Dark Pictures Star Tony Pankhurst Has Died

Dark Pictures Star Tony Pankhurst Has Died

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The Dark Pictures Anthology star Tony Pankhurst has died, aged 67. The English actor has been widely recognized as the face of The Dark Pictures Anthology.

Although Supermassive Games' popular horror franchise is an anthology series, all The Dark Pictures entries are linked by the Curator, an omniscient narrator who introduces their stories and occasionally offers guidance from a mysterious location called The Repository. The all-knowing character was modeled after Pankhurst.

The story of The Devil in Me, the newest Dark Pictures Anthology game, has a lot of twists and turns, and it's easy to miss some of the details in it.

The Dark Pictures Anthology developer shared a tribute to the actor on July 29, writing that everyone at the company was "saddened to hear of Tony Pankhurst's passing." A page put up by his family via online tribute platform MuchLoved states that the actor passed away at 67 years of age on May 9, 2024. A funeral service was held on June 7. Since Pankhurst was a big fan of Premier League club Brighton Hove Albion FC, his family asked those attending the funeral to wear the Seagulls' signature blue and white colors rather than traditional black...

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