JOANNA LUMLEY - LUMLEY PAYS TRIBUTE TO LATE CO-STAR HUNT

LUMLEY PAYS TRIBUTE TO LATE CO-STAR HUNT

LATEST: Veteran British actress JOANNA LUMLEY has paid tribute to her NEW AVENGERS co-star GARETH HUNT, who died yesterday (14MAR07) after a two year battle with pancreatic cancer. Lumley, who starred alongside Hunt in the 1970s TV show, praised the late actor's sense of humour and reminisced about great times on set. The 61-year-old says, "We started off as friends in The New Avengers and remained that way for more than 30 years. I loved him so much. "We shared so much laughter - we were constantly in hysterics making the Avengers. We had enormous fun. "I went out with him for his birthday in February (07). He was pretty frail but still hysterically funny."