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Rest in Peace Steed
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Posted on 06/25/2015 2:44:24 PM PDT by petro45acp
Patrick Macnee, the British-born actor best known as dapper secret agent John Steed in the long-running 1960s TV series "The Avengers," has died. He was 93. Macnee died Thursday of natural causes with his family at his bedside in Rancho Mirage, his son Rupert said in a statement. The clever spy drama, which began in 1961 in Britain, debuted in the United States in 1966.
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KEYWORDS: avengers; emmapeel; johnsteed; macnee; obituary; patrickmacnee; theavengers
Wonderfully quirky show! Will be missed
To: petro45acp
Thanks for the memories, sir. Rest in peace.................
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posted on
06/25/2015 2:52:10 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Man builds a ship in a bottle. God builds a universe in the palm of His hand.............)
To: petro45acp
We watched that show when we were kids. We liked it. Never missed it.
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posted on
06/25/2015 2:52:48 PM PDT
by
virgil
(The evil that men do lives after them)
To: petro45acp; virgil
We been watching that show almost every night for the past few weeks. Shows from the 1961 season are airing on HULU. Wonderful show!
RIP Mr MacNee
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posted on
06/25/2015 2:56:34 PM PDT
by
sneakers
To: virgil
Same here. That one with the cyborg was terrifying. Mrs. Peel, grrrrrrrr.
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posted on
06/25/2015 3:23:02 PM PDT
by
jmacusa
To: jmacusa
A favorite of mine is the town by the sea that had been taken over by foreign agents as a foothold.
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posted on
06/25/2015 3:46:43 PM PDT
by
wally_bert
(There are no winners in a game of losers. I'm Tommy Joyce, welcome to the Oriental Lounge.)
To: virgil
yes something about diana rigg
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posted on
06/25/2015 4:09:27 PM PDT
by
kvanbrunt2
(civil law: commanding what is right and prohibiting what is wrong Blackstone all iCommentaries I p44)
To: petro45acp
i’ve got a few seasons on tape might just put one in the old vcr
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posted on
06/25/2015 4:10:29 PM PDT
by
kvanbrunt2
(civil law: commanding what is right and prohibiting what is wrong Blackstone all iCommentaries I p44)
To: petro45acp
Oh no!
So many great and memorable people from my younger days are passing. This year is beginning to resemble 1977.
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posted on
06/25/2015 4:16:27 PM PDT
by
Zionist Conspirator
(The "end of history" will be Worldwide Judaic Theocracy.)
To: petro45acp
Ah, The Avengers. I still clearly recall when I was a young boy and saw Diana Rigg in a leather catsuit. It awakened my realization that girls weren’t icky at all. Emma Peel was my first crush.
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posted on
06/25/2015 5:06:04 PM PDT
by
60Gunner
(The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men. - Plato)
To: petro45acp
I read where Macnee had negotiated a pretty good deal even back then, he got 2.5% of the profits of the show and that show has been running pretty much in syndication for the last 50 years plus DVD and other sales. He said that he was able to live pretty good on that 2.5%.
To: Zionist Conspirator
Yeah sad,
I liked him in the role of Count Iblis,
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