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BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Prisoner star McGoohan dies at 80

Emmy-winning actor Patrick McGoohan, best known for starring in cult 1960s TV show The Prisoner, has died at the age of 80.

He died in Los Angeles after a short illness, his film producer son-in-law Cleve Landsberg told Associated Press.

McGoohan played the character Six in the surreal 1960s show, filmed in the north Wales village of Portmeirion.

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by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Wed Jan 14th, 2009 at 01:48:42 PM EST
That show was way ahead of its time.

keep to the Fen Causeway
by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Wed Jan 14th, 2009 at 01:53:03 PM EST
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Best TV show intro ever.

by ATinNM on Wed Jan 14th, 2009 at 07:05:54 PM EST
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Ah, so THAT's what one The Simpsons episode lampooned.

On TV show openings, I'm partisan to:

Some other classics from my childhood, all for their score, the first for the opening take too:



*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.

by DoDo on Wed Jan 14th, 2009 at 08:01:09 PM EST
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Portmeirion is a very odd place.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Wed Jan 14th, 2009 at 08:52:04 PM EST
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