Vale: Jonathan Crombie
Canadian actor Jonathan Crombie, best known for Anne of Green Gables, has died, aged 48.
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Canadian actor Jonathan Crombie, best known for Anne of Green Gables, has died, aged 48.
He died after a brain hemorrhage on Wednesday in New York City.
Crombie played Gilbert Blythe opposite Megan Follows in the 1985 miniseries Anne of Green Gables and two sequel telemovies.
His other TV credits included playing the character Lionel Train in the TV series Slings and Arrows and the role of Hudson James in another Canadian drama, Power Play.
His last role was playing a police inspector on The Good Wife this year.
Green Gables producer Kevin Sullivan said, “I think for legions of young women around the world who fell in love with the Anne of Green Gables films, Jonathan literally represented the quintessential boy next door.”
Source: Hollywood Reporter
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Adolescent me is very saddened by this news. He was a great Gilbert Blythe.
I loved him in Anne of Green Gables. He was the perfect ‘Gil’ Wonderful miniseries.
Sounds like a lovely man. Gone too soon.