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Andy E. Nystrom · 11/27/2022 7:55 am

RIP director Albert Pyun, probably best known for the 1990 Captain America movie
https://variety.com/2022/film/obituaries-people-news/albert-pyun-dead-nemesis-cyborg-captain-america-1235173286/

skippcomet · 11/30/2022 8:58 am

RIP actor and UNLV film and theater professor Clarence Gilyard, Jr., 66. Best known for his roles in Die Hard and the TV shows Matlock and the Chuck Norris-starring Walker, Texas Ranger.

https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/clarence-gilyard-jr-walker-texas-ranger-dead-1234638127/

Andy E. Nystrom · 12/01/2022 3:55 pm

RIP underground comix creator Aline Kominsky-Crumb (Twisted Sisters, Wimmen's Comix, Weirdo)
https://www.vulture.com/2022/12/aline-kominsky-crumb-death-artist.html

Andy E. Nystrom · 12/04/2022 3:57 pm

This one's going to hurt: RIP Bob McGrath (Bob Johnson on Sesame Street)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/bob-mcgrath-dead-sesame-street-original-star-dies-1235274833/

Andy E. Nystrom · 12/05/2022 6:08 pm

RIP Match Game contestant turned actress Kirstie Alley (Cheers, Look Who's Talking)
https://people.com/tv/kirstie-alley-dead/

skippcomet · 12/11/2022 1:26 pm

RIP boxing referee and "Celebrity Deathmatch" voice actor Mills Lane
https://news.yahoo.com/mills-lane-boxing-legend-savannah-114912699.html

RIP underground comic book pioneer Aline Kominsky-Crumb
https://www.npr.org/2022/12/01/1140208806/aline-kominsky-crumb-underground-cartoonist-dies-at-74

Andy E. Nystrom · 12/11/2022 1:28 pm

Lane is new but Kominsky was previously noted in post 183.

Loki · 12/12/2022 4:09 am

I guess a lot of people won't know him, but if you like British SF shows you'll probably know some of his work. Writer Chris Boucher passed away on the 11th, aged 79. He's best known for writing some notable Doctor Who stories (Face of Evil, Robots of Death, Image of the Fendahl), which included creating the companion Leela for the show; he was the script editor for SF series Blake's 7, and wrote just shy of a fifth of all the episodes, including the series' bleak finale, and he created and wrote the entirety of the series Star Cops, a show that deserved a much longer run than the BBC gave it.

Andy E. Nystrom · 12/30/2022 8:08 pm

RIP Barbara Walters, known for her in-depth interview specials. For anyone wanting even more of a pop culture connection (though she did often interview celebrities), she was the inspiration for the SNL character Baba Wawa.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/30/entertainment/barbara-walters-death/index.html

Andy E. Nystrom · 1/03/2023 8:20 am

RIP comic book writer and historian Lou Mougin
https://www.newsfromme.com/2023/01/01/lou-mougin-r-i-p/

skippcomet · 1/06/2023 6:27 pm

RIP actor Earl Boen, best known for playing Dr. Silberman in the "Terminator" movies
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/earl-boen-actor-terminator-movies-194925266.html

Andy E. Nystrom · 1/08/2023 3:54 pm

RIP Adam Rich (Nicholas Bradford on Eight is Enough, Presto the Magician on Dungeons & Dragons)https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/08/entertainment/adam-rich-dead/index.html

Andy E. Nystrom · 1/11/2023 8:28 am

RIP model/actress (Rising Sun) Tatjana Patitz
https://www.vogue.com/article/obituary-tatjana-patitz

Andy E. Nystrom · 1/12/2023 6:57 pm

RIP Lisa Marie Presley
https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/lisa-marie-presley-hospitalized-1.6712369

Andy E. Nystrom · 1/29/2023 1:48 pm

RIP Annie Wersching at age 45 (cancer). Renee Walker on 24, Leslie Dean on Runaways, Borg Queen on Picard.
https://deadline.com/2023/01/annie-wersching-dies-actress-in-24-bosch-and-timeless-was-45-obituary-1235243778/

Loki · 1/30/2023 4:34 am

RIP Lisa Loring, Wednesday Addams from the 1960s TV series, of a stroke at age 64.

