Maurice Roeves was born in Sunderland but moved to Scotland at the age of 7.
He was a great actor appearing in many TV shows and films from The Sweeney to EastEnders.
It's big news so will be in all the tabloids like the Daily Mail here.
When he moved to Scotland he had to fit in.
He told the Daily Record: 'I'd be talking in a Geordie accent and the other kids would be ''sassenach''.'
He added: 'I got beaten up to hell. I had to learn Glaswegian pretty quick to join the gang.'
When he moved to Glasgow we were all Geordies because the term "Mackems" only took hold decades later.
Maurice Roeves gets a small write up on the blogs here at Wearside Online, perhaps we should honour him a little more - https://wearsideonline.com/famous-sunderland-people/
RIP
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Re: Sunderland born, Maurice Roeves, dies aged 83
He's been in loads of stuff as well but I never knew he was in EastEnders
I might have the day off today!