Albert Hague – known to millions of TV fans as the bad-tempered music teacher Mr Shorofsky in Fame – has died at the age of 81.
German-born Hague died on Monday in a hospital near Los Angeles after suffering from cancer.
As well as his role in Fame, Hague was an accomplished composer.
He wrote music for TV and Broadway shows, winning a Tony Award for ‘Redhead’ in 1959.
