In Memoriam

[Deathstroke]

Well there are those TV/Film people who aren't super well known at all or anymore. Yet their passing should be mentioned.

The thread starts off with the death of Virginia Mayo. (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=529&ncid=529&e=3&u=/ap/20050118/ap_en_mo/obit_mayo)

[SoulOnIce]

Good idea.

RIP Ruth Warrick

http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/TV/01/18/warrick.obit.ap/index.html

[Deathstroke]

Good idea.

RIP Ruth Warrick

http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/TV/01/18/warrick.obit.ap/index.html


I posted that one in the Soap Opera thread, and then got the idea to start this thread.

My mom gave me crap because I didn't tell her about either of these passings.

[SoulOnIce]

R.I.P Thelma White of Reefer Madness...

http://pittsburghlive.com/x/tribune-review/entertainment/s_292866.html

[DarlingNikki]

rip to Lamont Bentley, who played hakim on "moesha" :(

damn... (http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/features/20050119-1927-brf-actorkilled.html)

[Deathstroke]

I was just going to post a link to his death notice, but our own DarlingNikki beat me to it.

See what happens when I can't use the computer at work.

[SoulOnIce]

R.I.P Patsy Rowlands.

http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1106654466580&call_pageid=968867495754&col=968705925735

[Deathstroke]

Reporter Bill Shadel died Saturday January 29th in Renton, Washington. He covered D-Day for CBS Radio, anchored on ABC news, and was the moderator for the 3rd Kennedy-Nixon Presidential debate. He was the first host of the news show "Face The Nation."

[Deathstroke]

Actor John Vernon (Animal House) has died. He was 72. (http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050204/ap_en_mo/obit_vernon)

Boxing Legend Max Schmeling dies at the age of 99. (http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050204/ap_on_sp_bo_ne/box_obit_schmeling)

[Deathstroke]

CBS news correspondent George Herman died Tuesday February 8th at the age of 85. Here's a write up! (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=597&ncid=772&e=6&u=/nm/20050209/tv_nm/media_herman_dc)

[CHEYENNE-BLACKBIRD]

rip to Lamont Bentley, who played hakim on "moesha" :(

damn... (http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/features/20050119-1927-brf-actorkilled.html)
so sad for his daughters

[Aggie]

thought i'd take the time out in recognition of the passing of ossie davis...a great actor/director/activist and an awesome human being...r.i.p. mr. davis.

[Deathstroke]

thought i'd take the time out in recognition of the passing of ossie davis...a great actor/director/activist and an awesome human being...r.i.p. mr. davis.

He wasn't mentioned in here because there were at least 2 threads specifically for him already.

[Deathstroke]

Stan Richards who played Seth Armstrong on the British soap Emmerdale for 27 years has died. Here's his online obituary. (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=597&ncid=772&e=1&u=/nm/20050212/tv_nm/people_richards_dc)

[Deathstroke]

Sad to report, but we've lost Sandra Dee. (http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Movies/02/20/dee.obit/index.html)

[Jamboon]

Dr Hunter S. Thompson commited suicide last night.
http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/books/02/21/thompson.obit/index.html


I think I'll have some rum in his honor tonight.

[Deathstroke]

1954 Oscar nominee Dan O'Herlihy has died. Obituary (http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20050218/people_nm/people_oherlihy_dc_2)

[Athena Bast]

1954 Oscar nominee Dan O'Herlihy has died. Obituary (http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20050218/people_nm/people_oherlihy_dc_2)

Wait a sec.. he's the guy that finds Alex in "The Last StarFighter"? He was cool.

[Deathstroke]

Wait a sec.. he's the guy that finds Alex in "The Last StarFighter"? He was cool.

Yeah he was Grig the lizard guy. I'm probably going to watch the movie in tribute to him.

[mattbib]

Yeah he was Grig the lizard guy. I'm probably going to watch the movie in tribute to him.Good idea. I bought the video a few years ago but never got around to watching it.

[Deathstroke]

Dr Hunter S. Thompson commited suicide last night.
http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/books/02/21/thompson.obit/index.html


I think I'll have some rum in his honor tonight.

I didn't mention him in this thread because he's got at least two threads already.

[Deathstroke]

Good idea. I bought the video a few years ago but never got around to watching it.

They've got a special edition DVD out now, you know that right?

[Sean Walsh]

Wait a sec.. he's the guy that finds Alex in "The Last StarFighter"? He was cool.

No, not the guy who found Alex (Centauri). That was Robert Preston, who died....oh geez, in 1987...

Dan O'Herlihy was Grig. Others (like me - who's shocked to discover he played Grig!) will probably remember him more, though, as "the Old Man" from ROBOCOP 1 and 2.

Just found out about this sad news at AICN. RIP Old Man... :(

[Deathstroke]

Simone Simon dies at 93. (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stoyr&cid=529&ncid=529&e=11&u=/ap/20050224/ap_en_mo/obit_simon)

[Deathstroke]

The co-writer and producer of Halloween, Debra Hill, died at the age of 54. (http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Movies/03/07/obit.debrahill.ap/index.html)

Oscar winner for Mrs. Miniver, Teresa Wright, died Sunday March 6th due to a heart attack. Here's a one obituary. (http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Movies/03/08/obit.wright.ap/index.html) Here's another one that includes quotes illustrating how independent she was when it came to her career. (http://www.zap2it.com/movies/story/0,1259,---24978,00.html)

[Deathstroke]

Actress Nicole DeHuff died from complications due to pneumonia (that was apparently misdiagnosed twice). She was 31.

She appeared in Meet The Parents. Read the story here. (http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Movies/03/11/obit.dehuff.ap/index.html)

http://images.zap2it.com/ltvimages/images/240/nicoledehuff_240_001.jpg

[Deathstroke]

Barney Martin, who played Jerry Seinfeld's TV Dad on Seinfeld for more than 20 episodes through the end of the series died Monday March 21st at the age of 82 from cancer.

[dougputhoff]

Barney Martin, who played Jerry Seinfeld's TV Dad on Seinfeld for more than 20 episodes through the end of the series died Monday March 21st at the age of 82 from cancer.

I loved Barney. Him and Liz Sheridan, who played Jerry's mother (Liz also played Mrs. Ochmonek onALF

[Deathstroke]

Here's the Barney Martin obituary. (http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/TV/03/24/obit.martin.ap/index.html)

[Deathstroke]

The Oscar winning art director for "Dr. Zhivago" and "Lawrence Of Arabia", John Box, has died at the age of 82. Here's the obituary. (http://www.zap2it.com/movies/news/story/0,1259,---25203,00.html)

[Deathstroke]

Paul Henning, the creator of The Beverly Hillbillies, has died at the age of 93.
Here's the obituary. (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=529&ncid=529&e=7&u=/ap/20050326/ap_en_tv/obit_henning)

[Deathstroke]

TV Director Greg Garrison died at the age of 81. He worked with some of the greats of TV, read his obituary. (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=529&ncid=529&e=4&u=/ap/20050402/ap_en_tv/obit_garrison)

[Deathstroke]

Oscar nominated Ruth Hussey (The Philadelphia Story) died at the age of 93 on Tuesday April 19th.

