technology insights | January 09, 2026

Anthony Newley Cause Of Death: What Happened To Joan Collins’ Ex-Husband?

Anthony Newlwy, “Stop the world–I want to Get Off” was a great British entertainer who gained incredible stardom in the 1960s.

Anthony Newley died on 14 April 1999, in Jensen Beach, Florida, from renal cancer at the age of 67. He had first been diagnosed with cancer in 1984. He left behind five children.

Anthony Newley married three times. Ann Lynn from 1956 to 1963, they had a son. Joan Collins from 1963 1970, they had a daughter and a son and then Dareth Rich from 1971 to 1989 and they also had a daughter and a son.

Anthony Newley was one of the entertainers to embody an extravagant heart-on-the-sleeve kind of showmanship associated with British music hall performance. Anthony Newley’s greatest showcase was “Stop The World — I Want To Get Off”.

Anthony Newley with his sobbing bray of a voice and mimelike body language, released the ballads, What Kind of Fool Am I?  and ‘Once in a Lifetime which was a hit for Sammy Davis.