It's accompanied by this striking photo of Alexander making up his brother Garry.
I know what you're thinking - did he ever marry?
We learn that "Grant’s activities were just as colourful offstage as on."
But are not given much colour.
The obituary's last line reads; "Alexander Grant is survived by his companion of more than 50 years, Jean-Pierre Gasquet, and by his brother Garry."
As the first reader's comment reads;
"Companion? Is that some sort of archaic euphamism for boyfriend/partner? Did some kind of Methodist or Catholic matriarch write this obituary in 1970 and the Telegraph not bother to update it properly?"
Quite.
• Although the euphemism "He never married" is so archaic it's now become a joke, the Telegraph last signed off an obituary with it in April of this year.
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