 Potter died in 2016 at the age of 80.With the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company and Decca Records, he recorded the Duke of Dunstable (1961), Colonel Fairfax (1964), Hilarion (1964), Nanki-Poo in "A Gilbert & Sullivan Spectacular" (1965) (excerpts), and Frederic (1968), as well as "Songs and Snatches" (1970) (excerpts from several operas).Potter also participated in a 1965 BBC television broadcast of "Patience" as the Duke of Dunstable, and played Nanki-Poo in 1966 film version of "The Mikado".