Remember that? Gerry Anderson, the creator of the popular 1960's animation series show, Thunderbirds, has died at the age of 83.
According to his son, he died peacefully in his sleep at a nursing home at midday on Boxing Day, having suffered with mixed dementia for the past few years.
Nick Williams, the chairman of Fanderson - a Gerry Anderson appreciation society - said: "To those who met him Gerry was a quiet, unassuming but determined man.
"His desire to make the best films he could drove him and his talented teams to innovate, take risks, and do everything necessary to produce quite inspirational works."
Anderson was diagnosed with mixed dementia two years ago and his condition worsened over the past six months. Having already decided with his family on a care home for himself earlier this year, he moved in there in October.
Thunderbirds is a 1960s sci-fi television series starring marionette puppets and featuring scale model effects in a filming process dubbed "Supermarionation". It caught on well with the kids, and even had a 1966 British sci-fi film based on it, called Thunderbirds Are Go, including a 2004 Hollywood film based on it as well, starring Bill Paxton as Jeff Tracy.
We are going to miss Anderson's talents.
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