What is Antony Sher?
'''Sir Antony Sher''' {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100|KBE}} (14 June 1949 &ndash; 2 December 2021) was a South African-born British [[Drama Desk Award]]-winning actor, screenwriter, playwright, novelist and theatre director. He was born in [[Cape Town]], [[South Africa]]. He has won two [[Laurence Olivier Award]]. He was known for his stage work with the [[Royal Shakespeare Company]]. In 2017, [[Prince Charles]] said that Sher as his favourite actor.<ref>{{cite news|title=When I'm king I'll build a fort, jovial Prince Charles tells Indian schoolchildren|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/11/09/king-build-fort-jovial-prince-charles-tells-indian-schoolchildren/|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=9 November 2017|access-date=9 November 2017|last1=Furness|first1=Hannah}}</ref> Sher and his partner [[Gregory Doran]] became one of the first gay couples to enter into a civil partnership in the [[United Kingdom]].<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/4549202.stm BBC News, 21 December 2005].</ref> In September 2021, Sher was diagnosed with a [[terminal illness]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Wiegand|first=Chris|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2021/sep/10/gregory-doran-takes-leave-from-rsc-to-care-for-terminally-ill-antony-sher|title=Gregory Doran takes leave from RSC to care for terminally ill Antony Sher|work=The Guardian|date=10 September 2021|access-date=10 September 2021}}</ref> He died of [[cancer]] three months later in [[Stratford-upon-Avon]], [[Warwickshire]] on 2 December 2021, aged 72. <ref>{{Cite news|date=2021-12-03|title=Shakespearean actor Antony Sher dies aged 72|work=eNCA|url=https://www.enca.com/life/shakespearean-actor-antony-sher-dies-aged-72|access-date=2021-12-15|archive-date=2021-12-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211203164623/https://www.enca.com/life/shakespearean-actor-antony-sher-dies-aged-72|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url = https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/05/theater/antony-sher-dead.html|title = Antony Sher, Actor Acclaimed for His Versatility, Dies at 72