Simon Shelton Barnes, the man who played Teletubbie Tinky Winky for over a decade, has died at the age of 52. The actor and father of three passed away "suddenly", according to his niece Emily Atack, ...

British actor Simon Shelton, best known for playing Tinky Winky in the “Teletubbies,” has died. He was 52. Shelton — who also went by the name Simon Barnes — starred in the cult BBC children’s show ...

THE family of Simon Shelton Barnes, who played purple Teletubby Tinky Winky, have paid tribute to the late actor after he “froze to death” on a British street. The 52-year-old is said to have ...

ROANOKE, Va. -- Is Tinky Winky gay? The Rev. Jerry Falwell suspects so, telling parents that the purple "Teletubbies" character from the popular children's television show is a homosexual role model.

Tributes paid to actor who played purple Teletubby who always carried a handbag The actor Simon Barnes, best known for playing Tinky Winky in the BBC children’s series Teletubbies, has died aged 52.

The actor who played Tinky Winky, the handbag-carrying Teletubbie in the BBC children’s series, has died just four days after his 52nd birthday. Father-of-three Simon Shelton Barnes, who lived in the ...

Tributes have been flooding in for the man behind the purple Teletubby character Tinky Winky. Father-of-three Simon Shelton Barnes played the handbag-carrying Teletubby in the BBC children’s series.