No sooner did my brother hip me to
this (thanks Tim!), then
news hits the stands that Patrick McGoohan has passed away.
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I undoubtedly first saw McGoohan on television some time in the late 1970s when I was a child. Perhaps it was
The Man in the Iron Mask with Richard Chamberlin? I think so. At any rate, his intense visage and unique voice are ingrained deep in my memory. Like many others my age, I discovered his meisterwerk,
The Prisoner, long after it's 1967 debut but was captivated by the serial. Much popular art from that highly vaunted year seems terribly dated now - and there are bits in
The Prisoner which do place it firmly in a specific time and place - BUT overall it manages to be timeless on a lot of levels, not to mention enjoyable.
Goodbye Patrick McGoohan. Rest in Peace, No. 6