article_snippet: Probate records released last week reveal that Byrne left £50,000 to both The Theatrical Guild, which supports backstage staff, and the Denville Hall care home for actors in Northwood, Middlesex, where Byrne died last June.
article_snippet: Byrne had moved there a few months previously from Kennington, South London, when Byrne became frail.
article_snippet: The Rowan Atkinson sitcom was the highlight of a long career in theatre, which started when Byrne attended drama school in London.
article_snippet: Byrne also starred in a BBC production of Chekhov’s Platonov in 1971, a 1979 adaptation of The Old Curiosity Shop and in children
article_snippet: ’s programme Maid Marian
article_snippet: And Byrne Merry Men in the early 1990s
article_snippet: a show created for Byrne by Blackadder co-star Tony Robinson, who played Baldrick.
article_snippet: Byrne family said the money will be spilt equally as Byrne designed Byrne will to be flexible .