LONDON — British actor Timothy West, who played wartime leader Winston Churchill on three occasions and the classic titular Shakespeare roles of Hamlet, King Lear and Macbeth, has died, He was 90. In a statement, his children said that West died “peacefully” in his sleep “with his friends and family at the end.” [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] “After a long and extraordinary life on and off the stage, our darling father Timothy West died peacefully in his sleep yesterday evening,” his children Juliet, Samuel and Joseph said. During his long career, West was a regular presence on stage and screen, his versatility allowing him to play a broad range of characters.