 Ayldon died at the age of 69 in Northampton.Ayldon's roles recorded with D'Oyly Carte included Dick Deadeye in "Pinafore" (1971), the title role in "The Mikado" (1973), Mountararat in "Iolanthe" (1974), the Foreman in "Trial" (1975), Phantis in "Utopia Limited" (1976), the Prince of Monte Carlo in "The Grand Duke" (1976), Mr. Grinder in "The Zoo" (1978), and Sergeant Meryll in "Yeomen" (1979).He also recorded Old Adam in "Ruddigore" for New Sadler's Wells Opera (1987), appeared as Dick Deadeye in the D'Oyly Carte 1973 TV production of "H.M.S.