Raphael Coleman death: Nanny McPhee child star and climate activist dies, aged 25

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The former actor’s death was announced by his mother Liz Jensen, who wrote in a statement on Twitter: “Rest in peace my beloved son Raphael Coleman, aka Iggy Fox. Let’s celebrate all he achieved in his short life and cherish his legacy.” Coleman was working for Extinction Rebellion at the time of his death, and his stepfather Carsten Jensen said he “collapsed without prior health problems”. “I got to know Raph when he was six years old, and we were so close.” People who worked with Coleman have been paying tribute to him on social media, with his Nanny McPhee co-star Eliza Bennett tweeting: “I was so heartbroken to hear about Raphael. I’m honoured to have crossed paths him & my heart is with his family in this dark time.” Coleman starred as Eric Brown in the 2005 children’s film Nanny McPhee alongside Emma Thompson and Colin Firth, before going on to appear in the movies It’s Alive and The Fourth Kind.