Four TV stars....dead

It has been a rather bad month for TV entertainment as these four stars of tremendously popular television shows in the 1960s to 1980s died within a spate of three weeks.

Peter Aurness (known professionally as Peter Graves) of the Mission Impossible television series from 1967 to 1973, in which he played the character of Jim Phelps, died on 14 March 2010; Robert Martin Culp of the I Spy television series from 1965 to 1968, playing Kelly Robinson, died on 24 March 2010; John Forsythe of the Dynasty television series from 1981 to 1989, playing the character of Blake Carrington, died on 1 April 2010; and Christopher Cazenove also of the Dynasty television series, playing the role of Ben Carrington, died on 7 April 2010.