[NPR]
Britt Allcroft, who brought Thomas the Tank Engine to television,
dies at 81
Britt Allcroft, creator of the beloved Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends
children's TV series, has died.
The British-born producer died last week in Santa Monica, Calif., at 81.
The death was confirmed by Brannon Carty, the creator of a documentary
about Thomas fandom and a friend of the TV producer's. No cause of death
was given.
.....
But Allcroft made Thomas an international sensation, starting in the
mid-1980s with her TV adaptation narrated by Ringo Starr.
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