A 15-YEAR-OLD schoolboy shot dead during a “family fun day” at a busy west London park has been named by police. Rene Graham was gunned down in Hornimans Pleasance Park – known locally as Teletubbies ...

Simon Shelton Barnes, a British actor best known for his role as purple Teletubby Tinky Winky, has died at the age of 52. Barnes’ niece, "Inbetweeners" actress Emily Atack, shared the news of her ...

TOUCHING tributes have been paid to the Teletubbies actor who played Tinky Winky following this tragic death. Simon Shelton Barnes died aged 52 last week, with neighbours claiming he had collapsed in ...

The man who played Tinky Winky on the iconic children’s TV show “Teletubbies” has died at the age of 52. Actor Simon Shelton, also known as Simon Barnes, died last Wednesday, according to the BBC.

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An actor who portrayed purple creature Tinky Winky in hit children’s TV show Teletubbies was found dead near a waterfront on Merseyside. Simon Shelton Barnes, 52, was discovered in the Mann Island ...