Nora O'Brien was NBC Universal's Vice President of Drama Programming, after stints at the Sci Fi Channel, and work on programs such as Stargate and The Lost Room...
Comic actor Dom DeLuise (1933-2009) was closely associated with Mel Brooks and Burt Reynolds, but had a very large career on his own (and, occasionally, with his sons and wife)...
English New Age/paranormal writer John Michell (1933-2009) was instrumental in growing the popularity of Glastonbury and Stonehenge, and wrote on nearly all the subjects...
Cuban-born Ric Estrada (1928-2009) was best known for his war comics, worked on some of DC's biggest superheros, and in later life, turned his efforts to the Mormon church...
Paranormal researcher and author Hans Holzer (1920-2009) was most closely associated with the investigation that became the book and film phenomenon The Amityville Horror...
Film director and sometime writer Ken Annakin (1914-2009) was one of the directors of The Longest Day and made several genre films, although he was not the namesake of Darth Vader...
British cinematographer Jack Cardiff (1914-2009) won an Academy Award, two Golden Globes, and was made an OBE in 2000. His credits stretch back to the 1920s, and include...
British novelist and editor Michael Cox (1948-2009) will be remembered for his Victorian mystery The Meaning of Night, but was also an editor of several anthologies, and before that, a musician...
British author J.G. Ballard (1930-2009) turned his childhood experience in a Japanese prison camp into the novel Empire of the Sun, and was an influential member of the New Wave literary movement...
Dave Arneson (1947-2009) co-created Dungeons & Dragons with Gary Gygax. His early ideas formed the basis for the entire role playing game phenomenon...
Actor and musician Andy Hallett (1975-2009) was the singing demon Lorne on Angel, and was working on a music career when he succumbed to heart disease...
French composer Maurice Jarre (1924-2009) won three Academy Awards, a Grammy, four Golden Globes, and more. He composed scores for more than 160 films, with other music credits on nearly 100 more...
Actress Natasha Richardson (1963-2009) was apparently suffered a severe brain injury while skiing. The Tony Award-winner is the daughter of Vanessa Redgrave and the wife of Liam Neeson...
Actor Ron Silver (1946-2009) won a Tony Award for his role in Speed the Plow, was nominated for an Emmy for his work on The West Wing, and appeared in...
Irish actress Anna Manahan (1924-2009) won a Tony Award late in life, 29 years after her first nomination. She was best known on Irish television, but appeared in...
Singer and actor Jimmy Boyd (1939-2009) was best known for something he did at the age of 12: singing "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus". He went on to an acting career...
Author Ken Rand (1946-2009) was a reporter and news editor before turning to full-time fiction writing in 1992. His novels include...
