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  2. Jonathan Crombie (October 12, 1966 – April 15, 2015) was a Canadian actor and voice-over artist, best known for playing Gilbert Blythe in CBC Television's 1985 telefilm Anne of Green Gables and its two sequels.

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    Jonathan Crombie will be best remembered for his role in the CBC TV movieAnne of Green Gablesin 1984 and its two sequels in 1987 and 2000. Carrie Crombie said her brother never shied away from the fame that came along with playing the role of Gilbert Blythe, and happily answered to the name Gil when recognized by fans on the street. "I think he was...

    Anne of Green Gablesproducer Kevin Sullivan said Crombie and the on-screen character he came to embody were actually pretty similar. "I think for legions of young women around the world who fell in love with the Anne of Green Gablesfilms, Jonathan literally represented the quintessential boy next door, and there were literally thousands of women wh...

    "John was funny. He was kinda quirky in some ways," she said. "Like he would only take the bus back and forth from Toronto to New York. And, to be honest, that's how we are going to be bringing him back. We felt that it was an ode to Jonathan. He would never go on a plane, so we're going to make the trek from New York to Toronto on a bus with his a...

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  3. Apr 18, 2015 · On Wednesday, the 48-year-old passed away in New York City after a brain hemorrhage. Friends, family and fellow actors are now mourning the loss of a warm, thoughtful man they remember as a...

  4. Apr 19, 2015 · Jonathan Crombie, the Canadian actor best known for his role as Gilbert Blythe in the “Anne of Green Gables” television miniseries, has died. His sister, Carrie Crombie, told the Canadian...

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  5. Apr 18, 2015 · J onathan Crombie, the actor who played Gilbert Blythe in the CBC miniseries Anne of Green Gables, has died. He was 48. His sister Carrie Crombie told CBC News that her brother died of brain...

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  6. Apr 18, 2015 · Canadian actor Jonathan Crombie, who co-starred in the “Anne of Green Gables” TV movies, died this week at age 48. Crombie died Wednesday from complications of a brain hemorrhage, “Anne of ...

  7. Apr 19, 2015 · Jonathan Crombie, a Canadian actor who was known to a generation of fans as Gilbert Blythe in the mini-series “ Anne of Green Gables, ” died on Wednesday in New York City. He was 48. The cause...