Ernest Borgnine: 1917 - 2012

Sad news today that Ernest Borgnine has died aged 95. The iconic actor was best known for playing characters such as the cruel Sgt. "Fatso" Judson in From Here to Eternity; Coley Trimble, the right-hand goon, in Bad Day at Black Rock; Dutch Engstrom, in the enduring classic The Wild Bunch and Shack and Rogo, the cop with the prostitute-wife, in The Poseidon Adventure. To a whole new generation he was known as the voice of the starfish-donning, geriatric Mermaid Man in kids' TV favourite SpongeBob SquarePants. Read a touching obituary from the La Times HERE.