Recently Dead

John Phillip Law, the actor best-known for playing the blind angel Pygar in 1969's Barbarella, died Tuesday at home in Los Angeles, the cause of death not announced. He was 70. The LA native studied acting with Elia Kazan at Lincoln Center in New York, performed on Broadway, got bit parts in Italian films, was discovered by Norman Jewison, scored the part of the submariner in 1966's The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming, and had a career. In the early '60s, Law lived in a 1924 Los Feliz mansion known as The Castle with his brother, Tom, who had been road manager for Peter, Paul and Mary. The brothers rented rooms to up-and-coming singers and artists, and the house became a pop-culture salon to the likes of Bob Dylan, Andy Warhol, and Tiny Tim. (LA Times)

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