Death
McManus died of pneumonia on 6 June 1994 aged 59 in Glasgow, only eight months after the death of his wife Marion. He became the first person to be posthumously awarded the Lord Provost of Glasgow's Award for Performing Arts.
His final Taggart episode was "Prayer for the Dead" (1995). McManus was the first Taggart cast member to die followed by Iain Anders (Jack McVitie) who died three years later in 1997 aged 64 from a sudden heart attack.
After the death of McManus in 1994, his character was given an on-air funeral in the final episode of the series' 11th season, "Black Orchid". In that same episode, the character of Michael Jardine, portrayed by actor James MacPherson, was promoted to Taggart's position of Detective Chief Inspector.
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