Online obituary. (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=529&ncid=529&e=13&u=/ap/20050421/ap_en_mo/obit_hussey)

[Deathstroke]

Oscar winner Sir John Mills died at the age of 97 after a brief illness.

Online Obituary (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=529&ncid=529&e=3&u=/ap/20050424/ap_en_mo/obit_mills)

[Sean Walsh]

Actor Mason Adams has died.

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050428/ap_en_tv/obit_adams_2

Apparently best known as Charlie Hume from "Lou Grant," I'll always remember him as the voice of Smuckers:

"With a name like Smucker's, it's GOT to be good!"

RIP. :(

[Deathstroke]

You beat me to it Sean Walsh!

However, there was another death to report today: Actress Maria Schell died on April 26th at the age of 79.

Online Obituary (http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Movies/04/28/people.schell.reut/index.html)

[Deathstroke]

George Cosmatos, who directed Tombstone and Rambo, died at the age of 64 last week. The cause of death wasn't listed, but he had recently been diagnosed with lung cancer.

[Deathstroke]

Mexican TV star Edward Ponce was killed in a motorcycle accident on Thursday May 5th.

Online obituary (http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050506/tv_nm/mexico_dc)

[Nate Grey]

No, not the guy who found Alex (Centauri). That was Robert Preston, who died....oh geez, in 1987...

Dan O'Herlihy was Grig. Others (like me - who's shocked to discover he played Grig!) will probably remember him more, though, as "the Old Man" from ROBOCOP 1 and 2.

Just found out about this sad news at AICN. RIP Old Man... :(

"Behave yourselves!" and "Dick...you're fired!" are his best lines in the two movies, I think (Doesn't beat Clarence Bodicker's "Bitches leave" line, but its pretty close).

Oh, and him being the bad guy in Halloween III...hey, I'm one of five people on the planet who kinda liked that movie. :D

[Deathstroke]

Former Saturday Night Live writer Herb Sargent died May 6th at the age of 81 from a heart attack following surgery.

Online obituary (http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/TV/05/09/people.sargent.reut/index.html)

[Ontir]

You beat me to it Sean Walsh!

However, there was another death to report today: Actress Maria Schell died on April 26th at the age of 79.

Online Obituary (http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Movies/04/28/people.schell.reut/index.html)


Maxamillian Schell did a documentary about her, called My Sister, Maria, which chronicled her fight with Alzheimer's. A very interesting and touching film.

[Sean Walsh]

"Behave yourselves!" and "Dick...you're fired!" are his best lines in the two movies, I think (Doesn't beat Clarence Bodicker's "Bitches leave" line, but its pretty close).

It's "BEHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAVE yourselves!" actually. ;) :p

[Steve]

Henry Corden aka as the voice of Fred Flintstone and Solomon Grundy from the SuperFriends, has died of emphysema at the age of 85.

RIP dude.

Article (http://www.comicon.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=36&t=003799)

[Deathstroke]

Very sad news about Fred Flinstone V2. Thanks for posting it.

[Sean Walsh]

Thurl Ravenscroft - the voice of Tony the Tiger for over 50 years (and the guy who sang "No Dogs Allowed" in 'Snoopy Come Home' and "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch") has died at the age of 91. (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,157464,00.html)

This news is not grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrreat at all. :(

[Deathstroke]

Howard Morris from Your Show of Shows has died.

Online Obituary (http://www.playbill.com/news/article/93137.html)

[gschilljr]

Producer Ismail Merchant died today.
Producer of Howard's End and Room With A View

[Deathstroke]

Here's the obituary for Ismail Merchant. (http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Movies/05/25/merchant.death.ap/index.html)

[Deathstroke]

Character actor Stephen Elliott (Arthur, Dallas, Chicago Hope) died at the age of 86 on May 21st.

Obituary (http://www.playbill.com/news/article/93196.html)

[gschilljr]

Eddie Albert died yesterday
http://imdb.com/news/flash/

[gschilljr]

Here's one that was completely missed. Frank 'Riddler' Gorshin passed away last week. R.I.P. Frank.

His obiturary (http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/TV/05/18/obit.gorshin.ap/)

[Deathstroke]

Here's one that was completely missed. Frank 'Riddler' Gorshin passed away last week. R.I.P. Frank.

His obiturary (http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/TV/05/18/obit.gorshin.ap/)


Ummm... there's at least 3 threads about his passing. This thread is sort of for those people who won't draw nearly as much attention.

[Deathstroke]

Col. Burkhalter, also known as actor Leon Askin, has died.

Online Obituary (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050604/ap_en_mo/obit_askin)

[Ontir]

I LOVED Col. Burkhalter! Not to mention his sister, the Fraulein. It's always sad to see the people from your childhood go.

[Deathstroke]

MacGyver's Dana Elcar died of pneumonia at the age of 77.

Obituary (http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/TV/06/10/obit.elcar.ap/index.html)

[Deathstroke]

Two stars of U.F.O. died within days of each other.

Here's the story. (http://www.starlog.com/news_article.php?id=768)

[C.O. Jones]

Sad news. I'm having trouble remembering Bishop's 2 Bond movie roles, but I'm sure seeing them again would refresh my memory. I loved that show as a kid and loved the idea that Space: 1999 was sort of a sequel of the moonbase started in U.F.O.


Death, did you notice on the same site that Lane Smith, 'Perry White' from 'The Adventures of Lois and Clark', had passed?

[Deathstroke]

Actor Robert Clarke passed away on June 11th at the age of 85.

More Information Here (http://www.starlog.com/news_article.php?id=771)

[Deathstroke]

Lorna Thayer, the waitress in Five Easy Pieces, died at the age of 85.

Here's the story. (http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Movies/06/20/obit.thayer.ap/index.html)

[Deathstroke]

Bruce Malmuth, the director of films like Nighthawks and Hard To Kill, died Tuesday June 28th at the age of 71 from esophageal cancer.

Story Link (http://www.zap2it.com/movies/news/story/0,1259,---26163,00.html)

[Deathstroke]

Italian director Alberto Lattuada died at the age of 90.

Story Link (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050704/ap_en_mo/obit_lattuada)

[Deathstroke]

Christopher Fry died at the age of 97. Click this link (http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Movies/07/04/britain.fry.ap/index.html) to learn more.

[Deathstroke]

1940's musical actress June Haver dies at 79.
Article Link (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap//20050706/ap_en_mo/obit_haver)

Screenwriter Ernest Lehman dies at 89.
Article Link (http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050706/film_nm/lehman_dc)

[Deathstroke]

Actress singer Frances Langford has died at the age of 92. (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050711/ap_en_mu/obit_langford)

[Deathstroke]

I'm sad to report that actor Kevin Hagen has died from esophogeal cancer at the age of 77.

He's best known for playing Doctor Baker on Little House on the Prairie.

Story link (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050711/ap_en_tv/obit_hagen)

[Deathstroke]

Comedian-Actor Freddy Soto (Spanglish) died Wednesday July 13th in his sleep. The cause of death is still undetermined.

