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7/30/2022 9:48 pm  #151


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Another loss for fans of comics, sci-fi, fantasy, horror, etc.:  David Warner, known for his appearances in such projects as The Omen, Doctor Who, Titanic, Babylon 5, Star Trek (film and tv), and as the voice of Ra's Al Ghul on Batman: The Animated Series, died July 24 at 80.  

https://nypost.com/2022/07/25/david-warner-titanic-and-omen-actor-dead-at-80/

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7/31/2022 7:09 pm  #152


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RIP Nichelle Nichols, actress best known for playing Lt. Uhura on the original Star Trek (TOS) in the 1960s, the early 1970's' Filmation cartoon based on the show (TAS), and in six movies from 1979-1992.  Her presence on the show in the 60s as an African-American actress in a regular role on an American TV show was trailblazing at the (very turbulent) time, and she was part of the first interracial kiss on American TV.

 

8/01/2022 8:08 pm  #153


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I've been away so I'll list some more and add links later when less tired:

RIP:
Taurean Blacque (Detective Neal Washington on Hill Street Blues)
Ron Zimmerman (wrote a controversial Rawhide Kid mini-series)
Pat Carroll (Hawkman's mother on Legends of the Superheroes; Hippolyta on late 1980s Superman cartoon series)

 


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8/07/2022 6:45 am  #154


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RIP Clu Gallagher (Burt in Return of the Living Dead, the Bartender in the Feast movies)
https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/clu-gulager-dead-the-virginian-return-living-dead-1235335294/


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8/12/2022 6:25 pm  #155


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RIP Anne Heche. Apparently her body is technically still alive but due to the severity of her brain injury resulting from a car accident she has been declared dead in the legal sense.
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-62506673


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8/19/2022 8:28 pm  #156


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9/01/2022 5:39 am  #157


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RIP Charlbi Dean, Syonide on Black Lightning
https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/charlbi-dean-dead-1.6567787


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9/07/2022 4:02 am  #158


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I haven't found an English language article, but RIP director Just Jaekin (Emmanuelle, The Story of O, Lady Chatterly's Lover, The Perils of Gwendoline in the Land of the Yik-Yak)
https://www.tf1info.fr/culture/cinema-mort-a-82-de-just-jaeckin-le-realisateur-du-sulfureux-emmanuelle-avec-sylvia-kristel-2231531.html

I've debated whether or not to count him because he was more of a political figure than a pop culture figure, but RIP Mikhail Gorbachev. He did play himself in a Pizza Hut commercial and was certainly referenced in pop culture, perhaps unfairly in the Destroyer novel series.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/09/12/mikhail-gorbachevs-enduring-example

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9/08/2022 8:35 pm  #159


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Another borderline case that I'm counting: Elizabeth II. While not directly involved in works of fiction, she was depicted in several movies, novels, comics, etc, so indrectly left a pretty big mark in popular culture.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-61585886


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9/23/2022 11:16 pm  #161


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RIP Oscar-winning actress Louise Fletcher, probably best known for her roles in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/news/louise-fletcher-oscar-winner-as-nurse-ratched-in-one-flew-over-the-cuckoo-s-nest-dies-at-88/ar-AA12bxHF?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=4e0310c1e8f240b99c177a12ac29b3ff

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9/27/2022 6:11 am  #162


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RIP Kitten Natividad; while mainly known for adult films, she did appear in a number of more mainstream movies (the Airplane movies, Another 48 Hrs, My Tutor)
https://extratv.com/2022/09/25/russ-meyer-vixen-kitten-natividad-dies/


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10/08/2022 5:57 pm  #163


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RIP comedian Judy Tenuta, who played Lorena Bobbitt in the Weird Al music video Headline News. https://www.ctvnews.ca/entertainment/judy-tenuta-brash-goddess-of-love-comedian-dies-at-72-1.6099823



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10/11/2022 6:37 pm  #164


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RIP Dame Angela Lansbury. I know most people will remember her from Murder She Wrote, but she was also a great villain in The Manchurian Candidate.
https://www.ctvnews.ca/entertainment/murder-she-wrote-actress-angela-lansbury-dies-at-96-1.6104606


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10/14/2022 5:43 am  #165


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RIP actor/musician Mike Schank, best known as a subject of the documentary American Movie, where he always seemed quite happy, if a bit wasted, despite all the chaos
https://variety.com/2022/film/news/mike-schank-dead-american-movie-1235403336/


