Newstead Abbey fell out badly. In 1808, Lord Grey left at the end of his lease and Byron returned to live at Newstead and began extensive and expensive renovations. His works were mainly decorative, however, rather than structural, so that rain and damp obscured his changes within just a few years. Byron had a beloved Newfoundland dog named Boatswain, who died of rabies in 1808. Boatswain was buried at Newstead Abbey and has a monument larger than his master's. The inscription, from Byron's poem "Epitaph to a Dog", has become one of his best-known works: Near this Spot Are deposited the Remains
A Man Called Sarge in a feature film. He had previously worked with director Stuart Gillard as the main character in Disney's 1987 television movie "The Return of the Shaggy Dog". Marc Singer was a well established TV actor when he enrolled as General Von Kraut, with a career spanning almost 20 years, including the lead role in the series "V". As a feature actor, he was best known for the 1982 film "The Beastmaster". "A Man Called Sarge" marked a return to the big screen and the start of a prolific film career during the 1990s. This was the Singer's second collaboration with