Liverpool-born actor Jake Abraham has passed away at the age of 56. Abraham was known for his role in the film Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. He appeared in the 1991 Channel 4 series GBH, and films Mean Machine and Formula 51, among others. Abraham was diagnosed with prostate cancer earlier this year and in July he said he was receiving palliative care.
At the time he urged people not to leave it “too late” to test for early signs of cancer. Abraham began acting in the 1980s at the Everyman Youth Theatre and spent four decades acting on stage and screen. He played Dean in the 1998 British gangster film Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels directed by Guy Ritchie. He regularly appeared in productions at the Royal Court in Liverpool and starred in The Scouse Jack and the Beanstalk pantomime until January this year.
Kevin Fearon, executive director of Royal Court theatre, said he was due to appear in the cast this year and said “we’ll be dedicating the show to him”. “Such a loss to us, to his family and to the city,” Mr Fearon said. Speaking to the Liverpool Echo about his cancer diagnosis in July, Abraham said he had felt unwell for some time but left it “too late” to get his symptoms checked. His cancer had spread to other parts of his body. The actor had been receiving radiotherapy before he went into palliative care.
There is currently no national screening programme for prostate cancer in the UK because the PSA test is not always accurate, the NHS says. It can be done at a GP surgery, and measures the level of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) in the blood
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