[Deathstroke]

Geraldine Fitzgerald, who was nominated for an Academy Award for her performance as Isabella in 1939's Wuthering Heights died July 17th at the age of 91 after battling Alzheimer's Disease.
Story Link (http://www.zap2it.com/movies/news/story/0,1259,---26293,00.html)

[Deathstroke]

Actor Ford Rainey has died at the age of 96.
Obituary link (http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2005-07-26-obit-rainey_x.htm)

Comedy writer Danny Simon (brother to Neil Simon) died at the age of 86.
Obituary link (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050727/ap_en_tv/obit_simon)

[Deathstroke]

George Wallace best known as Commando Cody has died at the age of 88 on July 22nd.

Interview link. (http://www.zap2it.com/movies/news/story/0,1259,---26369,00.html)

[Deathstroke]

Comedy writer Pat McCormick has died at the age of 78.

Story Link (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050731/ap_en_tv/obit_mccormick)

[Deathstroke]

Former "Dallas" star Barbar Bel Geddes at 82. (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050810/ap_en_tv/obit_bel_geddes)

"Big Fish" co-star Matthew McGrory at 32. (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050810/ap_en_mo/obit_mcgrory)

[Deathstroke]

Art Director/Production Designer Alexander Golitzen died at the age of 97.

Story Link (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050813/ap_en_mo/obit_golitzen)

[Deathstroke]

Joe Ranft, who was Pixar's head of story for more than 10 years, died in a car accident at the age of 45 on August 15th.

[Deathstroke]

Michael Sheard, who played Admiral Ozzel in The Empire Strikes back, died today (August 31st) after a battle with cancer. He was 65.

Story Link (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050831/ap_en_mo/obit_sheard)

http://images.zap2it.com/20050831/michaelsheard_240_001.jpg

[Donald M.]

http://www.affirmation.org/images/humor/separated/bob_denver.jpg



Rest in peace, Little Buddy. (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050906/ap_en_tv/obit_denver)

[Deathstroke]

One of the men credited with helping bring Star Trek: The Next Generation to TV, Herbert J. Wright, has died at the age of 58.

Story Link! (http://www.starlog.com/news_article.php?id=924)

[Deathstroke]

Robert Wise, director/producer on movies such as The Sound of Music and more died at the age of 91. Story Link (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050915/ap_en_mo/obit_wise)

[Deathstroke]

Cinematographer Guy Green, who won an Oscar for his work on the 1946 version of Great Expectations, died at the age of 91.

Story Link (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050916/ap_en_mo/obit_guy_green)

[Deathstroke]

Thomas Bond has died. He is best remembered as Butch from The Little Rascals.
Story Link (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050925/ap_en_tv/obit_bond)

[Deathstroke]

Jerry Juhl, an Emmy award winning writer for The Muppet Show died September 27th at the age of 67.

[Deathstroke]

Comedian Louis Nye has died at the age of 92.

Story Link (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051011/ap_en_ce/obit_nye)

[Deathstroke]

TV writer Devery Freeman has died at the age of 92. He founded the group that became the Writer's Guild of America. Wrote for The Thin Man, Playhouse 90 and more. His novel Father Sky was turned into the film "Taps".

He also served as an executive for The Dick Van Dyke Show, I Love Lucy, and The Beverly Hillbillies.

[Deathstroke]

Songwriter Baker Knight has died at the age of 72.

Story Link (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051015/ap_en_mu/obit_knight)

[SoulOnIce]

Ex-SNL star Charles Rocket committed suicide.

http://edition.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/TV/10/17/comedian.suicide.ap/index.html

[Deathstroke]

Ex-SNL star Charles Rocket committed suicide.

http://edition.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/TV/10/17/comedian.suicide.ap/index.html

Here's a picture of him:

http://images.zap2it.com/20051017/charlesrocket_240.jpg

[Deathstroke]

Gordon Lee, who played Porky in the Little Rascals, has died at the age of 71.

Story link (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051021/ap_en_tv/obit_lee)

[Deathstroke]

The Pink Panther producer Tony Adams has passed away at the age of 52.

Story Link (http://www.zap2it.com/movies/news/story/0,1259,---27082,00.html)

William Hootkins who played Jek Porkins in the first Star Wars movie has died from pancreatic cancer at the age of 58.

Story Link (http://www.whatsonstage.com/dl/page.php?page=greenroom&story=E8821130151838)

[Deathstroke]

The man who made the non Xmas version of Ho-Ho-Ho so entertaining when I was a kid, Elmer "Len" Dresslar Jr. died from cancer at the age of 80. Besides recording 15 albums with The Singers Unlimited jazz group, he's best known as the voice of The Jolly Green Giant.

[Deathstroke]

Actor Lloyd Bochner has died from cancer at the age of 81.

Story Link! (http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20051102-093045-4713r)

[Nate Grey]

Actor Lloyd Bochner has died from cancer at the age of 81.

Story Link! (http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20051102-093045-4713r)

Wow, that 1962 Twilight Zone ep he starred in sounds freaky. I wish I could see it.

[DonC]

John Hollis, who played Lando's aide Lobot in The Empire Strikes Back and a Kryptonian elder in the first two Superman movies died in mid-October. He also had several memorable appearences in British television shows, including The Avengers and Blake's 7.

[Deathstroke]

John Hollis, who played Lando's aide Lobot in The Empire Strikes Back and a Kryptonian elder in the first two Superman movies died in mid-October. He also had several memorable appearences in British television shows, including The Avengers and Blake's 7.

Thanks DonC, I hadn't heard this one.

[Ontir]

Wow, that 1962 Twilight Zone ep he starred in sounds freaky. I wish I could see it.

I hadn't heard this one! He was also the evil "Eastern Alliance" leader in the second part of the original Battlestar Galactica's season, as well as the Colby who married Alexis on Dynasty. His son, Hart Bochner is also an actor who was in Die Hard, War & Remembrance and the great Apartment Zero.

[C.O. Jones]

Thanks, Ontir! I knew I knew that name but couldn't recall him to save my life. When you mentioned his BG appearance, I knew right away who he was. His son played big-mouthed Ellis, who tried using his suave business savvy on Hans Gruber and his boys.

[Deathstroke]

Actress Sheree North, who among her many roles played Kramer's mom on Seinfeld, has died at the age of 72.

Story Link (http://www.hollywood.com/news/detail/id/3467644)

[Ontir]

That's sad news. When I was managing a theatre in Beverly Hills, Ms. North, and her husband (I think) used to come in regularly. They were both very nice (which can be rare in BeHi!), and she was a lovely lady. I enjoyed her appearances as Blanche's sister on Golden Girls, and she was also great on the one season Diana Canova show, I'm a Big Girl Now. I think the title is what killed that show, because it was actually pretty good!

[Corrina]

I hadn't heard this one! He was also the evil "Eastern Alliance" leader in the second part of the original Battlestar Galactica's season, as well as the Colby who married Alexis on Dynasty. His son, Hart Bochner is also an actor who was in Die Hard, War & Remembrance and the great Apartment Zero.

His character on Dynasty had a heart attack while in the midst of doing the nasty with Alexis. Not a bad legacy.

I thought everyone had seen that Twilight Zone episode. It contains the famous line "It's a cookbook!" I think the most famous parody is in one of the Simpsons Treehouse of Horror episodes.

