Edinburgh theatre ‘deeply saddened’ to hear of death of Robbie Coltrane

Robbie Coltrane appeared in the Slab Boys at the Traverse Theatre in 1978. (Andrew Milligan/PA)

An Edinburgh theatre has said it was “deeply saddened” to learn of the death of Robbie Coltrane.

Coltrane’s agent said the actor died aged 72 on Friday and thanked the medical staff at Forth Valley Royal Hospital in Larbert, near Falkirk in Scotland, for their “care and diplomacy”.