Patrick McGoohan has escaped the Village at last.

I'm typing through tears here.

RIP to Patrick McGoohan, you were my childhood hero.

I'm going to watch 'Fallout' tonight.

Nooooooo!

80, well he had a good long run. But still.... *blubber*

It's been a sad week.

Hasn't it just?

That is a huge loss. I adored the Prisoner and he was a wonderful actor. He had a good innings though.

Ricardo Montalban

The. FUCK.

Absolutely gutted.

Blaaahdy fate should realize how rude it is to axe two geek icons in one day. You can have Number Six OR Khan, Grim Reaper, you can't have both!

Meh.

Jesus. What a lousy week.

Ouch. That's a tough week for childhood icons.

KAAAHHHHHNNNN!

Khan and Number Six in one week! I knew this week was going to be crap but I wasn't prepared for that. McGoohan especially, I only just finished showing The Prisoner to a friend for the first time, I was brought up on that show. Very upsetting. I'll be glad when this week's over.

Very sad newses.

Somehow missed both of these. Very sad news indeed

It was not a complete shock to read of the passing of Ricardo Montalban, as he had been in poor health lately and confined to a wheelchair because of a back injury, but it has still knocked me for a loop.

Sr. M's portrayal of Khan set the standard for Star Trek movie villians and none of those who followed him were able to match the intensity and passion that he put into Khan Noonian Singh.

Other than Khan, he was most famous for playing Mr Rourke in Fantasy Island, and many will always associate him with a white suit, but for me, he'll forever be remembered as the genetically-superior tyrant (as the trailer for The Wrath of Khan described him!).

It is interesting to note that the two different performances he gave in Space Seed and the Wrath of Khan mirror his two contrasting portrayals of his character (Armando) in the two Planet of the Apes movies; the first appearances have Khan and Armando as charismatic and charming, but when you see the later appearances, both characters have been ravaged by the intervening years, Khan bitter & twisted and Armando downtrodden and weary.

The bottom line is, he was a great charismatic actor who was by all accounts a thoroughy nice guy and was tremendously blunt about his own success as an actor - I will leave you with his own wise quote about the fickle nature of fame in Hollywood...



God speed, Sr M!

Kev W

Sir John Mortimer

Tony Hart

Such a talented and sweet guy.

Aw man, that's so sad Morph was one of my favourite programmes when I was a kid.

From a quieter and more thoughtful time for kids TV. RIP Tony. And your legendary cravat.

I'll be honest, I thought he'd died years ago. Still sad though.

Really sad, the man was a bit of an icon.

I'm so glad such a peaceful man died so peacefully. He is the reason I got into art, very sadly missed. Another name to add to the recent list of passing legends.

Sad to hear about Tony Hart.

Very sad news. I adored all his shows growing up, he really inspired me to enjoy art and not be afraid of it. He will be missed by many.

I'm gutted to hear this news. He was great.
You'll not believe this, but I was just thinking about him yesterday.

Sad indeed about Tony Hart - Nick & I used to watch Take Hart all the time during our younger years.

Nick rather tastelessly said that Mr H was now going to be using post-mortem paint...

Still, he was the only man who could make a cravat look good during the eighties.

Kev W

Bob May - the man inside the Robot suit in Lost in Space.

I was just watching some YouTube tributes to Tony Hart, and someone had the whole theme tune to 'Hartbeat' up there. It actually made me a bit teary - I adored that show as a kid and always wanted to get a picture up on the wall. He was such a wonderful teacher.

That he was. I always watched Take Hart and Hartbeat, and I'm sure I did catch a few repeated episodes of his 60's era show Vision On too - all top notch. He had a wonderfully natural, gentle manner with his fellow actors/presenters as well as with the camera/audience. Such a great loss.

He's browsing the big Gallery in the sky now... God bless ya, Tony!

John Updike

Very sad, Rabbit, Run, is fantastic.

I'll always remember his Simpsons guest bit fondly.

Shut up Updike!

Billy Powell's gone to meet the rest of Lynard Skynard.

Kim Manners

Producer & Director of over 160 X Files episodes.

John Martyn

I've been meaning to check out his work for years. Sad that it's his death that has reminded me.



That's a bit of a shock.

Sharat Sardana
Goodness Gracious Me writer
40

That's very sad, he was obviously a very gifted writer.

Lux Interior of The Cramps dead at 60

Fuck.

That's a shame. Hopefully there will be a bit of a Cramps revival.

Aww. Sad.

Gutted. Probably one of the best frontmen I ever had the privilege to see on stage. Even in his later years he was out shining boys a fraction of his age. Heaven won't know what hit it.

Aw man. That really sucks.

I phoned my brother this morning - I took him to his first Cramps gig - and we both got a little upset by the news. It's a bit silly I know, but The Cramps, and Lux, were, well, special.

Between this & Asheton. I dunno'. It just sucks.

Nick & I have been knocked for six by the new of Lux' death.

Ivy must be devastated. RIP, king of the garbagemen.

Kev & Nick

Fully justified. The LA punk scene is in serious mourning at the moment (We sort of adopted them, since they moved here in the 80's.) Indeed, spare a thought for Ivy, poor gal. (37 years they were together... damn!)