[Deathstroke]

Producer Moustapha Akkad was killed in the hotel bombing in Jordan.

Story Link (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051111/ap_en_mo/obit_akkad)

[Ontir]

His character on Dynasty had a heart attack while in the midst of doing the nasty with Alexis. Not a bad legacy.

I thought everyone had seen that Twilight Zone episode. It contains the famous line "It's a cookbook!" I think the most famous parody is in one of the Simpsons Treehouse of Horror episodes.

To Serve Man!

A friend of mine has a copy of Grey's Anatomy, which he's made a dust cover for with the above title. It sits innocently next to Betty Crocker and a few other cookbooks in his kitchen.

[Deathstroke]

This Is Your Life host Ralph Edwards has died at the age of 92.

Story Link (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051116/ap_en_tv/obit_edwards)

[ponset]

[QUOTE=Deathstroke]This Is Your Life host Ralph Edwards has died at the age of 92.


Edwards had a great guest appearance on the old radio series, SUSPENSE.
Episode was called, Ghost Hunt.
Edwards played a disc jockey who stays in a suppose haunted house for a night.
When his boss picks him up in the morning, Edwards has disappear leaving only a tape recording of what happen during the night.

[Deathstroke]

Actor Harold Stone has died at the age of 92.

Obituary Link (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051119/ap_en_tv/obit_stone)

[StoneGold]

Actor Harold Stone has died at the age of 92.

Obituary Link (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051119/ap_en_tv/obit_stone)
Am I the only one who when they first read that thought the dude from Night Court died?

[Deathstroke]

Am I the only one who when they first read that thought the dude from Night Court died?

Only those slow on the pickup.

[Deathstroke]

Wrong post

[Deathstroke]

I'm very sorry to report that Pat Morita, the Academy Award nominee for his role as Mr. Miyagi in The Karate Kid film series, has passed away at the age of 73 from natural causes.

Story Link (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051125/ap_on_en_mo/obit_morita)


http://clientes.netvisao.pt/kapoww/MrMiyagi.jpg

[Sean Walsh]

Actor Lloyd Bochner has died from cancer at the age of 81.

I hadn't heard about him passing.

Us comic people would probably know him best as the voice of Mayor Hamilton Hill on Batman: The Animated Series.... :(

[Deathstroke]

Actor Keith Andes, who was Marilyn Monroe's leading man in the 50's, has died at the age of 85.

Story Link (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051127/ap_en_mo/obit_andes)

[dougputhoff]

Actor Keith Andes, who was Marilyn Monroe's leading man in the 50's, has died at the age of 85.

Story Link (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051127/ap_en_mo/obit_andes)

He also was the original voice of Birdman, so says IMDB.

[Deathstroke]

Hollywood actress and British stage legend Constance Cummings has died at the age of 95.

Story Link (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051128/ap_on_en_mo/obit_cummings_6)

[Sean Walsh]

Stan Berenstain, co-creator of The Berenstain Bears, died on Saturday.

http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/news/13283858.htm

[Deathstroke]

Stan Berenstain, co-creator of The Berenstain Bears, died on Saturday.

http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/news/13283858.htm

Yeah, I put that in the books section of the forums since he's primarily an author.

[Deathstroke]

Actress Wendie Jo Sperber (Bosom Buddies) has lost her fight with breast cancer.

Story Link (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051201/ap_en_tv/obit_sperber)

[Sean Walsh]

Jack Colvin, who played reporter Jack McGee on the 1970's HULK TV show, has died at the age of 71.

Obit (http://www.calendarlive.com/tv/cl-me-colvin5dec05,0,3901862.story?coll=cl-tv-features)

[ragnarok_2012]

I loved the Incredible Hulk tv show, and I think it's aged well. Colvin did a very good job as McGee.

RIP

[Deathstroke]

Director Herbert L. Strock has died at the age of 87.

Story Link (http://www.starlog.com/news_article.php?id=1043)

[Deathstroke]

Gregg Hoffman, the producer for Saw and Saw II died suddenly at the age of 42.

Story Link (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051206/ap_en_mo/obit_hoffman)

[Calamas]

Jack Colvin, who played reporter Jack McGee on the 1970's HULK TV show, has died at the age of 71.

Obit (http://www.calendarlive.com/tv/cl-me-colvin5dec05,0,3901862.story?coll=cl-tv-features)
71! 71? When did I get old?

[ragnarok_2012]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Sheckley
http://www.sheckley.com/

Writer Robert Sheckley has passed away at the age of 77. He passed away of complications due to a brain aneurysm.

He wrote several episodes of the Twilight Zone, and several of his science fiction novels were made into movies (the most famous of which is probably Freejack). He was also the former fiction editor for Omni Magazine.

[Deathstroke]

Thanks for posting Ragnorak.

Actor Marc Lawrence has died of natural causes at the age of 95.

Story Link (http://www.starlog.com/news_article.php?id=1048)

[Deathstroke]

Actress Jean Parker has died at the age of 90.

Story Link (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051210/ap_en_mo/obit_parker)

[Deathstroke]

Producer Robert F. Newmyer has died at the age of 49.

Article Link (http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051213/film_nm/newmyer_dc)

[Deathstroke]

Mary Jackson, the actress who played Miss Emily Baldwin on The Waltons, has passed away at the age of 95 from Parkinson's Disease.

Story link (http://www.tvsquad.com/2005/12/14/mary-jackson-of-the-waltons-dead)

[Deathstroke]

Though there is a separate thread for this update already, I wanted to mention it here as well.

John Spencer, who for nearly 7 years played the role of Leo McGarry on The West Wing, died suddenly today from a heart attack. He was 58 years old.

[Deathstroke]

The actress who played the wife of Mr. Martini in the holiday film classic It's A Wonderful Life, Argentina Brunetti, has died at the age of 98.

Story Link (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051225/ap_en_mo/obit_brunetti)

[Sean Walsh]

Character actor Vincent Schiavelli (ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST, GHOST, BATMAN RETURNS) has died. :(

http://entertainment.msn.com/movies/article.aspx?news=210601&GT1=7448

[Deathstroke]

Character actor Vincent Schiavelli (ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST, GHOST, BATMAN RETURNS) has died. :(

http://entertainment.msn.com/movies/article.aspx?news=210601&GT1=7448

For Buffy fans, he played Jenny Calendar's uncle in Season 2.

[Deathstroke]

Actor Michael Vale, who played Fred The Baker in countless Dunkin Donuts commercials has passed away.

Story Link (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051228/ap_en_tv/obit_vale)


http://sportsmed.starwave.com/i/page2/photos/030924dunkindonuts.jpg

[Amokitty]

Character actor Vincent Schiavelli (ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST, GHOST, BATMAN RETURNS) has died. :(

http://entertainment.msn.com/movies/article.aspx?news=210601&GT1=7448

Vincent was absolutely THE kindest man. My mother, brother, and I met him by accident at a movie shoot about 13 yrs. ago. We saw him, recognized him, and walked over to ask for an autograph. He was very gracious, and we talked for a while.

Then Vincent invited us to his trailer, gave us some cold sodas, a few momentos of the movie he was working on, and we all BS'd for an hour. It was the coolest thing. I still can't believe he did that....

