Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2015 19:01:00 -0400 From: mark <whitroth at 5-cent.us> To: WSFA Official List <wsfa-forum at yahoogroups.com>, WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>, bsfsgeneral <bsfsgeneral at bsfs.org>, RBoP Yahoo <rbop at yahoogroups.com>, "gt-pfrc at ml.gt.org" <gt-pfrc at ml.gt.org> Subject: [WSFA] Fwd: A sad passage but after a long, successful run "Avengers star Patrick Macnee dies,9 minutes ago" [fwd] Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net> -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [WSFA] A sad passage but after a long, successful run "Avengers star Patrick Macnee dies,9 minutes ago" [fwd] Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2015 15:37:22 -0400 From: Donald G. Wileman <dwileman at yorku.ca> Avengers star Patrick Macnee dies 9 minutes ago From the section UK Gareth Hunt, Joanna Lumley, Patrick MacNee Patrick Macnee reprised his John Steed role for The New Avengers TV series, starring alongside Joanna Lumley and Gareth Hunt Actor Patrick Macnee, star of The Avengers TV series, has died in California at the age of 93. The Briton, best known for playing John Steed in the 1960s television series, died at home with his family at his bedside, his son Rupert said. Macnee also played roles in theatre, appearing on Broadway, and served in the Royal Navy during World War Two. A statement on the actor's website read: "Wherever he went, he left behind a trove of memories." "Patrick Macnee was a popular figure in the television industry", the statement said. "He was at home wherever in the world he found himself. He had a knack for making friends, and keeping them." He died peacefully at his home in California's Rancho Mirage on Thursday, Rupert said. James Bond ally Born in London and educated at Eton, Macnee first appeared in the West End while still in his teens. He played a number of minor roles - including one in Laurence Olivier's 1948 film version of Hamlet - before rising to fame in the original Avengers series between 1961 and 1969. null He returned when that series was reprised as The New Avengers in the 1970s, appearing alongside Joanna Lumley's Purdey and Gareth Hunt's Mike Gambit. He also appeared in the 1985 James Bond film A View to Kill, playing an ally of Roger Moore's Bond character. 'Ahead of their time' In a 2014 interview with The Lady magazine, Macnee said he believed The Avengers was a success because it "did something different and did it better." He told the magazine: "It was beautifully written, the ideas were very good, way ahead of their time and they incorporated fantasies for people who dreamed of doing exciting things." More pictures at http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-33279566 but they hardly show him at his best. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ "Scalia is an originalist and textualist, meaning he believes the US constitution should be interpreted only according to the original and ordinary meaning of the text. But his dissent in US v Windsor, 2013's crucial gay marriage case, may have backfired on him. In the dissent, he sought to show how the decision was broader than advertised, sarcastically describing how the inevitable next case would fall. But half of the appeals courts who struck down marriage bans in challenges leading up to this term's gay marriage case cited Scalia's dissent literally." http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-33103973 created and viewed 17 June, 2015