DEATH OF MR WALTER HILL.

Globe, Volume XXI, Issue 1665, 21 June 1879, Page 2

DEATH OF MR WALTER HILL.

It is our painful duly to record the death of Mr Walter Hill, a veteran actor, who was well known in this and the neighbouring colonies, but particularly in New Zealand, during the later years of his theatrical career. Mr Hill had been in the enjoyment of excellent health lately, but last evening, after the first piece at the theatre, “H.M.S. Pinafore,” in which he was engaged, in the part of Dick Deadoye, he was taken suddenly ill, and had to be conveyed homo in a cab. He recovered subsequently, and rose this morning in excellent spirits. Shortly before twelve o’clock he complained to Mrs Hill of an acute pain in the region of the heart, and. almost immediately afterwards breathed his last. The deceased gentleman was highly respected by all who knew him., As a . conscientious actor ho gained favour with the public wherever ho went, and always had the esteem of his professional brethren. As an upright man, , a good social companion possessing shrewd intelligence and gentlemanly instincts, and lastly, but not least, as a good husband and fond father, Mr Hill was loved and admired by those who knew him intimately, and Very generally respected by all. Great sympathy is felt for Mrs Hill and her family, a member of which, Miss Lilly, is at present absent in Dunedin.