Rising Damp and Home To Roost creator Eric Chappell has died
ICONIC writer Eric Chappell who created sitcoms Rising Damp and Home to Roost has died aged 88.
The hit TV show creator won a Bafta in 1978 for Rising Damp which starred Leonard Rossiter and Frances de la tour.Mr Chappell created sitcom Rising Damp with the cast, pictured, paying tribute to himStar of Home to Roost Reece Dinsdale confirmed that Mr Chappell had died on Thursday, paying tribute to the writing legend.
He said: “Just heard that Eric Chappell, the writer of Home To Roost, Rising Damp & many other shows died on Thursday.“Great times! My love & deepest sympathies to his friends & family.” Born in Grantham, Lincolnshire, in September 1933, Chappell worked as an auditor for the East Midlands Electricity Board for 22 years.
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