Obituaries
Actor Sydney Chaplin Dies
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March 9, 2009
Actor Sydney Chaplin (1926-2009) won a Tony Award for his role in Bells are Ringing , and was Charlie Chaplin's third child. His genre appearances include...
Actor Robert Quarry Dies
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March 5, 2009
Actor Robert Quarry (1925-2009) was best known for his vampire roles as Count Yorga, and appeared in dozens of films and televisions shows...
Actress Wendy Richard Dies
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February 27, 2009
British actress Wendy Richard (1943-2009) was famous for her soap opera roles, but also appeared in a few genre productions...
Actor Clarence Swensen Dies
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February 27, 2009
Actor Clarence Swensen (1917-2009) was a Munchkin in The Wizard of Oz , but most of his life was not in the entertainment business...
Author Philip José Farmer Dies
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February 25, 2009
Rocket scientist Konrad Dannenberg dies
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February 24, 2009
German-born US rocket scientist Konrad Dannenberg (1912-2009) worked on the V-2 during World War II, and then played a role in the development of the US spaceflight program...
British author Edward Upward dies
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February 24, 2009
British author Edward Upward (1903-2009) helped shape English literature in the 1930s, and created the surreal world of Mortmere...
Publisher Alfred A. Knopf, Jr., Dies
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February 17, 2009
Publisher Alfred A. Knopf, Jr., left his eponymous family business over a disagreement with his parents, and helped found Atheneum Publishers...
Actor Philip Carey Dies
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February 9, 2009
Actor Philip Carey (1925-2009) was best known as the Texan tycoon/family patriarch Asa Buchanan, but he also appeared in...
Actor James Whitmore Dies
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February 7, 2009
Actor James Whitmore (1921-2009) won a Tony and a Golden Globe, appeared as two US Presidents, and had several genre roles, including...
Pauline Eggleton Dies
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February 4, 2009
Artist Bob Eggleton's mother Pauline Eggleton (1928-2009) was an avid supporter of her son's work. She died suddenly...
Artist Barnet "Barney" Edelman Dies
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February 4, 2009
Barnet "Barney" Edelman (1932-2009) was the art director for McGraw-Hill and the father of editor/writer Scott Edelman...
Obituaries in Brief
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February 3, 2009
Actor John Scott Martin (1926-2009), Composer Angela Morley (1924-2009), and Illustrator Blair Lent (1930-2009) all had connections to the worlds of sf/f/h...
Cult filmmaker Ray Dennis Steckler dies
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February 2, 2009
Filmmaker Ray Dennis Steckler (1938-2009) was a low-budget filmmaker whose cult classics started with The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies!!? and kept going...
Italian sf author Lino Aldani dies
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February 2, 2009
Italian sf author Lina Aldani (1926-2009) wrote five novels and co-founded the Italian sf magazine Futuro ...
Author John Updike Dies
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January 28, 2009
Author John Updike (1932-2009) was a giant of American literature, the winner of multiple awards, who also wrote several novels skirting the edges of science fiction and fantasy...
Actress/singer Susanna Foster dies
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January 26, 2009
Singer/actress Susanna Foster (1924-2009) had a brief career, but a major role in the 1943 Phantom of the Opera ...
Actress Kathleen Byron Dies
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January 26, 2009
English actress Kathleen Byron (1921-2009) didn't have major film success, but had a long career, including...
Film producer Charles H. Schneer dies
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January 23, 2009
Producer Charles H. Schneer (1920-2009) is most closely associated with Ray Harryhausen, but he also worked with future President Ronald Reagan...
Actor Bob May Dies
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January 20, 2009
Actor Bob May (1939-2009) played the robot in Lost in Space ...
Author Hortense Calisher Dies
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January 15, 2009
Author Hortense Calisher (1911-2009) produced more than two dozen novels, telling stories she wanted to tell, regardless of genre or style...
Actor Ricardo Montalban Dies
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January 14, 2009
Actor Ricardo Montalban (1920-2009) will always be remembered as Khan Noonien Singh and Mr. Roarke...
Actor Don Galloway Dies
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January 14, 2009
Actor Don Galloway (1937-2009) was best known for his role on Ironside , but also appeared in...
Author Philip José Farmer (1918-2009) was a SFWA Grand Master, World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement Award winner, and the author of the Riverworld Series...
Scottish author Richard Gordon (1947-2009) wrote as Alex R. Stuart and Stuart Gordon nearly two dozen novels and books...
