FORMER Grange Hill and The Bill star George Armstrong has died at the age of 60.
Armstrong, who played Alan Humphries in the kids’ TV drama, passed away on Tuesday after a “long battle with leukaemia“.
George Armstrong, who is best known for starring in Grange Hill and The Bill, has died
Armstrong played Alan Humphries in the TV drama
The actor was 60, and is said to have died after a long battle with leukaemia
He starred as Alan from the first episode of Grange Hill in 1978 until Series 5 in 1982.
Among Armstrong’s other roles was that of PC Driscoll in The Bill in 1989.
He later gave up acting and became a theatre manager at a public school.
Tributes have already started pouring in for Armstrong on social media.
Breaking the sad news, a Grange Hill fan account wrote: “I’ve just heard the very sad news that George Armstrong aka Alan Humphries passed away yesterday.
“RIP George. A true Grange Hill legend.”
Another wrote: “So very sad. Rip. G.H and tuckers luck. Always watched. Way to young. Our childhood stars are passing before our eyes.”
One fan said they’d met Armstrong in recent years and dubbed him a “top chap”.
Another typed: “A character from my childhood. Such sad news, thoughts with his family and grange Hill friends.”
Todd Carty as Tucker Jenkns, George Armstrong as Alan Humphries and Terry Sue Patt as Benny Green
He starred as Alan from the first episode of Grange Hill in 1978 until Series 5 in 1982
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