"Character Outlives Actor:" - this is not quite accurate. Leslie Dwyer died in late 1986, the day before the last episode of season 8 was transmitted, but his character had already been removed. Dwyer dropped out during production of season 6 - his character is only seen in location footage and there are some odd scenes that were clearly written for his traditional chalet moments with Fred Quilley - but was still alive when Mr Partridge was written out in season 7.
"Character Outlives Actor:" - this is not quite accurate. Leslie Dwyer died in late 1986, the day before the last episode of season 8 was transmitted, but his character had already been removed. Dwyer dropped out during production of season 6 - his character is only seen in location footage and there are some odd scenes that were clearly written for his traditional chalet moments with Fred Quilley - but was still alive when Mr Partridge was written out in season 7.