Vincent Schiavelli was an extremely generous and talented man. I'm so damn sad about this.

[Deathstroke]

Filmmaker Stevenson J. Palfi committed suicide.

Story Link (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051228/ap_en_mo/obit_palfi)

[Deathstroke]

Patrick Cranshaw who appeard in the film Old School has passed away at the age of 86.
Story Link (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060101/ap_en_mo/obit_cranshaw)

http://gfx.filmweb.pl/p/4647/po.84076.jpg

[Deathstroke]

Actor-Comedian Richard De Angelis, who played police Col. Raymond Foerster on The Wire, has died at the age of 73.

Story Link (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060101/ap_en_tv/obit_de_angelis)

[Nate Grey]

Actor-Comedian Richard De Angelis, who played police Col. Raymond Foerster on The Wire, has died at the age of 73.

Story Link (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060101/ap_en_tv/obit_de_angelis)

I've been Googling like crazy and STILL can't come up with a pic of him. Why do news reports refuse to release a pic of the actor who passes away? People may know him by face not by name. :confused:

Patrick Cranshaw who appeard in the film Old School has passed away at the age of 86.
Story Link (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060101/ap_en_mo/obit_cranshaw)

http://gfx.filmweb.pl/p/4647/po.84076.jpg

Even here, if Deathstroke hadn't been nice enough to put a pic with Patrick Cranshaw, I probably wouldn't have found a pic on my own, either, or known who he was. I remember him as Norm's long lost grandfather on the short lived "Norm", and as a regular on "Hey Vern Its Ernest".

[ragnarok_2012]

I've been Googling like crazy and STILL can't come up with a pic of him. Why do news reports refuse to release a pic of the actor who passes away? People may know him by face not by name. :confused:



Even here, if Deathstroke hadn't been nice enough to put a pic with Patrick Cranshaw, I probably wouldn't have found a pic on my own, either, or known who he was. I remember him as Norm's long lost grandfather on the short lived "Norm", and as a regular on "Hey Vern Its Ernest".

Hey Nate. Here ya go:

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0213067/

http://ia.imdb.com/media/imdb/01/I/55/50/89m.jpg

[Deathstroke]

I looked for a decent picture of Richard De Angelis before posting the story link, but I couldn't find one via Google or Yahoo.

[Crimson Avenger]

Shelley Winters, winner of two Oscars, has died at age 85.

Link. (http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/breaking_news/13627656.htm)

[StoneGold]

Shelley Winters, winner of two Oscars, has died at age 85.

Link. (http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/breaking_news/13627656.htm)
You always feel bad when you read these, because my first instinct was, she wasn't already dead? My second was she was only 85?


That and making sure it wasn't Dianne from Cheers who died. That was probably my first instinct.

[Crimson Avenger]

You always feel bad when you read these, because my first instinct was, she wasn't already dead? My second was she was only 85?

Yeah, she was around forever, wasn't she? I would imagine she's been in somebody's celebrity death pool for years now.

That and making sure it wasn't Dianne from Cheers who died. That was probably my first instinct.

Yikes! That does make me recall when Shelley long OD'd on painkillers just over a year ago.

Remember the confusion when the actor Kevin Smith (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0808963/) died in 2002?

[Ontir]

I was saddened to hear that Shelley Winters had died, but I'm surprised she made it this long. I attended a screening of Wild in the Streets more than a year ago, and one of her co-stars who remained a friend, said she was not doing well then. IIRC, she was one of the people who was mislead into "better living through chemistry" during the Studio System era, and I beleive that had a good deal to do with her many health problems over the last 20 years. She was an amazing actress though. Her work in the Poseidon Adventure is fantastic, and she gave the film its heart. She was also an actress who used the magnatude of her star to help others. Films like Cleopatra Jones, and Wild in the Streets were made, because she agreed to star in them, and got people to put money into them. She continued to work in indie films well into the 90's, as well as her great turn as Roseanne's Grandmother, on the eponymous sitcom. Funnily enough, she was two years younger than the woman who played her daughter on that show.

[Deathstroke]

Actor Anthony Franciosa has died at the age of 77.

Story Link (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060120/ap_en_mo/obit_franciosa)

[Michael P]

Character actor Vincent Schiavelli (ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST, GHOST, BATMAN RETURNS) has died. :(

http://entertainment.msn.com/movies/article.aspx?news=210601&GT1=7448
Holy shit, how did I miss this?

[Deathstroke]

Holy shit, how did I miss this?

You know you have just been slacking off lately....

[mattbib]

Apparently Chris Penn (Sean Penn's brother) was found dead. (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060125/ap_on_en_tv/tv_book_of_daniel)

[Deathstroke]

News director Arthur Bloom has died.

Story Link (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060129/ap_en_tv/obit_bloom)

[ragnarok_2012]

Video artist Nam June Paik passed away yesterday of natural causes.

http://www.paikstudios.com/index.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nam_June_Paik

[Crimson Avenger]

"Grandpa Munster" Al Lewis has passed away. (http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/tv/wire/sns-ap-obit-lewis,0,3736002.story?coll=sns-ap-tv-headlines)

[DonC]

"Grandpa Munster" Al Lewis has passed away. (http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/tv/wire/sns-ap-obit-lewis,0,3736002.story?coll=sns-ap-tv-headlines)


He looked like he was a fun guy to talk to.

[bert]

That's so weird. . the CNN article says that he was 83, and I turned to Nick and said, "I thought he was about 10 years older than that!"

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/02/04/lewis.obit.ap/index.html

sooooo. . one of the stories is wrong. (I'm gonna guess CNN is wrong, since he certainly didn't LOOK like an 83 year old).

[Crimson Avenger]

That's so weird. . the CNN article says that he was 83, and I turned to Nick and said, "I thought he was about 10 years older than that!"

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/02/04/lewis.obit.ap/index.html

sooooo. . one of the stories is wrong. (I'm gonna guess CNN is wrong, since he certainly didn't LOOK like an 83 year old).

IMDB and Wikipedia both have his DOB as April 30, 1910.

[Deathstroke]

TV News notable Reuven Frank has died.

Story Link (http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/02/06/obit.frank.ap/index.html)

[LtMarvel]

That's so weird. . the CNN article says that he was 83, and I turned to Nick and said, "I thought he was about 10 years older than that!"

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/02/04/lewis.obit.ap/index.html

sooooo. . one of the stories is wrong. (I'm gonna guess CNN is wrong, since he certainly didn't LOOK like an 83 year old).
After Mr. Lewis' passing, his son revealed the actual date of birth. Al Lewis was indeed in his 80s.

[ghostrider666]

He looked like he was a fun guy to talk to.

Great stuff on the Stern show in the early 90's.

[Deathstroke]

Entertainer Sonny King has died at the age of 83.

Story Link (http://au.news.yahoo.com/060206/2/xuci.html)

[Crimson Avenger]

Franklin Cover, a/k/a Tom Willis on "The Jeffersons," has died at the age of 77.

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/tv/1401AP_Obit_Cover.html

[Lubichev]

His character was one of the poineers in social tolerance, etc. on the Jeffersons (even though it was the butt of many jokes...)

