Obituaries

Actor Bob May, 69, the guy who played the robot in the 1960s cult series Lost in Space, has died of congestive heart failure.

This bit of trivia:

He worked incredibly hard at the role, Lockhart said, wearing the suit for hours at a time and learning the lines of every actor in the show so he would know when to respond to their cues. Because it wasn't easy to get in and out of the suit, he kept it on during breaks.

"He was a smoker," Lockhart remembered. "From time to time (when he was on a break) we'd see smoke coming out of the robot. That always amused us."

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