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{{article | publication = The Sun | file = 1983-08-03 Sun.jpg | px = 600 | height = | width = | date = 1983-08-03 | author = George Hollingbery and Kay Goddard | pages = 19 | language = English | type = | description = | categories = | moreTitles = | morePublications = | moreDates = | text = Gay tiff theory on killing ACTOR Peter Arne, savagely bludgeoned to death in his luxury flat, was to have appeared in TV's [[broadwcast:Frontios|next Dr Who series]]. He had just returned from a costume fitting when he was murdered, police revealed yesterday. They believe the 62-year-old actor, a homosexual, was killed in a love-tiff with a boyfriend. Arne was to have played Dr Range in a four-part Dr Who series due for screening by the BBC next February. Producer John Nathan Turner said yesterday: "This is terrible. I know Peter was really looking forward to the part —he had always wanted to appear in the series." Arne—veteran of more than 50 films—played a German officer in TV's Secret Army. Gentle He was found dead in his flat at Knightsbridge, London, on Monday after a housekeeper spotted a bloodstained log in the hallway. His agent Roger Carey said: "This was a brutal, bloody murder. Peter was a wonderful. gentle man." Caption: Peter Arne ... had been to costume fitting }}

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