LONDON — British actor Simon Shelton Barnes, who played Tinky Winky in the children’s television series “Teletubbies,” has died. He was 52. The Liverpool Coroner’s Office said Thursday it is ...

Simon Shelton Barnes, a British actor best known for playing Tinky Winky in the children’s TV show Teletubbies, has died. He was 52. Barnes portrayed the character between 1998-2001 after the firing ...

British actor Simon Shelton Barnes has died. Chances are his name doesn't or won't ring a bell. But his character was known worldwide and brought smiles to millions of toddlers. Barnes played Tinky ...

WARSAW, Poland — Poland’s watchdog for children’s rights was quoted as saying she would ask psychologists to investigate whether the TV “Teletubbies” character Tinky Winky is gay. Today, she backed ...

Tinky Winky, the oldest and biggest of TV’s psychedelic quartet of Teletubby children’s characters, is purple. He’s got a triangle-shaped antenna sticking out of his head. He carries a “magic bag,” ...

LONDON (AP) — British actor Simon Shelton Barnes, who played Tinky Winky in the children’s television series “Teletubbies,” has died. He was 52. The Liverpool Coroner’s Office said Thursday it is ...

The actor famous for playing Tinky Winky on the BBC children’s series Teletubbies has died at age 52. Simon Shelton Barnes, played the purple character who had a triangle on his head carried a red ...

Simon Barnes, the actor best known for playing Tinky Winky, the purple Teletubby in the popular children’s ’90s television series Teletubbies, has died. He was 52. As you may remember, Tinky Winky ...

Some sad news has emerged relating back to a favorite childhood television show for many growing up in the late '90s. Teletubbies actor Simon Shelton Barnes has died at the age of 52, per The ...