London: Actor Warren Mitchell, who played Alf Garnett in TV series "Till Death Us Do Part" and "In Sickness and in Health", has died aged 89. A statement from his family said the star died in the early hours of Saturday "surrounded by his family", reported BBC News.

"He has been in poor health for some time, but was cracking jokes to the last," the family added. Mitchell's great nephew paid tribute to him on Twitter, saying he was "the last of his generation".