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Randyman wrote:

Rog, my son took these photos in 2006.

Randy

dagosd2000 wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gs8n83FSGbg

Javier Solis

PAYASO

kikibalt wrote:

bennie wrote:I see Patrick McGoohan also died yesterday. The big Irishman was offered the part of James Bond before Sean Connery but was not interested.

Patrick McGoohan dies at 80; TV's 'Secret Agent' and 'Prisoner'
CBS


Patrick McGoohan in "Danger Man" on CBS in 1961.
The actor often played villains on TV and in movies. But he gained his greatest fame as the TV spy John Drake. He also won two Emmys for 'Columbo.'

By Dennis McLellan
January 15, 2009

Patrick McGoohan, a two-time Emmy Award-winning actor who starred as a British spy in the 1960s TV series "Secret Agent" and gained cult status later in the decade as the star of the enigmatic series "The Prisoner," has died. He was 80.

McGoohan, whose career involved stage, screen and TV, died Tuesday at St. John's Health Center in Santa Monica after a short illness, said Cleve Landsberg, McGoohan's son-in-law. The family did not provide further details.

It was the height of James Bond mania in 1965 when McGoohan showed up on American TV screens in "Secret Agent," a British-produced series in which he played John Drake, a special security agent working as a spy for the British government.

The hourlong series, which ran on CBS until 1966, was an expanded version of “Danger Man,” a short-lived, half-hour series on CBS in 1961 in which McGoohan played the same character.

But it was McGoohan's next British-produced series, “The Prisoner,” on CBS in 1968 and 1969, that became a cult classic that spawned fan clubs, conventions and college study.

Once described in The Times as an "espionage tale as crafted by Kafka," "The Prisoner" starred McGoohan as a presumed British agent who, after resigning his top-security job, is abducted in London and taken to a mysterious prison resort called the Village.

Known only as No. 6, he is interrogated by a succession of officials who are known as No. 2. But he refuses all methods of breaking him down to reveal his past or why he resigned, and he repeatedly makes failed attempts to escape.

The seemingly idyllic village contains "seeing eyes" that monitor activities and signs such as "A Still Tongue Makes a Peaceful Life."

McGoohan co-created and executive-produced the series, which ran for only 17 episodes, as well as wrote and directed several episodes.

In a 1967 interview with The Times, he described the series as "Brave New World" stuff.

"Nobody has a name, everyone wears a number," he said. "It's a reflection of the pressure on all of us today to be numbered, to give up our individualism. This is a contemporary subject, not science fiction. I hope these things will be recognized by the audience. It's not meant to be subtle. It's meant to say: This little village is our world."

Of the enduring cult status of the series, McGoohan once said: "Mel [Gibson] will always be Mad Max, and me, I will always be a number."

McGoohan, who reportedly turned down an offer to be the big screen's original James Bond, appeared in films such as "The Three Lives of Thomasina," "Mary, Queen of Scots," "Silver Streak," "Escape From Alcatraz," "Scanners," "Ice Station Zebra" and Gibson's "Braveheart," in which he played England's sadistic King Edward I.

In his review of "Braveheart" in The Times, critic Peter Rainer wrote: "Patrick McGoohan is in possession of perhaps the most villainous enunciation in the history of acting."

As a guest star on Peter Falk's TV detective series "Columbo," McGoohan won Emmys in 1975 and 1990.

Falk once described McGoohan, who also occasionally worked as a director and writer on the "Columbo" mysteries, as being "mesmerizing" as an actor.

"There are many very, very talented people in this business, but there are only a handful of genuinely original people," Falk told the Hollywood Reporter in 2004. "I think Patrick McGoohan belongs in that small select group of truly original people."

He was born to Irish parents in the Astoria section of Queens, N.Y., on March 19, 1928. Some months later, his family returned to Ireland, where he grew up on a farm before moving to Sheffield, England, when he was 7.

In the late '40s, after working a number of jobs, he became a stage manager at Sheffield Repertory Theatre, where he soon launched his acting career.

In 1951, he married actress Joan Drummond, with whom he had three daughters, Catherine, Anne and Frances.

In 1959, he received a London Drama Critics Award for his performance in a London stage production of Ibsen's "Brand."

On television, McGoohan also starred in the short-lived 1977 medical drama "Rafferty."

