Such was the admiration and affection in which Alan Howard was held that, when illness latterly made mobility difficulty, thoughtful admirers found ways of keeping him working: in static Beckett and Sophocles roles in theatre, and on radio.
Latterly, when Forbes is unleashed, there's some extreme slapstick, notably involving a clumsy coffee-shop barista.
In their 43 years of marriage, and particularly latterly when her illness had warned people away, Iris had proved, for her husband, 'a formidable bulwark against life outside'.
It's mostly weak, it's delivered with an unhelpful nervous energy and it flickers into life only latterly, when she tells us that her boyfriend recently cheated on her with a prostitute.
We would talked about the Roman glories of Libya, and about their holidays (they were cycling enthusiasts) and, more latterly, when Julia and he married and the baby was born, how she could fit in with Libyan society.
Browne's material over the years was topical and commercial, but it was as the calypsonian Young Tiger that he appealed latterly, when the re-release of his Coronation calypso put him back in the limelight.
I don't think anyone believes the Conservatives say when they claim now, latterly and somewhat belatedly, that they wanted this allowance increased all along.
He was a parliamentary private secretary during the 1960s Harold Wilson government, latterly to Lord Shackleton when he was leader of the house, and was appointed as an opposition whip and arts spokesman during Edward Heath's government.
(Well, not latterly; in days of yore, when critics attended opening night, they occasionally had to skip the last moments of shows to meet their deadlines).
Widely credited with helping turn round the Royal Opera House, which itself was in crisis before he joined as chief executive in 2001, Tony Hall had also worked at the BBC for many years, latterly as head of news, when it launched Radio 5 live, the BBC News website and its TV News Channel.
I have to say that latterly with the Potter books, when the hype became insane, it was a monster that was out of control.
