What Happened to Diana Rigg In All Creatures Great and Small?

Diana Rigg, who was the eccentric Mrs. Pumphrey died shortly after the first season was filmed.

Rigg died at her daughter’s home in London on September 10, 2020, aged 82. Her daughter Rachael Stirling said the cause of death was cancer, which had been diagnosed in March.

Rigg made her Broadway debut in Abelard & Heloise in 1971. Her role as Emma Peel made her a sex symbol.

Rigg was a patron of International Care & Relief and was many years the public face of Charity’s child-sponsored scheme.

She was also chancellor of the University of Stirling, a ceremonial rather than an executive role, and she was succeeded by James Naughtie when her 10-year term of office ended on July 31, 2008.