Stuart Organ Dies: Longest-Serving Cast Member In Iconic BBC Kids Show ‘Grange Hill’ Was 72

Stuart Organ, the longest-serving actor in iconicBBCchildrens showGrange Hill,has died.

Organ died earlier this week, his reps confirmed to the BBC.

They said he died peacefully at home after a short illness.

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Grange Hillhas made the careers of many a British star.

It ran for 40 years virtually uninterrupted on the BBC and ended in 2008.

Redmond is now forging a film version helmed by Sara Sugarman.