# 2016 Not Done With Us Yet, RIP Andrew Sachs

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-not-done-with-us-yet-rip-andrew-sachs/773607>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 2, 2016, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-not-done-with-us-yet-rip-andrew-sachs/773607 "2016-12-02T05:08:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2016, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-not-done-with-us-yet-rip-andrew-sachs/773607/21 "2016-12-06T16:29:44Z")

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> [@wolfpup](#):
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> I hate having to link to the stupid _Daily Mail_ but they do have some recent pictures of him, perhaps interesting for those who’ve never seen him outside of that famous sitcom:  
> [Andrew Sachs who played Manuel in Fawlty Towers dies at 86 | Daily Mail Online](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3991838/Fawlty-Towers-star-Andrew-Sachs-dies-86-Widow-pays-emotional-farewell-reveals-secret-four-year-battle-dementia-died-caring-him.html)

The Daily Mail was of course immune to the irony of putting up a glowing tribute to Sachs (who came from Germany to the UK as a child when his family fled persecution the Nazis in 1938) next to one of their usual articles complaining about migrants and refugees coming to the UK.

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**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2016, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-not-done-with-us-yet-rip-andrew-sachs/773607/22 "2016-12-06T16:38:00Z")

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> [@Gyrate](#):
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> The Daily Mail was of course immune to the irony of putting up a glowing tribute to Sachs (who came from Germany to the UK as a child when his family fled persecution the Nazis in 1938) next to one of their usual articles complaining about migrants and refugees coming to the UK.

Wait, Manuel is actually German? Don’t mention the war…

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**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2016, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-not-done-with-us-yet-rip-andrew-sachs/773607/23 "2016-12-06T17:07:30Z")

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> [@muldoonthief](#):
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> Wait, Manuel is actually German? Don’t mention the war…

Indeed - Sachs was born in Berlin to a Jewish father and Catholic mother. I suspect he preferred that no one mention the war.

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**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2016, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-not-done-with-us-yet-rip-andrew-sachs/773607/24 "2016-12-06T17:10:20Z")

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Indeed, I remember still an interesting and touching documentary he did for the BBC just before the Wall came down, where he took his wife around Berlin, and reminisced about his childhood, even meeting a former neighbour. I’m not sure the BBC will allow this to play outside the UK, but it’s still online at:  
[http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/berlinwall/8222.shtml](http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/berlinwall/8222.shtml)

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