British sitcom writer David Croft dies at 89 (AP)

LONDON ? Television writer David Croft, who helped create much-loved British sitcoms "Dad's Army" and "Are You Being Served?," has died aged 89.

Croft's agent Tim Hancock, said the writer died Tuesday at his holiday home in Portugal.

Several of his comedies had military settings, including "It Ain't Half Hot Mum" ? set in wartime India and Burma ? and "Dad's Army," about a hapless Home Guard unit.

Co-created with Jimmy Perry, "Dad's Army" is considered a comedy classic, and is still frequently rerun more than 40 years after its debut.

With Jeremy Lloyd, Croft wrote several series, including "'Allo 'Allo!" ? set in the unlikely comic environment of Nazi-occupied France ? and the perennially popular department-store sitcom "Are You Being Served?"

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