Two of TV's Old Guard Pass Away.
Mr. Fantasy Island has gone on to the Great Corinthian Leather Couch In The Sky.
Fantasy Island star Ricardo Montalban died today at 6:30 a.m. Radaronline.com has learned. He passed away at his home, lovingly referred to as "Casa Montalban" by his family, in Los Angeles.
Emmy winner Montalban, 88, who retained his Mexican citizenship throughout his nearly 60 years of stardom, passed peacefully away from "natural causes" with his daughter and nurses with him, Gilbert Smith, Montalban's son in law, told Radaronline.com. His wife of 63 years, Georgiana Young, preceded him in death last year.
And Patrick McGoohan, star of TV's 'The Prisoner,' has also passed away.
Patrick McGoohan, an Emmy Award-winning actor who starred as a British spy in the 1960s TV series "Secret Agent" and "The Prisoner" and was known for playing various villainous roles in films and on television, has died. He was 80.
McGoohan died peacefully Tuesday in 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.