Died: March 8, 2021. IT TAKES a unique talent to write a American chart-topping single, hold a Shakespearean audience on the edge of their seats, and set a nation laughing with a sitcom performance as a brilliant bumbler. And when you add the ability to come within a goal-line of landing a full-time contract with Tottenham Hotspur FC, it gives an indication of the polymathic aptitude of the irrepressible Trevor Peacock. Peacock, who has died aged 89 from a dementia-related illness, was best known for his role of parish councillor, Jim Trott, in The Vicar of Dibley, the popular sitcom starring Dawn French. But he was also an accomplished dramatic actor, having starred in the title role in Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus and as Petruchio in The Taming of the Shrew.