Sentence examples for served died from inspiring English sources

Actor John Inman, who shot to international fame playing an outrageously camp shop assistant in the 1970s BBC TV series Are You Being Served?, died in hospital today after a long illness, aged 71.

LONDON, March 8 (Agence France-Presse) — John Inman, the British actor who became famous for his role as an eccentric shop assistant in the BBC comedy "Are You Being Served?", died here Thursday.

Mother Antonia Brenner, who left a comfortable life in Beverly Hills to minister to inmates in a notorious Mexican prison, eventually becoming a nun and spending more than 30 years living in a cell to be closer to those she served, died on Thursday in Tijuana, Mexico.

Mollie Sugden, who achieved wide popularity in Britain and the United States as Betty Slocombe, the snooty, officious head of the ladies' department at Grace Brothers department store in the long-running BBC comedy series "Are You Being Served?," died Wednesday in Guildford, Surrey.

In Arkansas, for instance, a proposal to lengthen the time state lawmakers could serve died recently in the legislature, after one term-limits group ran radio commercials mocking a fictional lawmaker pleading for the extension.

William wants to be a knight and seizes the opportunity when the knight he serves dies; William pretends to be nobility and adopts a ludicrously royal-sounding name, since "only noble knights can compete".

Hispanic groups were incensed that Mr. Burns did not pay enough attention to Latino soldiers who also served and died.

At stake was the coveted, and enormous, Bruce-Mahoney Trophy, named in honor of alumni from each school, who served and died in World War II.

Vietnam Veterans Memorial, national monument in Washington, D.C., honouring members of the U.S. armed forces who served and died in the Vietnam War (1955 75).

In 2004, the British government unveiled a memorial dedicated to the animals including horses, dogs and pigeons who served and died alongside British and allied troops.

We remember the men and women who served and died alongside Americans in so many terrible battles on this continent and beyond.