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 ...

The actor who played Tinky Winky in hit children’s TV show Teletubbies died near Liverpool waterfront due to hypothermia and high alcohol content in his blood, an inquest ruled. Police were called to ...

Quite possibly one of the most controversial characters to hit kids' programming and the only fictional character to launch the late Jerry Falwell into a fit of remarkable homophobic rage: Tinky Winky ...

The man who played Tinky Winky on the iconic children’s TV show “Teletubbies” has died at the age of 52. Actor Simon Shelton, also known as Simon Barnes, died last Wednesday, according to the BBC.

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 ...

Tributes have been paid to the actor who played Tinky Winky, the handbag-carrying Teletubbie in the BBC children’s series, who has passed away just four days after his 52nd birthday. Simon Shelton ...

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 ...