2026-06-05T16:17:51","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T16:17:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2446510"},"modified":"2026-06-05T16:17:51","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T16:17:51","slug":"anthony-head-buffy-the-vampire-slayer-and-ted-lasso-star-dies-at-72-family-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/anthony-head-buffy-the-vampire-slayer-and-ted-lasso-star-dies-at-72-family-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Head, ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ and ‘Ted Lasso’ star, dies at 72, family says"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Anthony Stewart Head, the English actor who portrayed the Watcher and school librarian Rupert Giles on Buffy, the Vampire Slayer<\/em>, has died, his family said on Friday<\/a>. He was 72.<\/p>\n

Head\u2019s daughters, Emily and Daisy, told the Press Association that their “extraordinary father” had “passed away peacefully of complications due to pneumonia, surrounded by his family.”<\/p>\n

“It has been, and forever will be, an honour and a privilege to be his daughters, and to have witnessed firsthand the impact both he and his work have had on so many,” their statement, according to the Independent<\/a>, continued. “We know how dearly he will be missed by friends, colleagues, and fans of the shows he was in \u2013 he loved his job very much, and he always considered himself incredibly lucky, to have been able to work alongside such exceptionally talented people, in such wonderful productions, across a career that spanned several decades.”<\/p>\n

Head died two months after his longtime partner, animal welfare advocate Sarah Fisher, died suddenly at 61<\/a>. At the time, Emily and Daisy called the death “immensely shocking.”<\/p>\n

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