 Reid died suddenly in 1993 at the age of 48.Reid's roles recorded with D'Oyly Carte included Fitzbattleaxe in "Utopia" (1976), Ernest Dummkopf in "The Grand Duke" (1976), Marco in "The Gondoliers" (1977), Aesculapius Carboy in "The Zoo" (1978), and Leonard Meryll in "Yeomen" (1979).He also participated in the "D'Oyly Carte