LATEST: Christopher Cazenove Dies

British actor Christopher Cazenove, best known for his role in Dynasty, has died after a "valiant battle" with septicaemia, his family has said.

In a statement released by his agent, his family and girlfriend Isabel Davis said the actor "died peacefully surrounded by his loved ones".

He died on Wednesday at St Thomas's Hospital, London.

The statement said: "Christopher died peacefully on April 7 surrounded by his loved ones, having contracted septicaemia at the end of February.

"Despite a valiant fight and the untiring efforts of the wonderful team at St Thomas's, he was overwhelmed.

"All who knew and loved him will be devastated by the loss of this incredible man who touched so many lives."

On the back of his Dynasty success, he starredin the 1990 comedy Three Men and a Little Lady, the sequel to Three Men and a Baby, and lso played John Thatcher, the father of the late Heath Ledger's character William Thatcher, in A Knight's Tale.

Cazenove had been intended to play the Narrator in the current UK tour of The Rocky Horror Show, but due to his illness he was replaced in the cast earlier this year.