Simon Cadell died from Lymphoma. It was reported that Simon Cadell was a pretty heavy smoker. Simon Cadell used to smoke at least 80 cigarettes a day which caused him an abnormality in his heart and had to put his stagecraft at a halt for treatment.
Simon Cadell returned to the stage four months after having triple heart bypass surgery, but in September 1993, while receiving treatment for pneumonia, he was given the news that he had lymphoma. At the age of 45, Cadell passed away in London on March 6th, 1996.
About Simon Cadell
Simon Cadell born Simon John Cadell was an actor from England. Simon Cadell was widely recognised for his role as Jeffery Fairbrother in the situation comedy Hi-de-Hi! on BBC. Simon Cadell kickstarted his career in 1975 when he portrayed Simon Gray in Play for Today (1975).
Since then, Simon Cadell had appeared in quite a number of Tv theatre shows and films including Hi-de-Hi! (1980-1984), The Dame of Sark (1976), Enemy at the Door (1978-1980), Singles (1991), Meteor (1979) and Water Ship Down (1978).