Man, I loved "The Avengers" when I was a kid. I'm sad to see that Patrick McNee (aka John Steed) died just a few days after his good friend and school chum, Christopher Lee.
http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/25/entertainment/feat-patrick-macnee-dies-obit/
http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/25/entertainment/feat-patrick-macnee-dies-obit/