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Sebastian Cabot
"The beauty of [Family Affair] was that I'm the bounce board for the comedy. I never tell jokes or take pratfalls. I'm always dignified."
Sebastian, I once referred to as the "gay butler" Mr. French, on Family Affair. After living in England for several years, I have come to realize that he wasn't necessarily gay, he was simply British. He cared just a bit more about things like appearance and behavior, than we on these shores normally do. This quality can be misunderstood as a gay stereotype. Before you jump down my throat, and I know I've said this elsewhere, stereotypes exist for a reason. They aren't necessarily right, but the fact remains, they wouldn't exist if it weren't true at least some of the time. This so has little to do with Sebastian, who was born in London, and became hugely (280 pounds) famous on the 60's television program, Family Affair.
Sebastian in real life was married to a woman named Kathleen, and sired two daughters named Annette, Yvonne and a son Christopher. He had a very successful career in film and television, which you can read about here.
He maintained a home in Deer Cove, near Victoria, British Columbia. Findadeath.com friend Blair Sloane was there with camera in hand, and gives this report: These photos are from North Saanich. I do not know the history of the house, but it is located in a funky/expensive suburb of Victoria. Many houses in this area were built and owned by rich Americans who used them for hunting and summer homes. (Victoria's climate is more temperate than Seattle). I'll bet Sebastian bought the place for well under a hundred grand over 30 years ago. Today, it would set one back at LEAST 3/4 of a million. You can obviously tell no butler lives there, the home could very much use a bit of cleaning.
It was in this house that he suffered a stroke - his second in three years. He was taken to a Victoria Hospital, where he died on August 22, 1977 at the age of 59.
He was cremated, and shipped back to Los Angeles, where he is buried at Westwood Memorial Park.
Trivia: Wanna see his mailbox? I know. Humor me.
More: A few years ago, Tim Curry reinforced two stereotypes when he reprised the Mr. French role in a new version of Family Affair. It sucked. We were not stunned.
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