Andrew Sachs, Fawlty Towers' Manuel, dies aged 86

Fawlty Towers star Andrew Sachs, who played hapless Spanish waiter Manuel in the BBC sitcom, has died aged 86, his family has confirmed.

The actor died on 23 November and was buried on Thursday, his wife Melody said in an interview in the Daily Mail.

She told the paper that Sachs had been diagnosed with dementia four years ago.

On his role of Manuel, Sachs had told the BBC in 2014: "It was just a part I was playing and people seemed to laugh."

Manuel was one of the most imitated comedy characters of the 1970s.