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Showing Original Post only (View all)Gerry Anderson, Thunderbirds creator, dies [View all]
Source: BBC
Gerry Anderson, the creator of hit TV shows including Thunderbirds, Stingray and Joe 90, has died at the age of 83.
He also created Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons and his puppet superheroes fired the imaginations of millions of young viewers in the 1960s and '70s.
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His other creations included UFO, Space: 1999, Supercar and Fireball XL5.
Actor Brian Blessed, who worked with Anderson on shows including The Day After Tomorrow and Space 1999, told BBC News: "I think a light has gone out in the universe.
"He had a great sense of humour. He wasn't childish but child-like and he had a tremendous love of the universe and astronomy and scientists.
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Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-20845407
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I stumbled across Fireball XL5 a few years ago and am oddly fond of it. (nt)
Posteritatis
Dec 2012
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