RIP Peter Wyngarde – British stage and screen actor who was born in France to an English father and French mother. Lucille Ball personally asked Wyngarde to appear in the her TV special “Lucy in London” (1966) having seen him on Broadway in “Duel of Angels” starring Vivien Leigh in 1960 (while she was rehearsing “Wildcat”). She was said to have been smitten by him, and was determined to find a way for the two of them to act together. Later in life, Wyngarde battled alcoholism and personal problems. He died at age 90. 

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