Sharif Ali, McGoohan's agent, said McGoohan had been writing and had two acting offers on the table before he died.

"He really didn't talk much about his illness," said Ali. "We were too busy talking about his future; he was excited to get back to work. He had so much more to give."

In addition to his wife and daughters, McGoohan is survived by five grandchildren and a great-grandson.

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Randyman wrote:

kikibalt wrote:

bennie wrote:I see Patrick McGoohan also died yesterday. The big Irishman was offered the part of James Bond before Sean Connery but was not interested.

Patrick McGoohan dies at 80; TV's 'Secret Agent' and 'Prisoner'
CBS


Patrick McGoohan in "Danger Man" on CBS in 1961.
The actor often played villains on TV and in movies. But he gained his greatest fame as the TV spy John Drake. He also won two Emmys for 'Columbo.'

By Dennis McLellan
January 15, 2009

Patrick McGoohan, a two-time Emmy Award-winning actor who starred as a British spy in the 1960s TV series "Secret Agent" and gained cult status later in the decade as the star of the enigmatic series "The Prisoner," has died. He was 80.

McGoohan, whose career involved stage, screen and TV, died Tuesday at St. John's Health Center in Santa Monica after a short illness, said Cleve Landsberg, McGoohan's son-in-law. The family did not provide further details.

It was the height of James Bond mania in 1965 when McGoohan showed up on American TV screens in "Secret Agent," a British-produced series in which he played John Drake, a special security agent working as a spy for the British government.

The hourlong series, which ran on CBS until 1966, was an expanded version of “Danger Man,” a short-lived, half-hour series on CBS in 1961 in which McGoohan played the same character.

But it was McGoohan's next British-produced series, “The Prisoner,” on CBS in 1968 and 1969, that became a cult classic that spawned fan clubs, conventions and college study.

Once described in The Times as an "espionage tale as crafted by Kafka," "The Prisoner" starred McGoohan as a presumed British agent who, after resigning his top-security job, is abducted in London and taken to a mysterious prison resort called the Village.

Known only as No. 6, he is interrogated by a succession of officials who are known as No. 2. But he refuses all methods of breaking him down to reveal his past or why he resigned, and he repeatedly makes failed attempts to escape.

The seemingly idyllic village contains "seeing eyes" that monitor activities and signs such as "A Still Tongue Makes a Peaceful Life."

McGoohan co-created and executive-produced the series, which ran for only 17 episodes, as well as wrote and directed several episodes.

In a 1967 interview with The Times, he described the series as "Brave New World" stuff.

"Nobody has a name, everyone wears a number," he said. "It's a reflection of the pressure on all of us today to be numbered, to give up our individualism. This is a contemporary subject, not science fiction. I hope these things will be recognized by the audience. It's not meant to be subtle. It's meant to say: This little village is our world."

Of the enduring cult status of the series, McGoohan once said: "Mel [Gibson] will always be Mad Max, and me, I will always be a number."

McGoohan, who reportedly turned down an offer to be the big screen's original James Bond, appeared in films such as "The Three Lives of Thomasina," "Mary, Queen of Scots," "Silver Streak," "Escape From Alcatraz," "Scanners," "Ice Station Zebra" and Gibson's "Braveheart," in which he played England's sadistic King Edward I.

In his review of "Braveheart" in The Times, critic Peter Rainer wrote: "Patrick McGoohan is in possession of perhaps the most villainous enunciation in the history of acting."

As a guest star on Peter Falk's TV detective series "Columbo," McGoohan won Emmys in 1975 and 1990.

Falk once described McGoohan, who also occasionally worked as a director and writer on the "Columbo" mysteries, as being "mesmerizing" as an actor.

"There are many very, very talented people in this business, but there are only a handful of genuinely original people," Falk told the Hollywood Reporter in 2004. "I think Patrick McGoohan belongs in that small select group of truly original people."

He was born to Irish parents in the Astoria section of Queens, N.Y., on March 19, 1928. Some months later, his family returned to Ireland, where he grew up on a farm before moving to Sheffield, England, when he was 7.

In the late '40s, after working a number of jobs, he became a stage manager at Sheffield Repertory Theatre, where he soon launched his acting career.

In 1951, he married actress Joan Drummond, with whom he had three daughters, Catherine, Anne and Frances.

In 1959, he received a London Drama Critics Award for his performance in a London stage production of Ibsen's "Brand."