RIP

[Ontir]

Sad news. I loved the Willises. I knew some inter-racial couples as a child, friends of my parents, but Franklin Cover and Roxie Roker (Lenny Kravitz' Mom) were the first I'd seen on TV. Like the people I knew in real life, their children looked different from each other, like both of their parents, which I always found interesting. Genes are really cool things!Anyway, Mr. Cover always delivered on the Jeffersons, as well as other TV appearances I'd seen him in, over the years.

[Sean Walsh]

Posted elsewhere on the TV/Film board, but it belongs here too....

Phil Brown, aka Uncle Owen from Star Wars: A New Hope, has died.

http://www.starwars.com/community/news/family/news20060210.html

[Donald M.]

Jaws author Peter Benchley.

http://abclocal.go.com/wtvg/story?section=entertainment&id=3901859

[Deathstroke]

Jaws author Peter Benchley.

http://abclocal.go.com/wtvg/story?section=entertainment&id=3901859

Yep, I put this in my Book Notes Thread on the Books forum this morning.

[Deathstroke]

Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez has died at the age of 80.

Story Link (http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2006-02-15-gonzalez-gonzalez-obit_x.htm)

[Deathstroke]

Actor Richard Bright, who appeared in all three Godfather films and The Sopranos was struck and killed by a bus.

Story Link (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060219/ap_en_mo/obit_bright)

[Donald M.]

Darren McGavin (http://www.darrenmcgavin.net/)

Best known as Carl Kolchak of The Night Stalker fame and as Mr. Parker in A Christmas Story.

He's gone on to his major reward.

R.I.P. Mr. McGavin.

[Grant]

Darren McGavin (http://www.darrenmcgavin.net/)

Best known as Carl Kolchak of The Night Stalker fame and as Mr. Parker in A Christmas Story.

He's gone on to his major reward.

R.I.P. Mr. McGavin.

Shit... he died too. Man what a depressing day.

[mattbib]

Good-bye, Mr. Furley!

from Yahoo! News (http://tv.yahoo.com/news/ap/20060225/114091812000.html)

Don Knotts, the skinny, lovable nerd who kept generations of television audiences laughing as bumbling Deputy Barney Fife on "The Andy Griffith Show," has died. He was 81.

Knotts died Friday night of pulmonary and respiratory complications at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Beverly Hills, said Paul Ward, a spokesman for the cable network TV Land, which airs "The Andy Griffith Show," and another Knotts hit, "Three's Company."

Unspecified health problems had forced him to cancel an appearance in his native Morgantown in August 2005.

The West Virginia-born actor's half-century career included seven TV series and more than 25 films, but it was the Griffith show that brought him TV immortality and five Emmies.

The show ran from 1960-68, and was in the top 10 of the Nielsen ratings each season, including a No. 1 ranking its final year. It is one of only three series in TV history to bow out at the top: The others are "I Love Lucy" and "Seinfeld." The 249 episodes have appeared frequently in reruns and have spawned a large, active network of fan clubs.

As the bug-eyed deputy to Griffith, Knotts carried in his shirt pocket the one bullet he was allowed after shooting himself in the foot. The constant fumbling, a recurring sight gag, was typical of his self-deprecating humor.

Knotts, whose shy, soft-spoken manner was unlike his high-strung characters, once said he was most proud of the Fife character and doesn't mind being remembered that way.

His favorite episodes, he said, were "The Pickle Story," where Aunt Bea makes pickles no one can eat, and "Barney and the Choir," where no one can stop him from singing.

"I can't sing. It makes me sad that I can't sing or dance well enough to be in a musical, but I'm just not talented in that way," he lamented. "It's one of my weaknesses."

[Crimson Avenger]

Dennis Weaver has passed away at the age of 81.

http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2006-02-27-weaver-obit_x.htm?POE=LIFISVA

I recall his roles on Gentle Ben and McCloud more than anything else that he had done.

[Deathstroke]

Actor Paul Carr has died at the age of 72.

Story Link (http://www.starlog.com/news_article.php?id=1168)

[Deathstroke]

Academy award nominated actor Jack Wild (The Artful Dodger from Oliver!) has died at the age of 53 from cancer.

News link (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060302/ap_en_mo/obit_wild)

[Ontir]

As a Kid, I LOVED Sid & Marty Kroft's H.R. Puf'nstuf. He was a pretty young guy, and was still working. imdb shows him with a credit in Moussaka & Chips just last year! There's also a really cool music store near "Comics Etc." in Rochester, NY, that had a couple of copies of "The Jack Wild Album" in its used vynil bins. I was always tempted to buy one. Now, it's even more of a collector's item. This is really sad news!

[dougputhoff]

"Oliver!" one of the last great musicals (maybe the last great musical). It does justice to Dickens' original novel. I also loved Pufnstuf (though I did like Lidsville a bit better. I'll miss Jack Wild.

[Deathstroke]

Casting director Phyllis Huffman, who cast more than 15 of Clint Eastwood's films has died at the age of 62.
Story Link (http://www.backstage.com/bso/news_reviews/other_news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002116036)

Dana Reeve dies from lung cancer at 44.
Story Link (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060307/ap_on_en_mo/obit_reeve)

The director of the original Shaft film, Gordon Parks, has died at 93.
Story Link (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060308/ap_on_en_mo/obit_parks)

[Deathstroke]

Game show host Peter Tomarken (Press Your Luck) dies in a plane crash.
Story Link (http://www.zap2it.com/tv/news/zap-pressyourluckhostdies,0,44122.story?coll=zap-news-headlines)

Academy Award winning actress Maureen Stapleton dies at the age of 80.
Story Link (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060313/ap_en_ce/obit_stapleton)

[Deathstroke]

Former ABC News anchor Bill Beutel has died at the age of 75.
Story Link (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060319/ap_en_tv/obit_beutel)

[Deathstroke]

Film director Richard Fleischer (20,0000 Leagues Under The Sea, Soylent Green, many more) has died at the age of 89.

Story Link (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060326/ap_en_mo/obit_fleischer)

[Deathstroke]

Dan Curtis, the creator of Dark Shadows, has died at the age of 78.

Story Link (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060327/ap_en_tv/obit_curtis)

[Deathstroke]

Gretchen Rau, who won an Academy Award this year for set decoration for Memoirs Of A Geisha, passed away March 29th from a brain tumor.

[Deathstroke]

Indian actor Raj Kumar has died at the age of 77.

Story Link (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060412/ap_en_mo/obit_kumar)

[Deathstroke]

The 1940's and 50's child actor Gary Gray died from cancer on April 4th.

Story Link (http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20060417-110521-7920r)

[Deathstroke]

Scott Brazil, who directed numerous TV shows like Hill Street Blues and most recently worked as an executive producer on The Shield died on Monday April 17th at the age of 50 from complications related to ALS and Lyme Disease.

[Deathstroke]

Italian actress Alida Valli (The Third Man) has died at the age of 84.

Story Link (http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060422/film_nm/valli_dc)

[Deathstroke]

Louis Rekeyser has passed away.


