that English teacher already passed away years ago. He was a cabbie.
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Later career and death
By the late 1980s, his youthful image was working against him, and he found it difficult to obtain mature acting roles in line with his age. By the 1990s, he was a minicab driver in Leicestershire, where in 1997 he was found dead in a dilapidated bungalow at the age of 53.
Police discovered the actor's body after going to his house to tell him they had recovered his stolen car. James Leadbitter (18) was arrested over the theft and later accused of attempted murder. He told police he was a friend of Evans, and had visited him on the day he died to say he would not be calling round again. Leadbitter said that the actor became upset and drank half a bottle of whisky. Recording an open verdict, coroner Martin Symington said there was insufficient evidence to prove Evans had intended to kill himself. The charge of attempted murder against Leadbitter was later dropped