Actor Michael Higgins (1920 or '21-2008) won two Obies, and was best known for his stage work. He also appeared in several genre films and tv series, including...
Scientist and explorer Jacques Piccard (1922-2008) was one of the two men to reach the bottom of the sea, and was the namesake of Star Trek's Capt. Picard...
We are receiving reports of the death of Forrest J Ackerman, world-famous collector and editor. Edited: those reports were in error. Forry is still with us.
British-born film producer John Daly (1937-2008) produced 13 Oscar winners, and several genre classics, including The Terminator and The Return of the Living Dead...
British author Barrington J. Bayley (1937-2008) wrote more than 15 novels and dozens of shorter works, though he never garnered the public attention...
Chinese-born US actor Kim Chan (aged 93 or 94) was on the large and small screen from 1957, but found fame in the 1980s and in Kung Fu: The Legend Continues...