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Loki · 2/05/2024 5:10 am

RIP Ian Lavender. Though probably not well known outside the UK, Ian was a well known actor in Britain, best remembered for as Private Pike in Dad's Army, a sitcom set in WWII that ran from 1969 through 1978. He was the last surviving main cast member of the show.
https://www.itv.com/watch/news/dads-army-star-ian-lavender-passes-away-aged-77/dtfm984

Loki · 2/05/2024 3:16 pm

RIP Michael Jayston, known to fans of Doctor Who for his role as the Valeyard, a character who only appeared for a short time but who left an indelible impression on the show.
https://www.bigfinish.com/news/v/michael-jayston-1935-2024

Andy E. Nystrom · 2/05/2024 3:50 pm

RIP comic book artist José Delbo (Wonder Woman, Transformers). During the time in the 1970s when the Wonder Woman comic was set in Earth-2 World War II to tie into the TV show a bit, he was the artist.
https://www.newsfromme.com/2024/02/05/jose-delbo-r-i-p/

Loki · 2/07/2024 9:55 am

RIP Italian comics creator Alfredo Castelli, best known as the creator of Martin Mystére for Sergio Bonelli Editore.

Andy E. Nystrom · 2/07/2024 5:28 pm

RIP musician/Actor Mojo Nixon (Preacher Man Bob in Buttcrack)
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/mojo-nixon-dead-obituary-1234964257/

Also, really late, but I just found out that another prominent musician, Rolf Harris (Snow White Bloomers, Jake the Peg) passed away last May. Given what he was convicted on, I'll leave out the RIP bit.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/rolf-harris-dead-obituary-1235498295/

Andy E. Nystrom · 2/08/2024 3:45 am

RIP Tommy Karlsen Sandum (Arne in Lillyhammer). Multiple sites say the cause of death is unknown, but a smaller number even saying the above call it a suicide.
https://heartsobitchapel.com/tommy-sandum-obituary-oslo-norway-norwegian-actor-tommy-karlsen-sandum-committed-suicide/

Last edited by Andy E. Nystrom (2/08/2024 3:46 am)

Loki · 2/14/2024 3:46 pm

RIP British artist Paul Neary.

Loki · 2/22/2024 2:28 pm

RIP actress Pamela Salem.
https://www.bigfinish.com/news/v/pamela-salem-1944-2024

Andy E. Nystrom · 2/25/2024 6:09 am

RIP Kenneth Mitchell (Joseph Danvers in Captain Marvel)
https://www.startrek.com/en-ca/news/remembering-kenneth-mitchell

Andy E. Nystrom · 2/25/2024 6:11 am

Too soon after her retirement: RIP comic book artist Ramona Fradon (Aquaman, Super Friends; co-creator of Metamorpho)
https://www.cbr.com/ramona-fradon-aquaman-metamorpho-obituary/

Andy E. Nystrom · 2/25/2024 3:43 pm

RIP Chris Gauthier (Toyman on Smallville, Seymour in Watchmen movie)
https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/once-upon-a-time-alum-chris-gauthier-dead-at-48/

Andy E. Nystrom · 2/27/2024 2:28 am

RIP Charles Dierkop (Killer Santa in Silent Night, Deadly Night; Sam Trent, Superguy's father, in Superguy: Behind the Cape)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/charles-dierkop-dead-butch-cassidy-and-the-sundance-kid-police-woman-1235836234/

Andy E. Nystrom · 2/28/2024 2:01 pm

RIP Richard Lewis (Leaving Los Vegas, Confessions of an Action Hero, etc.) https://deadline.com/2024/02/richard-lewis-dead-1235841064/

Andy E. Nystrom · 3/07/2024 6:31 pm

RIP singer/actor Steve Lawrence; also co-hosted Foul-Ups, Bleeps & Blunders with Don Rickles
https://people.com/steve-lawrence-dead-age-88-alzheimers-disease-singer-eydie-8553703

Andy E. Nystrom · 3/21/2024 5:10 pm

RIP M. Emmet Walsh (Blade Runner, Blood Simple; also Henry Allen in The Flash 1990-1991).
https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/m-emmet-walsh-dead-blade-runner-1235947723/

Andy E. Nystrom · 3/29/2024 7:20 pm

RIP Louis Gossett Jr. (Roots, Enemy Mine, Powers of Matthew Star, Punisher 1989, Watchmen, etc.)
https://people.com/louis-gossett-jrs-life-in-photos-8622149

