Two days ago, January 13 famed British Television star Patrick Mcgoohan died after 'a brief illness.' He may be gone but his legacy of sweet spy-esque shows will live on! Wikipedia has this to say: "Patrick Joseph McGoohan (March 19, 1928 – January 13, 2009)[1] was a two-time Emmy winning American-born actor, raised in Ireland and England, with an extensive stage career, who rose to fame in the British film and TV industry by starring in the 1960s television series Danger Man (renamed Secret Agent when exported to the US) [2], cult classic The Prisoner[2] and Mel Gibson's Oscar winning epic Braveheart as Edward Longshanks. McGoohan wrote and directed several episodes of The Prisoner himself, occasionally using the pseudonyms Joseph Serf and Paddy Fitz."
Also here's a sweet video by The Times, from 1983 for their song "I Helped Patrick McGoohan Escape" The song sounds like a combo of a sitcom theme song and a Beatles jam, yet is still sweet...plus the video has ol Patty in it and a Harry Potter style life size chess game. (oh yeah!) RIP dude!:
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