Andy E. Nystrom · 1/30/2023 6:27 pm

RIP Cindy Williams (Shirley Feeney on Laverne & Shirley)
https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/30/entertainment/cindy-williams-dead/index.html

skippcomet · 2/04/2023 10:47 am

RIP Melinda Dillon, best known for her motherly roles in the films Close Encounters of the Third Kind and A Christmas Story.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/news/beloved-star-of-a-christmas-story-has-died-at-age-83/ar-AA176wWn?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=2ca8f888b94d466f8b54230a72bad6eb

Andy E. Nystrom · 2/15/2023 1:42 pm

RIP pin-up model/actress Raquel Welch
https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Culture/actress-model-raquel-welch-dies-82/story?id=97229093

skippcomet · 2/19/2023 1:18 pm

RIP RIchard Belzer, comedian and actor best known for playing Det. John Munch on Homicide: Life on the the Street and Law & Order: SVU, amongst other shows:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/comedian-law-and-order-icon-richard-belzer-dead-at-78/ar-AA17GkBt

Andy E. Nystrom · 2/20/2023 5:35 pm

RIP Barbara Bosson (Hill Street Blues, Murder One)
https://deadline.com/2023/02/barbara-bosson-dies-star-of-hill-street-blues-was-83-1235265829/

Andy E. Nystrom · 2/26/2023 12:06 pm

RIP actor/Canadian icon Gordon Pinsent. I knew him best as Duff McArdle in the underrated series Power Play.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/gorden-pinsent-actor-icon-1.6760868

Andy E. Nystrom · 3/03/2023 7:57 pm

RIP Tom Sizemore (Natural Born Killers, Saving Private Ryan, Heat, etc).
https://people.com/movies/tom-sizemore-dead-at-61-following-brain-aneurysm/

skippcomet · 3/06/2023 3:39 am

RIP Gary Rossington, guitarist and last surviving original member of Lynyrd Skynyrd.https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/lynyrd-skynyrd-s-gary-rossington-dies/ar-AA18gL9V?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=54256f6c12cf4a8dc05cefbff2208043&ei=18

Andy E. Nystrom · 3/09/2023 8:45 am

RIP Chaim Topol (Milos Columbo in For Your Eyes Only, Hans Zarkov in Flash Gordon 1980)
https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/09/entertainment/chaim-topol-dies-intl-scli/index.html

Andy E. Nystrom · 3/09/2023 4:49 pm

RIP B-movie director (Mad Bomber, Food of the Gods etc) Bert I. Gordon
https://variety.com/2023/film/obituaries-people-news/bert-i-gordon-dead-village-of-the-giants-1235547694/

Robert Blake (Baretta, Lost Highway) has also passed.
https://deadline.com/2023/03/robert-blake-dead-actor-in-baretta-in-cold-blood-was-89-beat-real-life-murder-rap-1235284339/

skippcomet · 3/18/2023 2:57 am

RIP actor Lance Reddick (The Wire, Oz, Fringe, the "John Wick" films, and more), age 60
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/lance-reddick-dead-wire-john-wick-1235355469/?_thumbnail_id=1235355472

RIP historical fiction author John Jakes, whose North & South trilogy was turned into 3 mini-series on American TV in the 80's & 90's, age 90
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/john-jakes-dead-north-and-south-1235352549/

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zuckyd1 · 3/19/2023 5:07 am

skippcomet wrote:
RIP historical fiction author John Jakes, whose North & South trilogy was turned into 3 mini-series on American TV in the 80's & 90's, age 90
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/john-jakes-dead-north-and-south-1235352549/

John Jakes also wrote a few comics for Marvel.

Andy E. Nystrom · 3/19/2023 5:26 am

One of the last remaining Plan 9 from Outer Space actors has passed. RIP Gloria Dea, age 100.
https://www.reviewjournal.com/entertainment/entertainment-columns/kats/gloria-dea-the-strips-first-magician-dies-at-100-2746632/

Andy E. Nystrom · 3/23/2023 5:52 pm

RIP Silver Age DC inker Joe Giella
https://www.cbr.com/joe-giella-batman-flash-green-lantern-obituary/