On television, McGoohan also starred in the short-lived 1977 medical drama "Rafferty."

Sharif Ali, McGoohan's agent, said McGoohan had been writing and had two acting offers on the table before he died.

"He really didn't talk much about his illness," said Ali. "We were too busy talking about his future; he was excited to get back to work. He had so much more to give."

In addition to his wife and daughters, McGoohan is survived by five grandchildren and a great-grandson.

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Sorry to hear about Patrick McGoohan. His television show "The Avengers" was fairly popular in the U.S. in the 1960's. It was one of my father's favorite television shows while it was on. I'm pretty sure the main attraction to my father was Diana Rigg as Emma Peel. By the way, at her best she was one of the most beautiful and sexiest woman on Earth.

Rest in Peace. Mr. McGoohan.

kikibalt wrote:

dagosd2000 wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gs8n83FSGbg

Javier Solis

PAYASO

Thanks for posting this all-time great song, Rog

kikibalt wrote:
Julio Cesar Chavez vs Edwin Rosario

kikibalt wrote:
Julio Cesar Chavez vs Edwin Rosario

dagosd2000 wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gs8n83FSGbg

Javier Solis

PAYASO

Randyman wrote:

kikibalt wrote:
Julio Cesar Chavez vs Edwin Rosario

Was Chavez great that night or what? I give all the credit in the world to Rosario, who was a damned good fighter himself. He held on as long as he could but those body shots just wore him down. Rosario, who was normally low key and reserved before a fight was uncharacteristically loud and boastful before the Chavez fight. In my opinion when someone is out of character before a fight there is usually something wrong, lack of preparation, or confidence. Great win for Chavez.

A year or so earlier Rosario, more in Character lost a 12 round split decision to Hector Camacho in a fight that I thought Rosario clearly won.

Randyman wrote:

kikibalt wrote:

bennie wrote:I see Patrick McGoohan also died yesterday. The big Irishman was offered the part of James Bond before Sean Connery but was not interested.

Patrick McGoohan dies at 80; TV's 'Secret Agent' and 'Prisoner'
CBS


Patrick McGoohan in "Danger Man" on CBS in 1961.
The actor often played villains on TV and in movies. But he gained his greatest fame as the TV spy John Drake. He also won two Emmys for 'Columbo.'

By Dennis McLellan
January 15, 2009

Patrick McGoohan, a two-time Emmy Award-winning actor who starred as a British spy in the 1960s TV series "Secret Agent" and gained cult status later in the decade as the star of the enigmatic series "The Prisoner," has died. He was 80.

McGoohan, whose career involved stage, screen and TV, died Tuesday at St. John's Health Center in Santa Monica after a short illness, said Cleve Landsberg, McGoohan's son-in-law. The family did not provide further details.

It was the height of James Bond mania in 1965 when McGoohan showed up on American TV screens in "Secret Agent," a British-produced series in which he played John Drake, a special security agent working as a spy for the British government.

The hourlong series, which ran on CBS until 1966, was an expanded version of “Danger Man,” a short-lived, half-hour series on CBS in 1961 in which McGoohan played the same character.

But it was McGoohan's next British-produced series, “The Prisoner,” on CBS in 1968 and 1969, that became a cult classic that spawned fan clubs, conventions and college study.

Once described in The Times as an "espionage tale as crafted by Kafka," "The Prisoner" starred McGoohan as a presumed British agent who, after resigning his top-security job, is abducted in London and taken to a mysterious prison resort called the Village.

Known only as No. 6, he is interrogated by a succession of officials who are known as No. 2. But he refuses all methods of breaking him down to reveal his past or why he resigned, and he repeatedly makes failed attempts to escape.

The seemingly idyllic village contains "seeing eyes" that monitor activities and signs such as "A Still Tongue Makes a Peaceful Life."

McGoohan co-created and executive-produced the series, which ran for only 17 episodes, as well as wrote and directed several episodes.

In a 1967 interview with The Times, he described the series as "Brave New World" stuff.

"Nobody has a name, everyone wears a number," he said. "It's a reflection of the pressure on all of us today to be numbered, to give up our individualism. This is a contemporary subject, not science fiction. I hope these things will be recognized by the audience. It's not meant to be subtle. It's meant to say: This little village is our world."

