John Thaw, the British television actor known to millions as the crusty, music-loving Chief Inspector Morse of Oxford, died at his home in Wiltshire, England, on Thursday. He was 60. ... Thaw announced in June that he had cancer but that he intended to continue acting.

Did Morse die in Morse?

The last episode was adapted from the final novel The Remorseful Day, in which Morse dies. A spin-off series, similarly comprising 33 two-hour episodes and based on the television incarnation of Lewis, was titled Lewis; it first aired in 2006 and last showed in 2015.

Does Endeavour Morse die?

Inspector Morse also appears in several stories in Dexter's short story collection, Morse's Greatest Mystery and Other Stories (1993, expanded edition 1994). Dexter killed off Morse in his last book, The Remorseful Day. Morse dies in hospital from a heart attack, caused by his years of drinking, damaging his arteries.