https://www.shado-forum.com/Ed-Bishop-and-Michael-Billington-R-I-P-tp4022490p4022492.html
Thanks to David and Griff for saluting GA and our UFO heroes. They were very special to me even tho I never met them. UFO was my escape the summer of 1971 when it aired on Lionel TV here in Maritime Canada. UFO helped me cope with the terrible consequences that came from a near death inducing car accident my maternal Grandparents had on Prince Edward Island. We moved into their house and ran our daily lives from there. When my grandmother came home from the hospital she was more dead than alive, having sustained terrible injuries in the accident and then having a stroke which caused paralysis on the right side of her body. I slept with her, bathed her, fed her and gave her her meds. I was just barely 13 yrs old
> Thanks Griff. I find that idea of Ed being 81 hard to imagine.
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> You always talk very personally of how important Gerry and his shows were to you and I appreciate your thoughts. Even now at the grand old age of almost 51, UFO remains right up there for me. And I'm not a particularly avid SciFi fan, but UFO's been part of my life in various ways since I was 9 or 10 and no other show has been woven through my life the same way.
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> Here's to all the cast and crew of UFO who are no longer with us.
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> BW
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> David
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[hidden email], "griffwason" <griff@...> wrote:
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> > Hi All,
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> > Today would have been Ed Bishop's 81st birthday... So much time has gone by since UFO was made, and yet to me the show looks just as mesmerizing, fresh and thought-provoking and as it was the first time I saw it as a very young kid.
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> > Whilst on that note, I find it even harder to believe that eight years have gone by since Ed Bishop and Michael Billington passed away - June 8th and June 6th respectively - back in 2005.
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> > Of course we also lost Gerry last Christmas (Boxing Day)...
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> > All have now gone, but will never be forgotten. For me, UFO was their finest work, and I feel very grateful and privileged to have had the chance to have met and shared some time with them.
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> > Although the initial tone of this missive may sound sad, I know that UFO and all the other GA series really have inspired whole generations of people such as myself, and I was so very happy - and in some way relived - to see my five year niece and nephew 'glued' to the TV and later their tablets watching Gerry Anderson shows with the same eagerness and concentration that I must have shown back in the late sixties... As long as this infectious enthusiasm continues Ed, Michael, Gerry et al will always be remembered.
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> > Best regards to all,
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> > Griff
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