Of the enduring cult status of the series, McGoohan once said: "Mel [Gibson] will always be Mad Max, and me, I will always be a number."

McGoohan, who reportedly turned down an offer to be the big screen's original James Bond, appeared in films such as "The Three Lives of Thomasina," "Mary, Queen of Scots," "Silver Streak," "Escape From Alcatraz," "Scanners," "Ice Station Zebra" and Gibson's "Braveheart," in which he played England's sadistic King Edward I.

In his review of "Braveheart" in The Times, critic Peter Rainer wrote: "Patrick McGoohan is in possession of perhaps the most villainous enunciation in the history of acting."

As a guest star on Peter Falk's TV detective series "Columbo," McGoohan won Emmys in 1975 and 1990.

Falk once described McGoohan, who also occasionally worked as a director and writer on the "Columbo" mysteries, as being "mesmerizing" as an actor.

"There are many very, very talented people in this business, but there are only a handful of genuinely original people," Falk told the Hollywood Reporter in 2004. "I think Patrick McGoohan belongs in that small select group of truly original people."

He was born to Irish parents in the Astoria section of Queens, N.Y., on March 19, 1928. Some months later, his family returned to Ireland, where he grew up on a farm before moving to Sheffield, England, when he was 7.

In the late '40s, after working a number of jobs, he became a stage manager at Sheffield Repertory Theatre, where he soon launched his acting career.

In 1951, he married actress Joan Drummond, with whom he had three daughters, Catherine, Anne and Frances.

In 1959, he received a London Drama Critics Award for his performance in a London stage production of Ibsen's "Brand."

On television, McGoohan also starred in the short-lived 1977 medical drama "Rafferty."

Sharif Ali, McGoohan's agent, said McGoohan had been writing and had two acting offers on the table before he died.

"He really didn't talk much about his illness," said Ali. "We were too busy talking about his future; he was excited to get back to work. He had so much more to give."

In addition to his wife and daughters, McGoohan is survived by five grandchildren and a great-grandson.

[email protected]

Sorry to hear about Patrick McGoohan. His television show "The Avengers" was fairly popular in the U.S. in the 1960's. It was one of my father's favorite television shows while it was on. I'm pretty sure the main attraction to my father was Diana Rigg as Emma Peel. By the way, at her best she was one of the most beautiful and sexiest woman on Earth.

Rest in Peace. Mr. McGoohan.

Rick Farris wrote:

Randyman wrote:

kikibalt wrote:
Julio Cesar Chavez vs Edwin Rosario

Was Chavez great that night or what? I give all the credit in the world to Rosario, who was a damned good fighter himself. He held on as long as he could but those body shots just wore him down. Rosario, who was normally low key and reserved before a fight was uncharacteristically loud and boastful before the Chavez fight. In my opinion when someone is out of character before a fight there is usually something wrong, lack of preparation, or confidence. Great win for Chavez.

A year or so earlier Rosario, more in Character lost a 12 round split decision to Hector Camacho in a fight that I thought Rosario clearly won.

Randy, that was a great fight. I loved Chavez that night, I've replayed that bout many times. Rosario had all that power, but against the solid chin of Chavez it meant nothing. Those hooks to the body were great, he'd double them up, body and head. Chavez would get close and start pumping double right hand leads into Rosario, it was like he'd tap with the first and really rock with the second. Then the hooks followed. Mexico wins another one.

-Rick

Rick Farris wrote: "Secret Agent" was also big. It would televise in the U.S.A. on saturday nights, following "Gunsmoke" on CBS. Remember the theme song, "Secret Agent Man"? I think American Johnny Rivers recorded that early 60's hit. I would meet a man who directed a number of Secret Agent episodes, David Tomblin. When I asked David about it 1990, Tomblin just smiled and remembered, "we were all young then." David Tomblin and the actor became close friends. Tomblin passed in 2005. R.I.P. Patrick McGoohan.

-Rick Farris

Rick Farris wrote:Too bad and too sad when a fighter gets old. A sports team can keep going on and on, season after season. You can always see your favorite team, (name your sport) but when it's over for a fighter it's over for us to. Time to start looking again (that sounded mercenary).

Rick Farris wrote:Danny Bonaducci . . .

