the door. He fled from the scene before the police arrived, but was arrested later that evening. His subsequent arrest set in motion the unravelling of Keeler's relationship with Secretary of State for War John Profumo and Russian naval attaché Yevgeny Ivanov, with Keeler's non-appearance at his trial at the Old Bailey in March 1963 finally giving the British press the excuse it needed to publish the story. Edgecombe was acquitted of assaulting Gordon, but was convicted and sentenced to seven years for possession of a firearm with the intent to endanger life. He served five years before being paroled. On his release in 1968, Edgecombe became a jazz promoter, running a club called Edges, and worked as a film and television extra. In 1987, he made an extended appearance on an edition of the live television discussion programme After Dark alongside Tony Blackburn, Peter Tatchell, Victoria Gillick and others. Edgecombe also appeared briefly in the 1989 TV documentary The Scandal Story where he described and reenacted the shooting incident outside the actual Marylebone house. He wrote and published his version of events of the Profumo Affair in a book titled Black Scandal in 2002. He died of lung cancer and kidney cancer in London, aged 77, on 26 September 2010. Cultural references In the 1989 film Scandal, Edgecombe was portrayed by singer Roland Gift. Edgecombe was portrayed by Wayne Robinson in Andrew Lloyd Webber's stage musical Stephen Ward the Musical, which opened at the Aldwych Theatre on 19 December 2013. He was portrayed by Nathan Stewart-Jarrett in the 2019 British TV drama The Trial of Christine Keeler. Notes External links Johnny Edgecombe obituary Where Are They Now? Christine Keeler and the Profumo Affair 1932 births 2010 deaths 20th-century British criminals Antigua and Barbuda emigrants to England Deaths from kidney cancer Deaths from lung cancer in England British prisoners and detainees Prisoners and detainees of England and Wales British people convicted of assault