Pop links: Thunderbirds voice actor dies; early Jack Davis art

British actor Ray Barrett, who voiced some of the puppets on the Thunderbirds and Stingray, has died at age 82, the BBC reports.

Barrett was born in Brisbane, Queensland and moved to England in the late 1950s to star in the long-running British TV series The Troubleshooters.

He also appeared in Doctor Who, The Saint and Dixon of Dock Green, and voiced John Tracy in puppet adventure show Thunderbirds.

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Take a look at some early Jack Davis art.