Story Link (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060503/ap_en_tv/obit_rukeyser)

[Deathstroke]

The star of Tom Corbett: Space Cadet, Frankie Thomas, had died at the age of 85.
News Story (http://www.starlog.com/news_article.php?id=1268)

[Ontir]

I loved the Tom Corbett books when I was kid. I borrowed them from the same uncle who introduced me to the Legion, and the two have a similar theme. Very post-war, American manifest destiny in space, and teens in action. I still remember a little of the old-school sci-fi description of the characters from different worlds (though not well), something about the sashes on the cadets from Mars, which were very different than those from Earth and Jupiter, IIRC. I'm going to check Netflix, and see if the serials are available. If not there, than maybe the Museum of Television & Radio has them.

[Deathstroke]

60 Minutes producer George Crile has died at 61.
News Link (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060516/ap_en_tv/obit_crile)

[Deathstroke]

The last person to play Clarabell the Clown on the Howdy Doody Show, Lew Anderson has died at the age of 84 from complications related to prostate cancer.

Story Link (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060517/ap_en_tv/obit_clarabell)

Edited thanks to bert's correction!

[Deathstroke]

British director Val Guest has died at the age of 94.

Story Link (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060522/ap_en_mo/obit_guest)

[Deathstroke]

Set designer Henry Bumstead has died at the age of 91. He collaborated with Clint Eastwood on 13 films. He was nominated for 4 Academy Awards, winning for To Kill A Mockingbird and The Sting.

Story Link (http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060527/film_nm/leisure_bumstead_dc)

[LordEd1976]

In the Classic Comics forum of CBR there's thread reporting the death of Alex Toth. He worked on a bunch of cartoons for Hanna-Barbara.

[bert]

The last person to play Clarabell the Cow on the Howdy Doody Show,


Clarabell the Cow ??

gawd, I feel so old, that no one has corrected you on this.

Clarabelle was a CLOWN. . . he "spoke" with horns.

[Deathstroke]

Clarabell the Cow ??

gawd, I feel so old, that no one has corrected you on this.

Clarabelle was a CLOWN. . . he "spoke" with horns.

Yes, sorry, I plead stupidity in typing. I know Clarabell is a clown. Don't tell my mom, she'll be very disappointed in my brain cramp. She's worked so hard to give me my old time TV education.

[Crimson Avenger]

Paul Gleason, of The Breakfast Club and Die Hard, has died at the age of 67.

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/states/california/northern_california/14690208.htm

:(

[Ontir]

Barry Manilow's wardrobe is safe, once again. He was really good, and not so old, it's rather surprising, and sad. I think I'd just seen him in something in the last week or so, too.

[Sean Walsh]

In the Classic Comics forum of CBR there's thread reporting the death of Alex Toth. He worked on a bunch of cartoons for Hanna-Barbara.

That's a way to put it. ;) :p

In particular, and amongst his many contributions, he designed Wonder Woman for SUPER FRIENDS as well as some guy named SPACE GHOST.

[Ontir]

Toth did the model sheets for Space Ghost, the Galaxy Trio, the Herculoids, Birdman, the Super-Friends, and I believe the Blue Falcon.

He had a wonderful economy to his line. Like Al Hirschfeld's characticures, he could pick out the essential and pertinent information, and convey it in simple power. His Wonder Woman was simple, elegant, and looked far better than she generally did or does elsewhere. His Space Ghost design is one of the best designs ever!

[Deathstroke]

Japanese director Shohei Imamura has died at the age of 79.
Story Link (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060530/ap_en_mo/obit_imamura)

[Deathstroke]

Actor Robert Sterling has died at the age of 88.

Story Link (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060531/ap_en_tv/obit_sterling)

[Deathstroke]

Special effect legend Arthur Widmer died May 28th from cancer at the age of 92.

Story Link (http://story.news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060604/ap_on_en_mo/obit_widmer)

[Deathstroke]

Edward J. Yates, who directed American Bandstand for 17 years, has died at the age of 87.
Story Link (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060606/ap_en_tv/obit_yates)

[Deathstroke]

Robert Donner, best known as Exidor on Mork and Mindy and Yancy Tucker on The Waltons died June 8th at the age of 75.

Article Link (http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/06/13/obit.donner.ap/index.html)

[Albert]

Dan Curtis, the creator of Dark Shadows, has died at the age of 78.

Story Link (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060327/ap_en_tv/obit_curtis)

Damn, just now saw this. I was watching his interviews on the Nightstalker and Nightstrangler DVD just last week, both of which he directed.

[Deathstroke]

Ingo Preminger, who produced the film M*A*S*H* and was the brother of the late director Otto Preminger died June 7th at the age of 95.

[Deathstroke]

Director Vincent Sherman has died at the age of 99.

News Story (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060620/ap_en_ot/obit_sherman)

[LtMarvel]

Robert Donner, best known as Exidor on Mork and Mindy and Yancy Tucker on The Waltons died June 8th at the age of 75.

Article Link (http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/06/13/obit.donner.ap/index.html)
Wow, I was always impressed with a guy who could make Robin Williams look normal on that show....

[Deathstroke]

Actor Arthur Franz has died at the age of 86.

News Link (http://www.starlog.com/news_article.php?id=1314)

[Deathstroke]

Actor Richard Stahl has died at the age of 74.
News Link (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060622/ap_en_tv/obit_stahl)

[Ontir]

That's too bad. He was always funny and made a great foil to Ursula Deitz on It's a Living.

[Sean Walsh]

Moose, aka Eddie the dog on FRASIER, died on June 22.

Obit (http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,19365,00.html?rssceleb)




And yes, I'm aware I'm posting an obit about a dog.

[Ontir]

I, for one, thank you for it. I loved that little dog.

[Dennis K]

http://www.melawend.com/_borders/Frasier_cast.jpg


R.I.P. Moose, see you at the Rainbow Bridge

[Deathstroke]

Moose, aka Eddie the dog on FRASIER, died on June 22.

Obit (http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,19365,00.html?rssceleb)




And yes, I'm aware I'm posting an obit about a dog.

Eddie Rocks, posting his obit is definitely a good deed!

[Deathstroke]

Director Fabian Bielinsky has died. Article Link (http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060630/film_nm/bielinsky_dc)

Director Lloyd Richards has died. News Link (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060630/ap_en_ot/obit_richards)

[Deathstroke]

Comic and TV Host Jan Murray has died at the age of 89.


Story Link (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060703/ap_en_tv/obit_murray)

[Ontir]

I missed his name, because the report went by too quickly, but the voice of H.R. Puff'nStuff has died.

[Ontir]

Benjamin Hendrickson, who played "Hal Munson" on As the World Turns has died of an apparent suicide over the weekend.

http://insider.tv.yahoo.com/celeb/4351/

[Deathstroke]

ONTIR BEAT ME TO THE POST THAT WAS ORIGINALLY HERE about the soap opera actor.

[Ontir]

Stroke,

Beatcha by 3 days!!! That's NEVER happened before, and I've tried!

It's still a shocker. Suicide brings up so many questions, which in all likeliness, will never have answers.

[Deathstroke]

Stroke,

Beatcha by 3 days!!! That's NEVER happened before, and I've tried!

It's still a shocker. Suicide brings up so many questions, which in all likeliness, will never have answers.

Don't know how I missed your post. You rule the roost on that one Ontir.

