Ooh, the Pain!

Election 2002 has seen its first casualty. Jonathan Harris, the actor who stole the show as Dr. Smith on TV's Lost in Space, has died, one day short of his 88th birthday. Here's the lowdown on how the Bronx-born Jonathan Charasuchin sniveled and minced his way into America's hearts, and a chat in which the queeny cult hero does and doesn't avoid the classic "I'm a classically trained thespian" pitfalls. I guess the important thing is that he outlived DeForest Kelly.