{
  "id": 5345053,
  "title": "Chris Langham Dies: BAFTA-Winning ‘The Thick Of It’ Star & Child Sex Offender Was 77",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/chris-langham-dies-bafta-winning-the-thick-of-it-star-child-sex",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-03T13:52:13.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Deadline",
    "slug": "deadline",
    "url": "https://deadline.com/2026/09/chris-langham-dead-the-thick-of-it-star-child-sex-offender-1237066738/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Chris Langham, the BAFTA-winning actor whose career was effectively ended after he was found guilty of downloading child abuse images, has died. He was 77. Langham’s death was announced in an obituary in The Times of London. The newspaper reported that the actor, who is survived by five children, died in June of pancreatic cancer. […]",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Hollywood Reporter",
        "title": "Chris Langham, BAFTA-Winning ‘The Thick of It’ Actor Convicted of Child Sex Offences, Dies at 77",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/chris-langham-bafta-winning-the-thick-of-it-actor-convicted-of-child",
        "published": "2026-09-03T14:04:06.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}