Anthony Head: Buffy and Ted Lasso actor dies at 72

Anthony Head, the British actor best known for Buffy the Vampire Slayer's Rupert Giles and later as Rupert Mannion in Ted Lasso, has died at age 72. The BBC reports the news as breaking and says further details will be published shortly. Head rose to international fame in the late 1990s on Buffy and later appeared in Merlin, Little Britain, The Iron Lady, Persuasion, The Inbetweeners and Manchild. The obituary notes a long career across stage and screen. The story is being updated, and readers are advised to refresh the page for the fullest version and to follow BBCBreaking for updates.