Patrick Macnee, Dick Van Patten, Mario Biaggi: Obits This Week

British performer best known as bowler-wearing secret agent John Steed in “The Avengers,” which aired from 1961 to 1969. Died June 25 in Rancho Mirage, California. The native New Yorker started his career as a model and child actor, appearing on Broadway in 1935 at age 7.

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