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    10/12/2023 7:07 am  #241

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    A nasty one-two punch:

    RIP Phyllis Coates, TV's first Lois Lanehttps://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/phyllis-coates-dead-lois-lane-superman-1235616582/

    RIP Keith Giffen (co-creator of Ambush Bug, Lobo, the Jamie Reyes version of Blue Beetle, Rocket Raccoon)
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    10/13/2023 8:51 am  #242

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    RIP Jeff Burr, who directed a number of the Puppet Master movies, starting with 4
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    10/15/2023 1:56 pm  #243

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    RIP Suzanne Somers. Aside from Three's Company and Step by Step, she was also a regular on one of the later versions of Candid Camera.
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    10/15/2023 2:08 pm  #244

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    My favourite candid Camera bit with Suzanne Somers. RTIP


     

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    10/19/2023 6:18 am  #245

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    RIP Burt Young (Paulie in the Rocky movies)
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    10/25/2023 3:36 am  #246

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    RIP Richard Roundtree (original Shaft actor)
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    10/27/2023 2:27 am  #247

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    RIP Steve Erwin, comic book artist (Deathstroke, Gunfire, Checkmate; co-creator of the latter two)
    https://www.cbr.com/steve-erwin-deathstroke-the-terminator-checkmate-obituary/

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    10/27/2023 4:40 pm  #248

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    This one hurts double, and that's only partly a pun.

    RIP Richard Moll, actor (bailiff Bull Shannon on "Night Court" from the 80s) and voice-over artist (Harvey Dent/Two-Face from "Batman: The Animated Series"), at his home.  He was 80.
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    10/28/2023 5:10 pm  #249

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    RIP Matthew Perry
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    12/07/2023 2:39 pm  #250

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    RIP Norman Lear, who created numerous 1970s sitcoms, many of which, like All in the Family, were inspired by British sitcoms but were nevertheless a major part of the North American TV landscape. Age 101!
    https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/norman-lear-dead-dies-tv-legend-all-in-the-family-1235823995/

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    12/08/2023 7:08 pm  #251

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    RIP Ryan O'Neal (Barry Lyndon, Partners, Irreconcilable Differences, etc.)
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    12/11/2023 10:58 am  #252

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    RIP Ian Gibson, comic book artist probably best known for The Ballad of Halo Jones.

     

    12/11/2023 2:02 pm  #253

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    RIP SF author David Drake.

     

    12/11/2023 2:11 pm  #254

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    I keep meaning to mention this one: RIP producer Marty Krofft, (HR Pufnstuf, Land of the Lost, Electra Woman and Dyna Girl).
    https://variety.com/2023/film/news/marty-krofft-dead-h-r-pufnstuf-1235808822/

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    12/16/2023 9:39 am  #255

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    RIP Kenpachiro Satsuma, Godzilla in the Heisei era movies
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    12/16/2023 5:05 pm  #256

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    RIP Andre Braugher (Homicide: Life on the Street and Brooklyn Nine Nine), 61, of lung cancer
    https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/dec/13/andre-braugher-dies-cause-of-death-illness-61-brooklyn-nine-nine

     

    12/18/2023 1:55 pm  #257

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    RIP James McCaffrey (Jimmy Keefe on Rescue Me, the main character Michael Payton aka Joe Astor on Viper seasons 1 & 4)
    https://variety.com/2023/digital/obituaries-people-news/james-mccaffrey-dead-max-payne-alan-wake-2-1235843750/

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    12/26/2023 11:49 am  #258

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    RIP Richard Franklin, best known as UNIT officer Captain Mike Yates, a series regular in Doctor Who during Jon Pertwee's run as the third Doctor. 

     

    12/27/2023 7:44 pm  #259

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    RIP Tom Smothers, one of the Smothers Brothers, who were literally cancelled for expressing political views on their comedy variety show.
    https://people.com/the-smothers-brothers-comedy-hour-star-tom-smothers-dead-8420416

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    12/30/2023 5:46 pm  #260

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    RIP Tom Wilkinson (Batman Begins, Full Monty, Shakespeare in Love, etc)https://people.com/actor-tom-wilkinson-dead-at-75-8420976

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    1/05/2024 7:19 am  #261

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    RIP Comic artist John M. Burns. Not as well known outside the U.K. as he deserved, though he did do some work for American publishers, he was a mainstay of British comics for decades. 


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    1/05/2024 7:20 am  #262

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    RIP actor David Soul, best remembered for Starsky and Hutch. 
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    1/10/2024 10:23 am  #263

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    RIP Sliders co-creator Tracy Tormé
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    1/22/2024 2:26 pm  #264

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    RIP David Emge (Stephen "Flyboy" Andrews in the original Dawn of the Dead)
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    1/23/2024 9:58 am  #265

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    RIP Actor Gary Graham, best known as Detective Sykes in the Alien Nation TV series and the Vulcan Sokal in Star Trek: Enterprise.
    Alien Nation and Star Trek: Enterprise Star Gary Graham Dies Aged 73 - IGN

     

    1/23/2024 1:40 pm  #266

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    RIP director Norman Jewison (In the Heat of the Night, original Thomas Crown Affair, etc) https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/norman-jewison-director-dies

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    1/23/2024 1:52 pm  #267

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    Frank Farian has passed; unfortunately he was behind the Milli Vanilli scandal but he was also the main songwriter for the song Rasputin. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/frank-farian-dead-at-82-1234952486/



     

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    1/26/2024 12:59 pm  #268

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    RIP TV director Rod Holcomb (the first 1979 Captain America TV movie, The Greatest American Hero, etc.)
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    1/28/2024 5:10 pm  #269

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    RIP Horror author Brian Lumley. He apparently passed away on the 2nd January, but it seems the news of his death is only just getting out. 
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    RIP Carl Weathers, Apollo Creed in the Rocky movies.https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/carl-weathers-dead-apollo-creed-rocky-1235813768/

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