While I was looking at The Sun’s website for that UFO story I came across the news that Patrick McGoohan has died at the age of 80.
Patrick McGoohan
He was the star of the cult classic from the 60s: The Prisoner. But he also starred in Danger Man before that, and in films such as The Man In The Iron Mask , Escape From Alcatraz , and Silver Streak .
The Prisoner was something I remember vaguely from my childhood, and it is re-run on satellite every now and again. So I was saddened to hear of Patrick’s death after what is described as ‘a short illness’.
I was always surprised he didn’t appear in more films, although he did get award nominations for his appearances in those American TV pseudo-films (Columbo, etc.). I suppose time catches up with us all – but it’s always especially sad when an icon from the past dies.