MSNBC just announced that Ricardo Montalban, has died at the age of 88. Montalban is best know in SF circles for his portrayal of Khan Noonien Singh, one of Star Trek's more memorable villains ("Space Seed" and Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan) and to a lesser extent for playing Armando, a sympathetic circus owner in Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971). He is best known to mainstream audiences for playing Mr. Roarke on the somewhat genre related show Fantasy Island.He too will be missed.
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Oh damn! I just read this! this sucks big time! Man your fast, I was just going to post it and there you were! thanks for being on top of this one!
Paul
Definitely a sad day. I was just visiting Beam Me Up, reading about Patrick McGoohan when I heard the news on MSNBC.
A double hit for sure. As for McGoohan I secretly harbored a thought that Patrick might do a walk on during one of the new The Prisoner shows... and now...no more Kahn!!!!!!!!!!! jokes...
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