Outlander star Gary Lamont has paid a touching tribute to the teacher who changed his life. The 35-year-old actor credited Ruth Stevenson as his inspiration while at Glasgow 's Castlemilk High School.
In an emotional Instagram post, he told of hearing how the former head of performing arts had died this morning.Gary wrote: "My wonderful teacher from school sadly passed away this morning."I won’t lie, I cried my eyes out.
Mrs Ruth Stevenson OBE changed the course of my life."Gary posted a photo of Ruth collecting her Lifetime Achievement prize at the Scottish Education Awards last year from education secretary John Swinney.He added: "In the early 00’s, wee boys from Castlemilk didn’t go to drama school to get an acting degree, but Ruth.
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