The husband of Bradford-born former Doctor Who actress Mary Tamm died only hours after giving a eulogy at her funeral, her agent said yesterday.

Marcus Ringrose, 60, is believed to have had a heart attack at home in Battersea, south London, after Tuesday’s funeral.

Barry Lang-ford said Mr Ringrose had been at his computer replying to well-wishers who wrote to him after his wife’s death when he collapsed.

Miss Tamm, 62, who was best known for playing the first incarnation of the Doctor’s companion Romana alongside Tom Baker, had been suffering from cancer for 18 months when she died last month.

The couple leave a daughter Lauren and seven-year-old grandson Max.