Anybody in the Los Angeles area this afternoon that was tuned into 97.1 FM Talk Radio may have heard me talking with former child star Danny Bonaducci, who is now a DJ on a nightmare of a daily radio show. Bonaducci is a celebrity addict/alcoholic/nut case and a whining self abuser who challenges other celebrities to boxing matches. A big win on his celeb boxing record is Donny Osmond. Now, he takes on baseball star Jose Conseco, who is 6'6", 260 lbs. a foot taller and a hundred pounds of athlete bigger than Bonaducci, a typical actor suffering from a chronic Napoleonic complex.

The actor doesn't spar, trains at home or on a heavy bag that hangs at his radio station. The guy says his former trainer, Justin Fortune, who once was one of Freddie Roach's crew, told him the best thing a guy 5'6" & 165 lbs. can do to KO a guy like Conseco, is to run across the ring at the bell, hoping he can catch the big man before he can stand up from his stool. A quick KO. I asked him, what if he isn't sitting, or what if you miss? And, what makes you think you can hit hard enough for him to even notice? He began to whine about the possibility of getting killed, etc. Before he cut to the next call I told him that he deserved an ass-whipping for being such a fool. A minute later, that's what came on over the radio, me telling him he deserved an ass-whipping for fighting Conseco. He also didn't appreciate me correcting his claim the the baseball star was a National GG champ. I blew that myth out of the water along with the lie that Conseco had engaged in over 100 amateur boxing matches, and more crap.

I said, "Jose Conseco was a very big baseball player, and everybody knows that baseball players fight like school girls." I didn't get a chance to finish him off with, "Now act like a man, stop your whining and go out and take your beating." After hearing me refer to schoolgirls, he said, "alright, our next caller is . . ."

Rick Farris

Randyman wrote:

Rick Farris wrote:Danny Bonaducci . . .

Anybody in the Los Angeles area this afternoon that was tuned into 97.1 FM Talk Radio may have heard me talking with former child star Danny Bonaducci, who is now a DJ on a nightmare of a daily radio show. Bonaducci is a celebrity addict/alcoholic/nut case and a whining self abuser who challenges other celebrities to boxing matches. A big win on his celeb boxing record is Donny Osmond. Now, he takes on baseball star Jose Conseco, who is 6'6", 260 lbs. a foot taller and a hundred pounds of athlete bigger than Bonaducci, a typical actor suffering from a chronic Napoleonic complex.

The actor doesn't spar, trains at home or on a heavy bag that hangs at his radio station. The guy says his former trainer, Justin Fortune, who once was one of Freddie Roach's crew, told him the best thing a guy 5'6" & 165 lbs. can do to KO a guy like Conseco, is to run across the ring at the bell, hoping he can catch the big man before he can stand up from his stool. A quick KO. I asked him, what if he isn't sitting, or what if you miss? And, what makes you think you can hit hard enough for him to even notice? He began to whine about the possibility of getting killed, etc. Before he cut to the next call I told him that he deserved an ass-whipping for being such a fool. A minute later, that's what came on over the radio, me telling him he deserved an ass-whipping for fighting Conseco. He also didn't appreciate me correcting his claim the the baseball star was a National GG champ. I blew that myth out of the water along with the lie that Conseco had engaged in over 100 amateur boxing matches, and more crap.

I said, "Jose Conseco was a very big baseball player, and everybody knows that baseball players fight like school girls." I didn't get a chance to finish him off with, "Now act like a man, stop your whining and go out and take your beating." After hearing me refer to schoolgirls, he said, "alright, our next caller is . . ."

Rick Farris

Oh, I wish I was tuned in when that happened. It goes to show that people think it's a piece of cake to step into the ring. Canseco was knocked out in 97 seconds earlier this year by Vai Sikahema, a footballer with real GG experience.

Randy

kikibalt wrote:
Julio Cesar Chavez vs Terrance Ali

Randyman wrote:

Rog, my son took these photos in 2006.

Randy

Randyman wrote:

kikibalt wrote:

bennie wrote:I see Patrick McGoohan also died yesterday. The big Irishman was offered the part of James Bond before Sean Connery but was not interested.

Patrick McGoohan dies at 80; TV's 'Secret Agent' and 'Prisoner'
CBS


Patrick McGoohan in "Danger Man" on CBS in 1961.
The actor often played villains on TV and in movies. But he gained his greatest fame as the TV spy John Drake. He also won two Emmys for 'Columbo.'

