He was the "James Bone" of my generation.
he liked choc ice cream, but complained the chocolate melted in his fingers and sometimes got chocolate on his clothes - he asked the manufacturer if they could put the choc ice on a stick... they listened --- and that is how the magnum lolly came to be.
he was Ivanhoe the knight in shining armour from my childhood, then the Saint who righted wrongs and always helped the beautiful maiden ... he was one of those who influenced kids toward a moral view of the world, where the good guy wins and the bad guy ends up in jail. He was an icon.
His dry delivery of some of the best lines in his films and in the Saint were great...sad news...hope he died peacefully...
I loved The Saint! A great and fun series.