Death of Patrick McGoohan

March 19, 1928 - January 13, 2009
Los Angeles, California | Age 80

Emmy-winning actor from "The Prisoner' dies at 80
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By ANDREW DALTON, Associated Press Writer

LOS ANGELES -- Patrick McGoohan, the 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.

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 ...

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