Death of Ricardo Montalban announced

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Kevin Roderick • January 14 2009 12:30 PM

City Council President Eric Garcetti announced this morning that actor Ricardo Montalb�n died today at home in his district, surrounded by family. Montalban was 88, according to Garcetti, who made the announcement at the Los Angeles City Council meeting. The Mexican-born actor's first U.S. screen credit was in 1942 with Five Were Chosen, "a story of Yugoslav villagers trying to free five of their citizens held hostage by the Nazis during World War II." Fairfax High School claims Montalban as a famous alum. IMDb listing, Wikipedia entry

Also: Actor Patrick McGoohan died yesterday at St. John's Health Center in Santa Monica. He was 80. IMDb

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