[Deathstroke]

Jack Smith, the host of the TV show You Asked For It, has died at the age of 92.
Story Link (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,202779,00.html)

[Deathstroke]

Actress June Allyson has died at the age of 88.

Story Link (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060710/ap_en_mo/obit_june_allyson)

[Ontir]

Oh wow. I loved June Allyson. She always had a great smile, and as a kid, I loved watching her old films on TV.

[Athena Bast]

Barnard Hughes has passed.

In case no one remembers he was Grandpa in "The Lost Boys" and Uncle Buzz in "Blossom".

[Ontir]

He was a brilliant character actor, who was a staple of TV and films in the 70's, especially. I'm going to miss him.

[Deathstroke]

Damn that's a shame.

[C.O. Jones]

Kasey Rogers, who played Larry Tate's wife on 'Bewitched', has passed.


http://entertainment.msn.com/tv/article.aspx?news=227415&GT1=7703

[Ontir]

Man, it's like everyone's dropping! :confused:

I wanted to mention the passing of Red Buttons, which is on another thread, here too. Sad, sad day.

[Athena Bast]

Well.. Old Hollywood is getting.. well old.

I think the only ones we've got left really are Liz Taylor and Lauren Bacall.

[Sean Walsh]

Red Buttons has died.

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20060713/ap_en_ot/obit_buttons

:(

[Ontir]

Writer/Director Juan Pablo Rebella found dead.

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117946417?categoryId=25&cs=1

[Sean Walsh]

Writer Mickey Spillane died yesterday at the age of 88.

Obit (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060718/ap_en_tv/obit_spillane_15)

And something posted to Usenet that I had to share regarding this...


He was a reactionary, a sadist, a misogynist, a scumbag,
and there's not a whole hell of a lot good you can say
about him.

Except one thing, of course: He was a hell of a writer.

Mickey Spillane died today, at 88 years of age. He'll
be missed.


And strangely enough: I've never seen a picture of him ever, yet he looked EXACTLY the way I thought he did in that Yahoo pic above. :eek:

[Sean Walsh]

Pro wrestler Bob Orton Sr. - father of Cowboy Bob Orton and grandfather of Randy Orton - died Sunday at 77.

Obit (http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2006/07/17/1689075.html)

[Deathstroke]

I can't remember if I posted this news before, but when I read it today in Starlog, I was suprised.

David Peckinpah, who served as a writer and executive producer for Sliders as well as scripting for Farscape and Beauty and the Beast died in April.

[Athena Bast]

I'm not sure if this is entertainment or not but the Chairman and Founder of Hooters died a couple days ago

[Deathstroke]

I'm not sure if this is entertainment or not but the Chairman and Founder of Hooters died a couple days ago

Saw that too but I didn't put it in here.

[Deathstroke]

French director Gerard Oury has died at the age of 87.

Story Link (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060720/ap_en_mo/france_obit_oury)

[Deathstroke]

Brazilian actor Raul Cortez died July 18th at the age of 73 from stomach cancer.

[Athena Bast]

Saw that too but I didn't put it in here.

I figured... it was Hooters.. and it provides some kind of entertainment :D

[Sean Walsh]

Jack Warden - best known from Shampoo, Heaven Can Wait, Used Cars and 12 Angry Men - has died.

Obit (http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060721/people_nm/warden_dc_5)

[Sean Walsh]

Mako - one of, if not the, most important and significant Asian American actors in Hollywood and who starred in movies like "Conan the Barbarian", 7 Years in Tibet", "Pearl Harbor", "Highlander III", "The Sand Pebbles" and the voice of Aku in "Samurai Jack" - has died at the age of 72.

Obit (http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-mako23jul23,1,1322541.story?coll=la-headlines-pe-california)

[Deathstroke]

Mako - one of, if not the, most important and significant Asian American actors in Hollywood and who starred in movies like "Conan the Barbarian", 7 Years in Tibet", "Pearl Harbor", "Highlander III", "The Sand Pebbles" and the voice of Aku in "Samurai Jack" - has died at the age of 72.

Obit (http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-mako23jul23,1,1322541.story?coll=la-headlines-pe-california)


Damn, that is sad, he always had such a presence when I saw him in things.

[Nate Grey]

Mako - one of, if not the, most important and significant Asian American actors in Hollywood and who starred in movies like "Conan the Barbarian", 7 Years in Tibet", "Pearl Harbor", "Highlander III", "The Sand Pebbles" and the voice of Aku in "Samurai Jack" - has died at the age of 72.

Obit (http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-mako23jul23,1,1322541.story?coll=la-headlines-pe-california)

Dang that sucks. I loved him in everything he was in. He was great in the short lived "Black Shash" on WB. RIP Mako.

[Ontir]

One of the great screen villains!

He'll be missed.

[CDB]

Mako - one of, if not the, most important and significant Asian American actors in Hollywood and who starred in movies like "Conan the Barbarian", 7 Years in Tibet", "Pearl Harbor", "Highlander III", "The Sand Pebbles" and the voice of Aku in "Samurai Jack" - has died at the age of 72.

Obit (http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-mako23jul23,1,1322541.story?coll=la-headlines-pe-california)

Damn, he will be missed.:( He was a great actor and more. R.I.P. Mako!!!

[ponset]

Jack Warden - best known from Shampoo, Heaven Can Wait, Used Cars and 12 Angry Men - has died.

Obit (http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060721/people_nm/warden_dc_5)

Love Jack Warden. Excellent Character actor.
He was good in "While You Were Sleeping" and "Run Silent, Run Deep".
And I enjoyed his TV series in the early 80s, "CRAZY LIKE A FOX".

[Deathstroke]

Carl M. Brashear, the man who's life served as the basis of the Robert DeNiro-Cuba Gooding Jr. film Men Of Honor, died July 25th at the age of 75 from heart and respiratory failure.

Story Link (http://www,dcmilitary.com/navy/trident/11_22/national_news/42800-1.html)

[Deathstroke]

Swiss director Daniel Schmid has died at the age of 64.
Story Link (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060807/ap_en_mo/obit_schmid)

[Sean Walsh]

Former TV talk show host Mike Douglas died today (on his 81st birthday, no less).

Obit (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060811/ap_en_tv/obit_douglas)

[Ontir]

That's sad. I loved his show, and watched it for years and years. I remember when he had John & Yoko on, as well as some of the most amazing people. He was an entertainer of a certain era, and he didn't try to be what he wasn't, but he kept going, making Beatles songs and other modern material fit him, as well as having the hottest and most important people, some of whom were seldom seen on TV, on his show every day of the week.

[Deathstroke]

I can remember watching his show as a kid. Sad news, and on his birthday no less.

[Athena Bast]

That's.... kinda creepy.. yup.

[C.O. Jones]

James Van Allen passed on the 9th from heart failure at 91. He was one of America's greatest space physicists. The Van Allen radiation belts surrounding the earth were named for him.



Maybe this shoulda gone somewhere else other than the celebrity obits...?

[Crimson Avenger]

Character actor Bruno Kirby, of "The Godfather, Part II," "When Harry Met Sally" and "City Slickers," has died at the age of 57. I hadn't even heard that he was ill from leukemia. :(

Story link. (http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/breaking_news/15281558.htm)