Gerry Anderson, Co-Creator of Thunderbirds, Dies

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According to the BBC, 'Gerry Anderson, the creator of hit TV shows including Thunderbirds, Stingrayand Joe 90, has died at the age of 83 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-20845407). 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.Thunderbirds, a science-fiction fantasy about a daring rescue squad, ran from 1965 and was his most famous show.' In my opinion, his greatest creation was Space: 1999, an ITV production with practically no budget, which had great shows in the first season. Unfortunately, like so many other Gerry & Sylvia Anderson projects, it ran out of gas in the second season. They did some great stuff."Anderson's son Jamie also has a post in remembrance of his father (http://www.jamieanderson.me.uk/gerry-anderson-has-died/).

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