text: At age 62 , he wrote a fan letter to the 36-year old actress Elaine Joyce , whom he had seen in the TV show Mr. Merlin . That resulted in a long-running affair .
  
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  He wrote a fan letter to the 36-year old actress Elaine Joyce at age 62 , whom he had seen in the TV show Mr. Merlin . That Resulted in a long affair .