Who Watches the Watchers - Forum for the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe & Similar Works / Pop Culture Obituaries

**Posted by Andy E. Nystrom** 8/23/2025 6:50 am

RIP David Ketchum (Agent 13 on Get Smart; also wrote episodes of Happy Days).
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/david-ketchum-dead-get-smart-agent-13-1236351427/

**Posted by skippcomet** 8/24/2025 4:39 am

RIP actor Jerry Adler (The Sopranos, Rescue Me, The Good WIfe), 96
https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/jerry-adler-dies-behind-the-scenes-broadway-vet-the-sopranos-actor-was-96/ar-AA1L69R7?ocid=socialshare

**Posted by Andy E. Nystrom** 9/01/2025 6:10 pm

RIP prominent Canadian First Nations actor Graham Greene (Dances with Wolves, Wolf Creek, Echo, etc.)
https://variety.com/2025/film/obituaries-people-news/graham-greene-dead-dances-with-wolves-1236504217/

**Posted by skippcomet** 9/04/2025 7:44 am

RIP Giorgio Armani, fashion designer, 91
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/celebrity/articles/italian-fashion-designer-giorgio-armani-131826340.html

**Posted by skippcomet** 9/05/2025 9:42 pm

RIP Mark Volman, co-founder and lead singer of 60's pop-rock group The Turtles ("Happy Together"), 78
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/mark-volman-co-founder-of-the-turtles-and-vocalist-on-flower-power-classic-happy-together-dead-at-78/ar-AA1LYxFQ?ocid=socialshare

**Posted by Andy E. Nystrom** 9/06/2025 3:30 am

RIP Ken Dryden (goalie for Montreal Canadiens, which led to him being a non-fiction author, Minister of Social Development for Canadian government)
https://www.nhl.com/news/montreal-canadiens-legend-ken-dryden-dies-at-78

Doing a preemptive strike: a number of US Presidents on both sides of the political spectrum are in advanced age and have the potential of passing this year. It's okay to note them here but don't dance on their graves on this particular forum, though of course it's up to you if you do so elsewhere. I don't think anyone on this forum would do so here, so I'm not addressing any one person, just playing it safe given how divisive American politics has gotten. We have to recognize that there's a good chance there are people on this forum who voted for each of the most recent US Presidents. What I will allow is people to say that x "has passed" or something fairly neutral alone those lines instead of RIP if you can't bring yourself to wish them a peaceful eternal rest. Just keep it muted.

**Posted by skippcomet** 9/08/2025 12:36 am

RIP musician, songwriter, and co-founder of Supertramp, Rick Davies ("Bloody Well Right", "Good-Bye Stranger"), 81
https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/rick-davies-supertramp-co-founder-who-wrote-and-sang-bloody-well-right-and-goodbye-stranger-dies-at-81/ar-AA1M4IQY?ocid=socialshare#comments

**Posted by Andy E. Nystrom** 9/16/2025 4:23 am

RIP actor (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Spy Games, Captain America: The Winter Soldier) / director (Ordinary People) Robert Redford https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/movies/robert-redford-dead.html

**Posted by Andy E. Nystrom** 9/22/2025 6:22 pm

RIP Elaine Merk, one of the Munchkins in The Wizard of Oz (there are still two more Munchkin actors left. plus Judy Garland's stand-in).
https://variety.com/2025/film/news/elaine-merk-binder-dead-munchkin-wizard-of-oz-1236525749/

**Posted by skippcomet** 9/23/2025 4:37 am

RIP film and television writer, producer, creator, & showrunner Roberto Orci (the reboot of the Star Trek film franchise, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys," "Alias," "Fringe," and more), 51
https://variety.com/2025/film/news/roberto-orci-dead-star-trek-transformers-1236320536/

**Posted by skippcomet** 9/23/2025 4:50 am

RIP prolific film & TV writer Ron Friedman, who wrote for both live action ("The Andy Griffith Show," "Happy Days," "Fantasy Island' and more) and animation (The Transformers: The Movie, "Taz-Mania," "The Marvel Action Hour"), 93
https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/ron-friedman-transformers-and-g-i-joe-a-real-american-hero-writer-dies-at-93/ar-AA1N5N6F?ocid=socialshare

**Posted by skippcomet** 9/23/2025 4:37 pm

RIP actress Claudia Cardinale (The Pink Panther, The Leopard, 8 1/2), 87
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/sixties-screen-siren-claudia-cardinale-dies-aged-87/ar-AA1NalYk?ocid=socialshare

**Posted by Andy E. Nystrom** 10/01/2025 10:19 pm

RIP zoologist/activist/non-fiction writer Jane Goodall
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/jane-goodall-death-primatologist-chimpanzee