Andy E. Nystrom · 3/30/2024 6:09 pm

Wow. This one was really unexpected: RIP Chance Perdomo (Andre Anderson on Gen V). Motorcycle accident. https://people.com/chance-perdomo-known-for-gen-v-and-after-franchise-dead-at-27-8622704

Andy E. Nystrom · 4/02/2024 4:09 am

RIP Mark D. Bright (artist on The Falcon, Power Man and Iron First, Spider-Man vs. Wolverine, etc.)
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/md-bright-of-armor-wars-quantum-woody-and-icon-dies-aged-68/

RIP Barbara Rush (When Worlds Collide, It Came from Outer Space; Nora Clavicle on Batman and Jaime Sommers' mother Ann on The Bionic Woman)
https://deadline.com/2024/03/barbara-rush-dead-actress-peyton-place-all-my-children-1235872780/

Andy E. Nystrom · 4/02/2024 11:39 pm

RIP SCTV star Joe Flaherty
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/joe-flaherty-tributes-sctv-freaks-and-geeks-happy-gilmore-1235864651/

Andy E. Nystrom · 4/11/2024 7:15 am

O. J. Simspon (football player, Naked Gun actor, and author of If I Did It) has passed.
https://people.com/oj-simpson-dead-76-7502024

RIP Trina Robbins. I'm pretty sure everyone on these boards know about her comics and feminist take comic book history books. This one is particularly sad because she signed some things for me at a comic shop and seemed really nice.
https://comicbook.com/comics/news/trina-robbins-legendary-cartoonist-wonder-woman-artist-passes-away-85/

Andy E. Nystrom · 5/07/2024 6:14 am

RIP Jeannie Epper (actress/stuntwoman, best known as Lynda Carter's double on Wonder Woman)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/jeannie-epper-dead-stuntwoman-wonder-woman-romancing-the-stone-1235890800/

Andy E. Nystrom · 5/11/2024 6:26 pm

RIP B-movie director/producer Roger Corman (The Little Shop of Horrors, The Terror)
https://variety.com/2024/film/news/roger-corman-dead-producer-independent-b-movie-1235999591/

RIP Susan Backlinie (the first victim in Jaws). She did a parody of this scene in the movie 1941.
https://thedailyjaws.com/news/susan-backlinie-of-jaws-fame-passes-away-aged-77

Andy E. Nystrom · 5/14/2024 12:31 pm

RIP Nobel Prize-winning short story writer Alice Munro; also co-founder of the Victoria bookstore Munro's Books.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RBhim5zc2g

Andy E. Nystrom · 5/15/2024 7:31 pm

RIP comic book artist Don Perlin (co-created Moon Knight)
https://www.cbr.com/don-perlin-moon-knight-bloodshot-creator-obituary/

Andy E. Nystrom · 5/17/2024 5:51 pm

RIP Dabney Coleman (Towering Inferno, tootsie, Young Doctors in Love, etc.)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/dabney-coleman-dead-9-to-5-mary-hartman-tootsie-1235902521/

Andy E. Nystrom · 5/24/2024 7:26 am

RIP documentarian Morgan Spurlock (Super Size Me, 30 Days). Given his later admission of alcoholism, I suspect that played a role in how his McDonald's experiment impacted his health. However, he did make fast food restaurants more transparent as to what goes into their food, and his show 30 Days encouraged people to put themselves in others' shoes, a lesson that's much needed these days.
https://variety.com/2024/film/obituaries-people-news/morgan-spurlock-dead-super-size-me-1236015338/

Andy E. Nystrom · 6/05/2024 5:06 am

RIP William Russell, who played Ian Chesterton, one of the Doctor's companions from the first episode of Doctor Who. His final role was a brief appearance by that character in the 2022 Doctor who episode The Power of the Doctor.
https://www.avclub.com/r-i-p-william-russell-original-doctor-who-companion-1851520042

Andy E. Nystrom · 6/15/2024 4:47 pm

Normally I don't post here while on vacation but this one deserves an exception:
RIP Seven (Dog on The Walking Dead) https://ew.com/the-walking-dead-dog-animal-actor-dies-8663330]

skippcomet · 6/20/2024 1:15 pm

Man, this one hurts....
RIP Donald Sutherland, actor, 88
https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Culture/donald-sutherland-veteran-actor-father-kiefer-sutherland-dead/story?id=111284071

Andy E. Nystrom · 6/21/2024 7:04 pm

RIP comic book writer Peter Gillis; co-creator of one of Marvel's darkest titles, Strikeforce: Morituri
https://www.cbr.com/marvel-comics-writer-peter-b-gillis-passes-away/