Obituaries
Comics expert Jerry Weist dies
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January 7, 2011
Comics expert Jerry Weist died of cancer. He opened one of the first comics shops in the US, and published The Comic Art Price Guide , Bradbury: An Illustrated Life ...
Fan Ruth Kyle Dies
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January 7, 2011
Ruth Kyle (1930-2011) was David A. Kyle's wife and the secretary of the 1956 WorldCon...
Actress Anne Francis Dies
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January 4, 2011
Actress Anne Francis (1930-2011) was tv's Honey West and the daughter in Forbidden Planet ...
Actress Neva Patterson Dies
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December 20, 2010
Actress Neva Patterson (1922-2010) appeared in the original V after co-starring with Cary Grant in An Affair to Remember ...
Comic artist Adrienne Roy dies
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December 20, 2010
Comic artist Adrienne Roy worked on Batman , Superman , New Teen Titans , and many others...
Actor Leslie Nielsen Dies
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November 29, 2010
Canadian-born actor Leslie Nielsen (1926-2010) is a classic name in sf for Forbidden Planet , but remade his career with comedy starting in 1980's Airplane! ...
Director Irvin Kershner Dies
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November 29, 2010
Director Irvin Kershner (1923-2010) won a lifetime achievement award from the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, and directed The Empire Strikes Back and Robocop 2 ...
Author Glenn Lewis Gillette Dies
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November 11, 2010
Glenn Lewis Gillette (1946-2010) was a graduate of the Air Force Academy, short story writer, and long-time volunteer for SFWA...
Film producer Dino De Laurentiis dies
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November 11, 2010
Film producer Dino De Laurentiis (1919-2010) brought Jane Fonda into the future, King Kong into New York, and Arnold Schwarzenegger into Cimmeria...
Publisher Bob Guccione Dies
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October 21, 2010
Publisher Bob Guccione (1930-2010) who launched an empire based on Penthouse magazine, was also responsible for Omni ...
Actor Tom Bosley Dies
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October 19, 2010
Actor Tom Bosley (1927-2010) was the family patriarch on Happy Days , and then the crime-solving priest on The Father Dowling Mysteries , but he also appeared in...
British filmmaker Roy Ward Baker dies
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October 17, 2010
British filmmaker Roy Ward Baker (1916-2010) directed Titanic biopic A Night to Remember (1958), and then moved into horror films...
Actor Simon MacCorkindale Dies
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October 17, 2010
British actor Simon MacCorkindale (1952-2010) was Manimal , but had many other, longer-running and better-known roles...
Actress Barbara Billingsley Dies
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October 17, 2010
Actress Barbara Billingsley (1915-2010) was best known as the perfect mother, June Cleaver, on Leave it to Beaver ...
TV writer and producer Stephen J. Cannell dies
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October 7, 2010
Television writer/producer/creator Stephen J. Cannell (1941-2010) won several lifetime achievement awards, one Emmy, and one WGA award, and created series such as The Rockford Files , The A-Team , and The Greatest American Hero ...
Actor Tony Curtis Dies
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September 30, 2010
Actor Tony Curtis (1925-2010) was nominated for one Academy Award, but had a huge, long career in many different genres...
Film editor Sally Menke dies
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September 29, 2010
Film editor Sally Menke (1953-2010) was nominated for two Oscars, and edited all of Quentin Tarantino's feature films...
Agent Ralph Vicinanza Dies
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September 28, 2010
Literary agent Ralph Vicinanza died at the age of 60. He represented some of the biggest names in science fiction...
Author Jennifer Rardin Dies
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September 23, 2010
Author Jennifer Rardin (1965-2010) was the author of Jaz Parks urban fantasy series...
French filmmaker Claude Chabrol dies
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September 15, 2010
French filmmaker Claude Chabrol (1930-2010) was the founder of the French "nouvelle vague", or New Wave movement...
