http://cuttingsarchive.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Tributes_pour_in_for_Dr_Who_starTributes pour in for Dr Who star - Revision history2026-05-01T13:47:04ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.33.0http://cuttingsarchive.org/index.php?title=Tributes_pour_in_for_Dr_Who_star&diff=31687&oldid=prevJohn Lavalie: Created page with "{{obit|Jon Perwee}}{{article | publication = The Press and Journal | file = 1996-05-21 Press and Journal.jpg | px = 450 | height = | width = | date = 1996-05-21 | author =..."2022-08-27T23:17:00Z<p>Created page with "{{obit|Jon Perwee}}{{article | publication = The Press and Journal | file = 1996-05-21 Press and Journal.jpg | px = 450 | height = | width = | date = 1996-05-21 | author =..."</p>
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FORMER Dr Whos last night paid tribute to actor Jon Pertwee, who has died aged 76 from a heart attack while on holiday in the US with his wife and friends.<br />
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The actor played the cult Time Lord for four years during the 1970s and went on to appear as children's character Worzel Gummidge for nearly a decade.<br />
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Dr Who number four, Tom Baker, said: "I am very sorry to hear the news. I was a great admirer of such a stylish actor".<br />
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Another, Colin Baker, said he was "devastated".<br />
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"He was a man of such presence and stature. I can't believe he has gone — is a great shock. Of all of the interpretations of the Doctor his was the most straight in terms of avoiding comedy.<br />
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"He felt his Doctor should be an action man, he loved gadgets and cars," he said. <br />
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Sylvester McCoy, the seventh to appear in the role, said: "I will miss him dearly. When I was a child Jon Pertwee on radio entertained and delighted me, and made me laugh.<br />
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"As a young man he amazed and excited me with his performance as Dr Who. When I took the role I met him for the first time and he became my great mate."<br />
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Pertwee, whose acting career spanned 60 yews, was found dead in bed by his German-born second wife Ingeborg yesterday morning. He had no history of health problems and worked until the end of his life.<br />
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He was using the holiday in Connecticut as a break from a one-man UK tour which he was due to resume 0on Thursday.<br />
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