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10/14/2022 9:48 am  #166


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RIP Robbie Coltrane, mainly know for comedy roles but also Valentin Zukovsky in GoldenEye and The World Is Not Enough.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/robbie-coltrane-dead-hagrid-harry-potter-movie-cracker-actor-1235241552


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10/16/2022 5:35 pm  #167


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10/25/2022 3:13 pm  #168


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RIP Michael Kopsa who was in both live action and animated Marvel works (animated: Beast on X-Men: Evolution, Laven Skee in Planet Hulk, Controller on OIron Man: Armored Adventures; live action: Ned Cecil in Fantastic Four 2005)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/michael-kopsa-dead-the-x-files-highlander-1235248356/

RIP animation director Jules Bass (Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer)
https://variety.com/2022/film/news/jules-bass-dead-rudolph-the-red-nosed-reindeer-1235414059/
 


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10/28/2022 11:32 am  #169


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Andy E. Nystrom wrote:

RIP Michael Kopsa who was in both live action and animated Marvel works (animated: Beast on X-Men: Evolution, Laven Skee in Planet Hulk, Controller on OIron Man: Armored Adventures; live action: Ned Cecil in Fantastic Four 2005)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/michael-kopsa-dead-the-x-files-highlander-1235248356/RIP animation director Jules Bass (Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer)
https://variety.com/2022/film/news/jules-bass-dead-rudolph-the-red-nosed-reindeer-1235414059/
 

The Kopsa link took me to a 12-year-old obituary for Tony Curtis.

 

10/28/2022 11:36 am  #170


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RIP to one of the last of a kind.  Jerry Lee Lewis, pianist and rock'n'roll pioneer known as "The Killer," has died at age 87.  https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/other/jerry-lee-lewis-rock-n-roll-pioneer-and-perpetual-ball-of-fire-dies-at-87/ar-AA13uhBS

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10/28/2022 4:47 pm  #171


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skippcomet wrote:

Andy E. Nystrom wrote:

RIP Michael Kopsa who was in both live action and animated Marvel works (animated: Beast on X-Men: Evolution, Laven Skee in Planet Hulk, Controller on OIron Man: Armored Adventures; live action: Ned Cecil in Fantastic Four 2005)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/michael-kopsa-dead-the-x-files-highlander-1235248356/RIP animation director Jules Bass (Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer)
https://variety.com/2022/film/news/jules-bass-dead-rudolph-the-red-nosed-reindeer-1235414059/
 

The Kopsa link took me to a 12-year-old obituary for Tony Curtis.

The RIP part for Bass accidentally got attached to the link for Kopsa. I fixed the link so it should work now.
 


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11/07/2022 6:33 am  #172


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11/09/2022 8:52 am  #173


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RIP comic book artist Carlos Pacheco. His art on Avengers Forever was great.
https://www.supermanhomepage.com/rip-comic-book-artist-carlos-pacheco/


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11/09/2022 11:45 am  #174


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Andy E. Nystrom wrote:

RIP comic book artist Carlos Pacheco. His art on Avengers Forever was great.
https://www.supermanhomepage.com/rip-comic-book-artist-carlos-pacheco/

Not dead quite yet, but sadly it seems it won't be long.

 

11/09/2022 3:53 pm  #175


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I just checked and sadly he has passed for real now.


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11/11/2022 10:14 am  #176


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Kevin Conroy, voice of Batman in Batman The Animated Series, RIP:
Kevin Conroy Dead: Batman Voice Dies at 66 From Cancer - Variety

 

11/20/2022 1:08 pm  #177


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RIP Jason David Frank, best known as Tommy of the Power Rangers.
https://www.tmz.com/2022/11/20/power-rangers-jason-david-frank-dead-dies-tommy-oliver-green-white/

 

11/21/2022 12:53 am  #178


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RIP Nicki Aycox, best known as the original Meg Masters on Supernatural. Taken by Leukemia at the far too young age of 47. 
https://people.com/tv/nicki-aycox-supernatural-actress-dead/

 

11/23/2022 4:05 pm  #179


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11/26/2022 1:55 pm  #180


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RIP singer (Flashdance theme) and actress (Electric Company) Irene Cara
https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/26/entertainment/irene-cara-obit/index.html


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