Later Years
He was reunited with Patrick Macnee as a guest star on The New Avengers, although he did not reprise the role of David Keel (but his previous role in the series was acknowledged by Steed's final comment of 'Welcome back, old friend'). Towards the end of his life he had a role in the crime series Jemima Shore Investigates as the eponymous heroine's literary agent. His final TV role was in the Channel Four soap opera Brookside (1984).
Hendry was declared bankrupt in the late 1970s. He suffered from a non-malignant throat tumour in the early 1980s.
On Christmas Eve of 1984, Hendry died of a stomach haemorrhage in London, aged 53. His last public appearance was as a guest on This Is Your Life, which profiled his friend Patrick Macnee. He was cremated and his ashes interred at the Golders Green Crematorium.
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