Beryl Vertue, ‘Sherlock’ Producer, Dies at 90
13.02.2022 - 20:19
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K.J. Yossman Beryl Vertue, the renowned British television producer and founder of Hartswood Films, died on Saturday, according to reports in the U.K.
media. She was 90.No cause of death has been given.“It’s with the heaviest of hearts that we have to share the sad news that mum/Beryl passed away peacefully last night,” her daughters and Hartswood Films co-producers Sue and Debbie said in a statement to the Press Association news agency.
“It wasn’t Covid, it was just her nearly 91-year-old body saying enough is enough.”“We were there so the passing was as good as one could hope for. Nothing wrong with her brain – even earlier this week she was grilling us both about work.
It’s really impossible to believe that she has gone though, because I know we’re not alone in thinking that somehow she’d go on forever. She meant so much to so many.” “She wasn’t just our mum, she was our best friend, our mentor, our adviser, our role model, our holiday companion, our giggle-maker and our boss! She adored her family and was so proud of us all.
She also adored her career and spending time with everybody.”“She loved a glass of wine at lunchtime, she loved asking the common sense question, she was often the last person at a party, she didn’t suffer fools, she was fair, she was kind, she was fun, she was stubborn, in fact she was the total package and we will miss her beyond words.:“She was more than a mother to us – she was also a friend. To many in the industry she was more than a friend – she was often a mother.”Nicknamed “Sherlock’s godmother” by the show’s star Benedict Cumberbatch, who presented her with a lifetime achievement award at the 2016 Women in Film and Television awards, Vertue began her career as a typist, writing up
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