British actress Mollie Sugden (1922-2009) was best known for her long-running role on Are You Being Served?, but also starred in a short-lived sf series...
Singer/actor Harve Presnell (1933-2009) was a major voice in The Unsinkable Molly Brown, Daddy Warbucks in Annie, and made many genre appearances after his career was revived with Fargo...
Screen and voice actor Dallas 'Dal' McKennon (1919-2009) is a warning voice at Disney's Magic Kingdom, Benjamin Franklin in Epcot Center, Woody Woodpecker's nemesis, and many more...
Scholar/author Arthur O. Lewis, Jr. (1920-2009) helped found the Society for Utopian Studies, and was its chairman twice. He was also a professor and dean emeritus at Penn State...
Actor Karl Malden (1912-2009) won an Oscar, an Emmy, and the Screen Actors Guild's Life Achievement Award. He was a Broadway, movie, and television actor, and also made a few genre appearances, including...
The Los Angeles Times is reporting that Michael Jackson was rushed to the hospital in cardiac distress. TMZ claims Jackson has died at the age of 50. Updated at 3:15 PDT: Jackson has died....
Actress Farrah Fawcett (1947-2009) was sometimes known as Farrah Fawcett-Majors, and became an icon in the 1970s due to Charlie's Angels and a pin-up poster. She appeared in several genre productions, including...
H.B. Gilmour (1939-2009) was a publishing professional for more than three decades, and also a bestselling author of adult books, children's books, and movie novelizations, including...
Author and poet Paul O. Williams (1935-2009) won the John W. Campbell Award for best new sf writer in 1983, and wrote nine sf novels. He was also well known for his haiku, senryu, and tanka...
The widow of author Philip José Farmer, who died earlier this year, Bette Farmer (1923-2009) wrote several articles about her husband, and frequently appeared with him at conventions...
Actor David Carradine (1936-2009) was found hanged in a hotel room in Thailand. His long and distinguished career was highlighted by his starring roles in Kung Fu and Kill Bill...
Theater designer and director John Blankenschip (1919-2009) was a long-time professor at USC, and worked with Ray Bradbury for more than a third of a century...
Author and poet Paul O. Williams (1935-2009) won the John W. Campbell Award for best new sf writer in 1983, and wrote nine sf novels. He was also well known for his haiku, senryu, and tanka...
Fantasy author David Eddings (1931-2009) was best known for his Belgariad series and its sequel series The Malloreon...
