Thursday, December 27, 2012

Gerry Anderson, the Creator of Thunderbirds, Died


The man who created The Thunderbirds died the other day. Gerry Anderson passed away peacefully in his sleep.

Here's more:
Anderson's son Jamie said his father died peacefully in his sleep on Wednesday at a nursing home near Oxfordshire, England, after being diagnosed with mixed dementia two years ago.

His condition had worsened dramatically over the past six months, his son said.

Anderson's television career launched in the 1950s. Once Thunderbirds aired in the 1960s, "Thunderbirds are go!" became a catchphrase for generations. It also introduced the use of "supermarionation" — a puppetry technique using thin wires to control marionettes — and made sci-fi mainstream, according to Jamie Anderson.

"He forever changed the direction of sci-fi entertainment," Jamie said. "Lots of animation and films that have been made in the past 20 or 30 years have been inspired by the work that he did."
Rest in Peace

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2 comments:

Todd HellsKitchen said...

The Super-Marionette Hit!

apitt said...

I remember watching and loving that show. RIP.

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