Posted on 04/20/2015 9:55:58 AM PDT by Borges
Jonathan Crombie, a Canadian actor who was known to a generation of fans as Gilbert Blythe in the mini-series “Anne of Green Gables,” died on Wednesday in New York City. He was 48.
The cause was a brain hemorrhage, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation said.
Mr. Crombie rose to fame as a teenager when he was cast as the handsome and confident love interest in the 1985 Canadian television adaptation of “Anne of Green Gables,” Lucy Maud Montgomery’s 1908 novel about an orphan (played by Megan Follows) growing up on Prince Edward Island. It was shown in the United States on PBS the next year.
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The two original films from the 80s are terrific and make for great family viewing.
RIP
Brain hemorrhage at 48. Too young to go. RIP
Very sad. He was my age and the perfect Gilbert Blythe. Sounds like he must have had an aneurysm. His parents must be in shock.
RIP.
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