By Dennis McLellan
January 15, 2009

Patrick McGoohan, a two-time Emmy Award-winning actor who starred as a British spy in the 1960s TV series "Secret Agent" and gained cult status later in the decade as the star of the enigmatic series "The Prisoner," has died. He was 80.

McGoohan, whose career involved stage, screen and TV, died Tuesday at St. John's Health Center in Santa Monica after a short illness, said Cleve Landsberg, McGoohan's son-in-law. The family did not provide further details.

It was the height of James Bond mania in 1965 when McGoohan showed up on American TV screens in "Secret Agent," a British-produced series in which he played John Drake, a special security agent working as a spy for the British government.

The hourlong series, which ran on CBS until 1966, was an expanded version of “Danger Man,” a short-lived, half-hour series on CBS in 1961 in which McGoohan played the same character.

But it was McGoohan's next British-produced series, “The Prisoner,” on CBS in 1968 and 1969, that became a cult classic that spawned fan clubs, conventions and college study.

Once described in The Times as an "espionage tale as crafted by Kafka," "The Prisoner" starred McGoohan as a presumed British agent who, after resigning his top-security job, is abducted in London and taken to a mysterious prison resort called the Village.

Known only as No. 6, he is interrogated by a succession of officials who are known as No. 2. But he refuses all methods of breaking him down to reveal his past or why he resigned, and he repeatedly makes failed attempts to escape.

The seemingly idyllic village contains "seeing eyes" that monitor activities and signs such as "A Still Tongue Makes a Peaceful Life."

McGoohan co-created and executive-produced the series, which ran for only 17 episodes, as well as wrote and directed several episodes.

In a 1967 interview with The Times, he described the series as "Brave New World" stuff.

"Nobody has a name, everyone wears a number," he said. "It's a reflection of the pressure on all of us today to be numbered, to give up our individualism. This is a contemporary subject, not science fiction. I hope these things will be recognized by the audience. It's not meant to be subtle. It's meant to say: This little village is our world."

Of the enduring cult status of the series, McGoohan once said: "Mel [Gibson] will always be Mad Max, and me, I will always be a number."

McGoohan, who reportedly turned down an offer to be the big screen's original James Bond, appeared in films such as "The Three Lives of Thomasina," "Mary, Queen of Scots," "Silver Streak," "Escape From Alcatraz," "Scanners," "Ice Station Zebra" and Gibson's "Braveheart," in which he played England's sadistic King Edward I.

In his review of "Braveheart" in The Times, critic Peter Rainer wrote: "Patrick McGoohan is in possession of perhaps the most villainous enunciation in the history of acting."

As a guest star on Peter Falk's TV detective series "Columbo," McGoohan won Emmys in 1975 and 1990.

Falk once described McGoohan, who also occasionally worked as a director and writer on the "Columbo" mysteries, as being "mesmerizing" as an actor.

"There are many very, very talented people in this business, but there are only a handful of genuinely original people," Falk told the Hollywood Reporter in 2004. "I think Patrick McGoohan belongs in that small select group of truly original people."

He was born to Irish parents in the Astoria section of Queens, N.Y., on March 19, 1928. Some months later, his family returned to Ireland, where he grew up on a farm before moving to Sheffield, England, when he was 7.

In the late '40s, after working a number of jobs, he became a stage manager at Sheffield Repertory Theatre, where he soon launched his acting career.

In 1951, he married actress Joan Drummond, with whom he had three daughters, Catherine, Anne and Frances.

In 1959, he received a London Drama Critics Award for his performance in a London stage production of Ibsen's "Brand."

On television, McGoohan also starred in the short-lived 1977 medical drama "Rafferty."

Sharif Ali, McGoohan's agent, said McGoohan had been writing and had two acting offers on the table before he died.

"He really didn't talk much about his illness," said Ali. "We were too busy talking about his future; he was excited to get back to work. He had so much more to give."

In addition to his wife and daughters, McGoohan is survived by five grandchildren and a great-grandson.

[email protected]

Sorry to hear about Patrick McGoohan. His television show "The Avengers" was fairly popular in the U.S. in the 1960's. It was one of my father's favorite television shows while it was on. I'm pretty sure the main attraction to my father was Diana Rigg as Emma Peel. By the way, at her best she was one of the most beautiful and sexiest woman on Earth.

Rest in Peace. Mr. McGoohan.