I was sad to read the news that John Forsythe had died from complications relating to pneumonia after battling cancer for some time.
I grew up with a soundtrack on which his voice was a major factor.
First, disembodied and distorted through a speaker phone on the original Charlie’s Angels with Farrah Fawcett, Jaclyn Smith and Kate Jackson.
And then as Blake Carrington in Dynasty with Linda Evans as his second wife, Krystle, and the inimitable Joan Collins as Alexis, the bitch who had been the first Mrs Carrington.
His distinctive diction, good looks and suave manner had seen him build a large repertoire of work on celluloid and the small screen, as well as in the theatre, beginning back in 1943 and culminating in the Dynasty Reunion in 2006. That same year, he was diagnosed with colorectal cancer.
Speaking of her father, his daughter, Brooke Forsythe said: “He died as he lived his life, with dignity and grace.”
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