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denis rigg
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 Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2020 9:38 pm Post subject: The Avengers/TNA: List of people dead in 2020 |
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I decided to create this topic, as I think that this year is the one of the most intense in the number of important people who participated in the series and left this world.
The list below is obviously not complete, however, it fully lets you feel the events of the outgoing year.
TV series
1. Diana Rigg (actress, the most popular Avengers heroine)
2. Honor Blackman (actress, one of the popular Avengers heroines)
3. Roger Marshall (scriptwriter of many Avengers episodes)
4. Pierre Cardin (fashion designer, who created the Patrick Macnee's wardrobe for the full color Emma Peel series and the first five episodes in the production order of the next Avengers series)
5. Jeremy Burnham (scriptwriter of five Avengers episodes and actor, who appeared in Avengers episodes The Town of No Return, The Fear Merchants and The Forget-Me-Knot)
6. Geoffrey Palmer (actor, appeared in Avengers episodes Dance with Death, Propellant 23, Man with Two Shadows and A Surfeit of H2O)
7. Robert Mill (actor, appeared in Avengers episodes Double Danger and Killer Whale, and TNA episode The Midas Touch)
8. Philip Latham (actor, appeared in Avengers episodes The White Dwarf and Room Without a View)
9. Keith Buckley (actor, appeared in Avengers episode Take-Over and TNA episode Sleeper)
10. Frank Windsor (actor, appeared in Avengers episode Whoever Shot Poor George Oblique Stroke XR40?)
11. Gilles Milinaire (actor, appeared in TNA episode The Midas Touch)
12. Aleta Morrison (dancer and actress, appeared in Avengers episode Room Without a View)
13. Arthur Dignam (actor, appeared in TNA episode Sleeper)
14. Dee Shenderey (actress, appeared in Avengers episode Propellant 23)
15. Tex Fuller (actor and stuntman, appeared in Avengers episode Toy Trap and TNA episode Sleeper)
16. Hilary Dwyer (actress, appeared in Avengers episode Murdersville)
17. Rosemary Donnelly (actress, appeared in Avengers episode They Keep Killing Steed)
18. Louise Pajo (actress, appeared in Avengers episode Wish You Were Here)
19. Barry Wilsher (actor, appeared in Avengers episode Propellant 23)
20. Ronald Forfar (actor, appeared in TNA episode The Eagle's Nest)
21. Alan Pattillo (film and TV editor, TV director and writer, wrote the story for Avengers episode The Bird Who Knew Too Much)
22. Alan Harris (actor, extra and stand-in, appeared in several Avengers episodes)
23. Roger Simons (assistant director, worked for several TNA episodes in 1976)
24. Herbert Kretzmer (journalist and lyricist, wrote the lyrics for "Togetherness" (Avengers episode The Murder Market))
Unidentified on screen:
Heather Seymour (actress and choreographer, participated in The Avengers according to the Spotlight 1967).
Unconfirmed death:
1. Philip Anthony (actor, appeared in Avengers episodes Man with Two Shadows and The Outside-In Man)
2. Jonathan Scott (actor, appeared in Avengers episode The Morning After)
Feature film
Sean Connery (actor, played Sir August de Wynter)
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Frankymole
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| Posted: Sat Sep 12, 2020 3:38 am Post subject: |
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Thank you Denis. It really hits hard when you see the toll time is taking.
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denis rigg
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Oh, Franky, how true it is, this period started in 2015 for us - Avengers fans, I think.
Curious that one of the co-founders of Steedumbrella, Sergei Pronin, the head of productions for Russian Avengers audiobooks, wrote to me yesterday:
"I sympathize ... but now, unfortunately, just the time when our idols are leaving."
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paulh
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Although everyone is getting older, it does feel particularly shocking to have lost both Diana and Honor in the same year.
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denis rigg
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...and Roger Marshall!!!  Three iconic persons.
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Of course, how can I have forgotten Roger Marshall!
Thanks for posting those pictures. They are great!
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denis rigg
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Paul, many thanks to you too. I did not know for sure that these pictures from the VK social network would be visible to users here, as I posted them from my private closed album on my VK page - but everything turns out to be in order. Thanks!!!
I especially like the black and white photo with Diana and Honor, I haven't seen this before. 
