Patrick McGoohan dies at 80

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Damn shame to here about this but at 80 he had a long life. I grew up watching The Prisoner, Danger Man and Columbo (repeats of course, i'm not that old) and they are still shows I watch to this day. If any of you haven't seen The Prisoner I suggest you check it out since it's what I consider to be one of the greatest TV series in the history of the medium.

R.I.P Mr McGoohan and thanks for all the great contributions to TV.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Patrick McGoohan, an Emmy-winning actor who created and starred in the cult classic television show "The Prisoner," has died. He was 80.

McGoohan died Tuesday in Los Angeles after a short illness, his son-in-law, film producer Cleve Landsberg, said Wednesday.

McGoohan won two Emmys for his work on the Peter Falk detective drama "Columbo," and more recently appeared as King Edward Longshanks in the 1995 Mel Gibson film "Braveheart."

But he was best known as the title character Number Six in "The Prisoner," a surreal 1960s British series in which a former spy is held captive in a small village and constantly tries to escape.

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