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Give Our Regards to Number One
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In the 1960s British actor Patrick McGoohan helped create and starred in a TV series titled The Prisoner , a surrealist drama where a spy who tried to quit was incarcerated in an unknown location called "The Village" in an effort to extract information from him. Here's a clip of the introduction to each episode: And this is his response to "Number Two" (we never see One) when McGoohan's character is labeled Number Six: The series was short, but has a cult following to this day. McGoohan's last prominent role was as King Edward I Longshanks in Braveheart . He died today in California, aged 80. Number Six is now free. Rest in Peace, Patrick. "Be seeing you."
Two of TV's Old Guard Pass Away.
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Mr. Fantasy Island has gone on to the Great Corinthian Leather Couch In The Sky. Fantasy Island star Ricardo Montalban died today at 6:30 a.m. Radaronline.com has learned. He passed away at his home, lovingly referred to as "Casa Montalban" by his family, in Los Angeles. Emmy winner Montalban, 88, who retained his Mexican citizenship throughout his nearly 60 years of stardom, passed peacefully away from "natural causes" with his daughter and nurses with him, Gilbert Smith, Montalban's son in law, told Radaronline.com. His wife of 63 years, Georgiana Young, preceded him in death last ...