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| denis rigg wrote: |
I especially like the black and white photo with Diana and Honor, I haven't seen this before. |
Yes, they both look absolutely stunning there.
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| Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2020 10:57 am Post subject: Re: The Avengers/TNA: List of people dead in 2020 |
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| denis rigg wrote: | I decided to create this topic, as I think that this year is the one of the most intense in the number of important people who participated in the series and left this world.
The list below is obviously not complete, however, it fully lets you feel the events of the outgoing year.
TV series
1. Diana Rigg (actress, the most popular Avengers heroine)
2. Honor Blackman (actress, one of the popular Avengers heroines)
3. Roger Marshall (scriptwriter of many Avengers episodes)
4. Robert Mill (actor, appeared in Avengers episodes Double Danger and Killer Whale, and TNA episode The Midas Touch)
5. Philip Latham (actor, appeared in Avengers episodes The White Dwarf and Room Without a View)
6. Arthur Dignam (actor, appeared in TNA episode Sleeper)
7. Dee Shenderey (actress, appeared in Avengers episode Propellant 23)
8. Hilary Dwyer (actress, appeared in Avengers episode Murdersville)
9. Rosemary Donnelly (actress, appeared in Avengers episode They Keep Killing Steed)
10. Barry Wilsher (actor, appeared in Avengers episode Propellant 23)
11. Alan Pattillo (film and TV editor, TV director and writer, wrote the story for Avengers episode The Bird Who Knew Too Much)
12. Alan Harris (actor, extra and stand-in, appeared in several Avengers episodes) |
Wow, quite a listing....the grim reaper has been busy....I should be so lucky to pass on this year...(NOT!) and hang out with them... |
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Peter Motte
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I'm amazed that Denis finds all that info.
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denis rigg
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The secret is simple - I am one of the old members of the IMDb, regularly track information about all the people who were included in The Avengers/TNA. 
Unfortunately, things with updates have become more complicated this year due to the lack of issues of the British magazine Equity.
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denis rigg
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Aleta Morrison died on 13 July 2020.
Avengers fans will remember Aleta for her role as day receptionist in Emma Peel episode Room Without a View (1966).
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Roger Simons, assistant director, worked for several TNA episodes in 1976, has passed away on April 6th this year age 75.
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Frank Windsor, who played the role Tobin in the Avengers episode Whoever Shot Poor George Oblique Stroke XR40? (1968), has passed away on September 30th this year age 92.
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| denis rigg wrote: | | Frank Windsor, who played the role Tobin in the Avengers episode Whoever Shot Poor George Oblique Stroke XR40? (1968), has passed away on September 30th this year age 92. |
gotta thank D-man, for doing all the heavy lifting..i.e. tracking down so much info...THANK YOU ! |
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denis rigg
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Added "Unconfirmed" paragraph (see first post).
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| denis rigg wrote: | ...and Roger Marshall!!! Three iconic persons.
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always loved the photo of Honor and Diana....wondering if it was taken around of the time of when A & E, first released the Complete series on VHS..(?)
I can only imagine the conversations they had that day / night...lol |
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denis rigg
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| mousemeat wrote: | always loved the photo of Honor and Diana....wondering if it was taken around of the time of when A & E, first released the Complete series on VHS..(?)
I can only imagine the conversations they had that day / night...lol |
Probably the best pic from a photo shoot taken in January 1974 at an exhibition of Menachen Gueffen's paintings at the O'Hana Gallery in London. Also in attendance were Gideon Rafael, Israeli Topol, Keith Michell, Miriam Karlin, Christopher Lee and Maurice Kaufmann, Honor's husband at the time.
Lots of interesting conversations and pastime.
Moreover, Diana and Honor repeatedly crossed paths in those years around the theme of the paintings.
https://www.alamy.com/honor-blackman-and-diana-rigg-both-former-stars-of-the-avengers-circa-1972-jrc-the-hollywood-archive-all-rights-reserved-file-reference-1294-019tha-image218890822.html
It seems soon I will be creating a folder of photos called Diana and Honor together. 
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denis
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| Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2020 7:51 am Post subject: |
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Each year, Death picks up a lot of people we cherish. But 2020 was really a shit year with Diana Rigg, Honor Blackman, Roger Marshall and lots Avengers connected people.
Also for me Sean Connery, Ennio Morricone, Kirk Douglas...A very sad year
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