Kerry mourns the passing of screen legend Peck

THE death of screen legend Gregory Peck, this month voted the top movie hero of all time, was being mourned in Kerry last night where the star was remembered with fondness by many living relatives.

Retired Dingle publican Thomas Ashe, one of Peck’s Kerry cousins, recalled him as “a gentleman to his fingertips.”

A regular visitor to Kerry, Peck (87) was a warm, friendly, generous man “who never talked about the films he had been in at all, at all. He never boasted about his achievements.”