RIP Robert Benton, Oscar-winning film director (Kramer vs. Kramer, Places in the Heart) and screenwriter (Bonnie & Clyde, Superman [1978]), 92
https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/news/oscar-winning-director-dies-aged-92/ss-AA1EKais?ocid=socialshare&pc=DCTS&cvid=8012e8eaf386418e8fd16a804ee6885e&ei=13#image=5

RIP George Wendt, actor and comedian best known for his role as Norm Peterson on the iconic sitcom "Cheers," 76
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/obituaries/george-wendt-cheers-dies-76-rcna208080

Not a good time for comics creators: RIP comic book artist Tod Smith (Omega Men, Vigilante, etc.)
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/05/26/tod-smith-rip/

RIP Peter Kwong, actor & activist best known for his roles in Big Trouble in Little China and The Golden Child, 73
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/peter-kwong-dies-big-trouble-in-little-china-the-golden-child-actor-longtime-hollywood-union-rep-was-73/ar-AA1FFuBm?ocid=socialshare&pc=DCTS&cvid=540769f372ac4adfcf79568a89f0e09b&ei=69

Andy E. Nystrom wrote:

RIP Ed Gale, the physical actor for Howard the Duck in the 1986 movie, as well as Chucky in the first two Child's Play movies. https://people.com/ed-gale-chucky-childs-play-dies-at-61-11743278

Gale had a guest role on an episode of Friday the 13th: The Series (American title), a horror TV show in the late 80's about newly inherited antiques show owners/cousins (and their occult-expert friend) who learn that their uncle, the previous owner, had placed curses on all the antiques he sold (and the unsold back stock they inherited and sold before they learned about the curses part) because he literally Made a Deal with The Devil.  The episode's plot involved a ventriloquist whose career was on the rise, but his dummy kept demanding that he kill people so that the dummy would slowly transform into a living creature.  The guilt of killing drove the ventriloquist insane, so the dummy found another ventriloquist to share in their "act."  Half-way through the episode, they switched out the prop dummy initially being used with Ed Gale dressed up in an outfit identical to the one on the prop dummy to further suggest that the transformation to human was continuing, but at that point it got a little too ridiculous.  (Oh, and the dummy turned out to not be one of the cursed antiques.  It was revealed that a boutonnière attached to the dummy's jacket was previously owned by no less than Adolph Hitler and was behind all the mayhem.) 

RIP Renée Victor (Lupita on Weeds) https://people.com/renee-victor-dead-coco-weeds-actress-lymphoma-11746028

RIP Sly Stone, musician, DJ, & founder/frontman of Sly and the Family Stone, 82
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/funk-pioneer-sly-stone-leader-of-sly-and-the-family-stone-dies-at-82/ar-AA1GnSny?ocid=socialshare

RIP Harris Yulin, actor on stage, TV, and film ("Ozark," Scarface, Ghostbusters II, memorable guest roles on "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" and "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"), 87
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/harris-yulin-dead-scarface-training-day-ozark-1236263033/

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This is one of the ones that hits hard: RIP Jim Shooter. The original Handbooks came about under his watch of course. https://www.cbr.com/jim-shooter-comic-book-icon-dc-marvel-obituary/