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LONDON (AP) \u2014 Anthony Head, the suave, smooth-voiced British actor known for roles in \u201cBuffy the Vampire Slayer\u201d and \u201cTed Lasso,\u2019 has died, his family said Friday. He was 72.<\/p>\n

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Head\u2019s daughters, actors Emily and Daisy Head, told the Press Association news agency that the actor passed away due to complications from pneumonia.<\/p>\n

The performer became known to British TV audiences in the 1980s as one half of a will-they, won\u2019t-they romantic couple in a series of ads for Nescafe instant coffee.<\/p>\n

Head achieved U.S. fame as librarian Rupert Giles, mentor to the title character in the cult-favorite supernatural series \u201cBuffy the Vampire Slayer,\u201d which ran from 1997 to 2003.<\/p>\n

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He most recently played Rupert Mannion, the villainous ex-husband of Hannah Waddingham\u2019s character Rebecca, in \u201cTed Lasso.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOur grief is far greater than the hole he has left behind, but we know his legacy will live on, in the shows he was a part of, and in the audiences that love them,\u201d his daughters said. \u201cHow lucky we are to know we are able to watch him doing what he loved, even when he is no longer with us.\u201d<\/p>\n

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