I have lost 2st, my face is the colour of aged parchment and my hands are gnarled like human claws.Īgatha Christie fans will not have been surprised to see Poirot die in the last episode, since the novel it was based on¿ Curtain: Poirot¿s Last Case ¿ was first published in 1975Īs the cameras roll, the angina gripping my chest forces me to cough, and Hugh hands me a glass of water from the bedside table.Įver the detective, I am trying to make my friend understand the crime that has been committed at Styles Court. Every whisper seems to bring another racking cough. You can barely hear my voice as the angina invading my body takes an ever-increasing toll. So old, indeed, that I am on the brink of death. On a damp, chilly November morning I am feeling old, very old. Here David Suchet, 67, tells the amazing story of why he came to play the role of Poirot, how he made it the definitive portrayal of the fastidious Belgian detective - and his sadness at having to say a last farewell. As he dies in bed, he is heard to utter: ‘Forgive me.’ In his final case, Poirot decides to kill a hotel guest, Stephen Norton, who has caused the deaths of five people without being convicted, and who plans to kill again.Īfter shooting him, Poirot commits suicide by failing to take the amyl nitrate he needs for his heart condition.Īt the end of the episode, he writes a confession explaining his actions to Hastings. Over 13 series, Poirot has featured 1,124 actors, including the new Doctor Who Peter Capaldi and Homeland star Damian Lewis. Writing online shortly before it screened last night, one viewer wrote: ‘Poirot can’t die, he just can’t.’ Another said: ‘I can’t believe Poirot’s gonna die next episode. Even those devotees who knew the outcome found themselves wishing it would end differently. In a dramatic finale to the long-running ITV series, the Belgian detective - played for 25 years by David Suchet - was seen shooting a man in the head before signing a dramatic deathbed confession.Īfter a lifetime spent solving crime, he died of a heart attack and was found slumped in bed by his best friend Captain Hastings.Īgatha Christie fans will not have been surprised to see Poirot die in the last episode, since the novel it was based on- Curtain: Poirot’s Last Case - was first published in 1975.īut the ending was kept a guarded secret by ITV nonetheless. But in his final TV appearance last night, the killer turned out to be Hercule Poirot himself.
For more than two decades, viewers have been used to seeing him solve murder after murder.
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