Ray Harryhausen
RIP to the great Ray Harryhausen, who passed away today, on May 7th, 2013.Here is a story from ComingsoonDOTnet.Read More
View ArticleJeanne Cooper
Actress Jeanne Cooper passed away this morning. She had been very ill for the last month or so.I have to admit, she was never one of my favorites, but when I did catch her on some show or movie I did...
View ArticleBryan Forbes
Notable British actor and director has died at the age of 86. Had a long and interesting career but not too many fantasy credits.He was in the film version of Quatermass 2 and was the last surviving...
View ArticleDean Jeffries
Stuntman & custom car builder. Built The Black Beauty for the 60s TV show, The Monkeemobile for that show, & the cars for THE GREAT RACE 1965 & DEATH RACE 2000 1975. Was hired to build...
View ArticleJesse Santos
Jesse Santos, a Filipino comics artist best known to Americans for DAGAR THE INVINCIBLE and DOCTOR SPEKTOR, passed on May 9.Mark Evanier's blog sums up his career.Read More
View ArticleDR. JOYCE BROTHERS
Just heard she died. http://news.yahoo.com/popular-psychologist-joyce-brothers-dead-85-222059083.html#
View ArticleAubrey Woods (1925-2013)
Word is spreading that this great British actor has passed on.Most of us will likely recall him from The Abominable Dr Phibes, Willy Wonka and Day Of The Daleks
View ArticleMACABRE star Christine White
In my emailbox from Harris 'The Grim Reaper' Lentz:<< Christine White - Star of Macabre, Thriller, Twilight Zone, etc. Christine L. White Obituary Christine Lamson White, 86, of Washington,...
View ArticleLinden Chiles
Noted character actor, passed today, age 80.143 credits at IMDB, including the Four O'Clock episode of the original Twilight Zone, the original V, the Munsters, My Favorite Martian, Hitchcock's...
View ArticleDick Trickle
Okay, I posted it as much for the name as anything.R.I.P.http://espn.go.com/racing/nascar/cup/story/_/id/9283240/retired-driver-dick-trickle-dead-apparent-self-inflicted-gun-shot-wound
View ArticleAlan O'Day
Arch Hall Jr has posted on his FB page that his long-time friend, singer/songwriter Alan O'Day has died. O'Day's Wikipedia entry indicates he died after a battle with brain cancer.He was a member of...
View ArticleSteve Forrest -- S.W.A.T.
Brother of Dana Andrews. Star of TV's S.W.A.T. (which I liked a lot, back in the day). Also in GEISHA GIRL, PHANTOM OF THE RUE MORGUE, AMAZON WOMEN ON THE MOON, TV's TWILIGHT ZONE, NIGHT GALLERY,...
View ArticleTrevor Bolder
I read today that Trevor Bolder, bassist with Bowie's Spiders from Mars passed away on 21st May.That's my favourite part of Bowie's career and Trevor cut an interesting figure on stage with those...
View ArticleEd Shaughnessy
The great drummer Ed Shaughnessy passed away. Best known for being in the Tonight Show Orchestraand playing with them right until Johnny Carson's last show in May 1992. Had the great drum battle with...
View ArticleBill Pertwee
DAD'S ARMY actor Bill Pertwee has died aged 86. He played the Chief Warden (Mr Hodges) in the long running BBC sitcom, as well as the stage version and the feature film. He also appeared in WORZEL...
View ArticleEddie Romero - Filipino movie director and producer -- 7/7/24-5/28/13
http://entertainment.inquirer.net/95761/eddie-romero-88Legendary exploitation filmmaker Eddie Romero passed away at 88 years old. Best known for the following classics (as prod. and dir.):TERROR IS A...
View ArticleJim Zabel, Iowa Broadcasting Legend
Jim Zabel is not genre related but his career was astounding and inspirational. He had just entered his 70th year working as a broadcaster (all for the same company, WHO Radio in Des Moines, Iowa)...
View ArticleR.I.P., JACK VANCE August 28, 1916 - May 26, 2013
Science Fiction writer. The Dying Earth is one of my favorite books, part of a trilogy. That's actually classified as fantasy. 97 years old. He outlived his eyesight.
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