Death
Postgate died at a nursing home in Broadstairs, near his home on the Kent coast, on 8 December 2008, aged 83.
After his death there was huge recognition of his influence and effect on British culture, and affection for the role his work had played in many people's lives. His work was widely discussed in the UK media and many tributes were paid to him and his work across the internet. Charlie Brooker dedicated a portion of his Screenwipe show to Oliver Postgate, and the way he influenced his own childhood, on an episode that was to be broadcast the day after Postgate's death.
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“Your father was ever virtuous, and holy men at their death have good inspirations.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
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—Bible: Hebrew, Deuteronomy 24:16.
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The cataract of Death far thundering from the heights.”
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