Jonathan Crombie
22 April 2015
Yes, I know you're not supposed to feel about celebrity deaths like you've lost someone you actually know. But can we have a moment of silence for my childhood crush*, Gilbert Blythe?
Jonathan Crombie, star of 'Anne of Green Gables,' dies at 48
This just seems wrong, and I must admit has added to my generally cranky month. If I told you how many times I rewound my VCR tape of "Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel" (taped off of PBS, natch) to re-watch the romantic ending, you would be appalled. That may, in fact, also have been the beginning of my love affair with all things Canadian.
*Okay, my absolute first crush was John Cusack in The Journey of Natty Gann, but let's not split hairs.