It is reported that Simon Shelton, also known as Simon Barnes, died last Wednesday at the age of 52. He played Tinky Winky on the iconic children’s TV show “Teletubbies”.

据报道，演员西蒙·希尔顿（别名西蒙·巴恩斯）于上周三去世，享年52岁。他曾在经典儿童电视节目《天线宝宝》中饰演紫宝宝丁丁。

Shelton was a ballet dancer and choreographer before he was cast on “Teletubbies” as purple, purse-carrying Tinky Winky in 1998. He was the second actor cast in the role; the original actor, Dave Thompson, was canned in 1997.

1998年希尔顿出演了《天线宝宝》中拿着手提包的紫宝宝丁丁，在那之前他曾是一位芭蕾舞者兼编舞。他是第二个饰演该角色的演员，最初的演员戴夫·汤普森在1997年被解雇了。

“I didn't know it would be as big as it was, but I did know as soon as I started working on it, that it had something special,” he said in 2008. “It was like being the Beatles, it was wonderful!”

“我不知道它会那么受欢迎，但是一接演这个角色，我就知道它很特别，”他在2008年说道。“它就像（儿童节目中的）甲壳虫乐队一样，太不可思议了！”

But like the Beatles, the Teletubbies were occasionally controversial.

不过就像甲壳虫乐队一样，《天线宝宝》偶尔也会引发争议。

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