Labels:text | screenshot | font OCR: Peter Sellers reached his greatest critical acclaim as Chauncey Gardener in the 1979 film Being There. It was Sellers' last dramatic appearance and one for which he received an Academy Award nomination. After suffering a mild heart attack during the filming of A Shot In The Dark, Sellers was plagued with heart problems. In 1980, at the age of 54, Peter Sellers passed away. His Pink Panther performances remain a lasting monument to his comedic genius.