Editing Arthur Lowe (section)

===Death and last released works===
On 14 April 1982, Lowe gave a live televised interview on ''[[Pebble Mill at One]]''.<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/bOdJrZ9uS30 Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20160208052525/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOdJrZ9uS30 Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOdJrZ9uS30 |title=Arthur Lowe – Pebble Mill at One – BBC – 1982 Last interview Complete |publisher=YouTube |date=16 July 2014 |access-date=22 December 2015}}{{cbignore}}</ref> At just after 6 pm the same day, he collapsed from the onset of a stroke in his dressing room at the [[Alexandra Theatre (Birmingham)|Alexandra Theatre]], Birmingham.{{sfnp|Lowe|1997|p=191}} This was before a performance of ''[[Home at Seven (play)|Home at Seven]]'' in which he was due to appear with his wife, Joan.{{sfnp|Lord|2002|p=274}}  He was taken, unconscious, to [[Birmingham General Hospital]], where he died at about 5 am, at the age of 66.{{sfnp|Lowe|1997|p=191}}{{sfnp|Lord|2002|p=275}} 

Lowe was [[cremated]] and his ashes were scattered at [[Sutton Coldfield]] Crematorium, following a small funeral of which few people were notified and fewer than a dozen attended.{{sfnp|Lord|2002|p=277}} Joan did not attend, as she refused to miss a performance of ''[[Home at Seven (play)|Home at Seven]]'' and was appearing in [[Belfast]] at the time. According to her friend Phyllis Bateman, the couple had a pact that neither would go to the other's funeral.{{sfnp|Lord|2002|p=277}} Stephen said his parents were not sentimental or religious and Joan's coping mechanism was summed up in the adage, "the show must go on".<ref name="Telegraph 2015">{{cite news| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/11736402/arthur-lowe-son-dads-army.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/11736402/arthur-lowe-son-dads-army.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live| title=Stupid Boy! The son of Arthur Lowe on growing up with Capt Mainwaring| access-date=5 September 2021 | work=The Telegraph| first=Richard| last=Webber| date=17 July 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref> A memorial service was held on 24 May 1982 at [[St Martin-in-the-Fields]], attended by Lowe's wife and family, former colleagues and many friends.{{sfnp|Lord|2002|p=280}}

Lowe's final film and television performances premiered after his death. His last feature film was Lindsay Anderson's ''[[Britannia Hospital]]'' (1982).{{sfnp|Lord|2002|p=268}} In his final sitcom, {{nowrap|''[[A.J. Wentworth, B.A.]]''}} (1982), he starred  as a boys' [[Preparatory school (United Kingdom)|preparatory school]] master.{{sfnp|Lord|2002|pp=271–272}} ''Wagner'' was Lowe's last screen role, released in December 1983.