Fog Blog Entertainment Log:

IT IS WITH GREAT SADNESS TO REPORT, TALENTED CANADIAN ACTOR DONNELY RHODES HAS DIED FROM CANCER AT THE AGE OF 80!....Actor Donnelly Rhodes, best-known in Canada for his roles in Danger Bay, Sidestreet and Da Vinci's Inquest, died Monday of cancer. He was 80.A news release from the talent agency Northern Exposure says Rhodes died at the Baillie House Hospice in Maple Ridge, B.C.The Winnipeg-born actor received numerous accolades, including a Gemini award for his role as Det. Leo Shannon in the drama Da Vinci's Inquest in 2002 and a Gemini Earle Grey Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2006.At the Hotel, Slings and Arrows take Geminis for drama .Rhodes was also recognized by the B.C. Entertainment Hall of Fame with a star on Granville Street's Star Walk in Vancouver.Rhodes, who joined the Royal Canadian Air Force as an airman-mechanic before settling into his career as an actor, was also known in the U.S. for his role as the dim-witted escaped con Dutch in the ABC soap opera spoof Soap.