**Posted by skippcomet** 10/11/2025 3:45 am

RIP John Lodge, singer and bass player for the Moody Blues, 82
https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/moody-blues-singer-john-lodge-dead-at-82-suddenly-and-unexpectedly/ar-AA1OeBuc?ocid=socialshare

**Posted by Andy E. Nystrom** 10/11/2025 12:02 pm

RIP Diane Keaton (The Godfather series, Father of the Bride movies, etc)
https://variety.com/2025/film/news/diane-keaton-dead-annie-hall-1236546710/

**Posted by skippcomet** 10/14/2025 9:04 am

RIP singer D'Angelo of pancreatic cancer, 51
https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/news/soul-legend-d-angelo-51-dies-after-private-battle-with-pancreatic-cancer-report/ar-AA1OsbIy?ocid=socialshare

**Posted by Andy E. Nystrom** 10/16/2025 5:56 pm

RIP Ace Frehley, Spaceman in the superhero motif rock band KISS. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/kiss-guitarist-ace-frehley-dead-1235448770/

**Posted by skippcomet** 10/19/2025 4:09 am

RIP Oscar-nominated actress Samantha Eggar (The Collector (1967), Doctor Doolittle (w/Rex Harrison), The Brood), 86
https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/news/samantha-eggar-oscar-nominated-actor-known-for-the-collector-the-brood-dies-at-86/ar-AA1OGQey?ocid=socialshare

**Posted by Andy E. Nystrom** 10/25/2025 12:13 pm

RIP June Lockhart (Lassie, Lost in Space); age 100
https://variety.com/2025/film/news/june-lockhart-dead-lost-in-space-lassie-1236561320/

**Posted by Andy E. Nystrom** 10/29/2025 1:42 am

RIP Prunella Scales (Sybil Fawlty on Fawlty Towers).
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/prunella-scales-dead-fawlty-towers-actress-was-93-1165597-1236411635/

**Posted by Andy E. Nystrom** 11/01/2025 4:42 pm

RIP Tchéky Karyo (Nikita's handler Bob in the original La Femme Nikita)
https://deadline.com/2025/10/tcheky-karyo-dead-la-femme-nikita-the-missing-1236604547/

**Posted by Andy E. Nystrom** 11/03/2025 1:01 pm

RIP Diane Ladd (Wild at Heart, Chinatown, Christmas Vacation, etc)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/diane-ladd-dead-alice-doesnt-live-here-anymore-wild-at-heart-1236416794/

**Posted by Andy E. Nystrom** 11/07/2025 11:07 am

RIP director Lee Tamahori; probably his best known movie was Pierce Brosnan's last James Bond film Die Another Day.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/lee-tamahori-dead-once-were-warriors-james-bond-1236420990/

**Posted by skippcomet** 11/13/2025 3:33 am

RIP actress Sally Kirkland (Private Benjamin, JFK, and 1988's Anna, for which she was nominated for an Oscar and won a Golden Globe), 84
https://people.com/sally-kirkland-actress-dies-at-84-8749851

**Posted by skippcomet** 11/15/2025 5:23 pm

RIP singer, songwriter, and alt-country musician Todd Snider ("Alright Guy," "Talking Seattle Grunge Rock Blues," "Play a Train Song"), 59
https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/todd-snider-alt-country-singer-dies-at-59-just-weeks-after-arrest-and-hospitalization-following-violent-assault/ar-AA1QvEzd?ocid=socialshare

**Posted by Andy E. Nystrom** 11/22/2025 1:21 pm

RIP stuntman/actor Carl Ciarfalio, who played the Thing in the unreleased 1994 version of The Fantastic Four
https://deadline.com/2025/11/carl-ciarfalio-dead-stuntman-actor-james-bond-1236626291/

**Posted by skippcomet** 11/24/2025 1:05 am

RIP international/German cult/horror film actor Udo Kier (Blade, My Own Private Idaho, Ace Ventura: Pet Detective), 81 https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/news/cult-actor-udo-kier-dies-at-81/ar-AA1R168d?ocid=socialshare

**Posted by skippcomet** 11/24/2025 8:02 am

RIP reggae legend and actor (midnight movie classic The Harder They Come) Jimmy Cliff, 81
https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/jimmy-cliff-reggae-legend-and-actor-known-for-the-harder-they-come-dies-at-81/ar-AA1R2VQE?ocid=socialshare

**Posted by skippcomet** 11/28/2025 4:15 am

RIP puppeteer, puppet maker, and actor Danny Seagren ("Sesame Street," "Captain Kangaroo," and, as the first live action iteration of Spider-Man on TV, "The Electric Company"), 81
https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/danny-seagren-sesame-street-puppeteer-who-was-also-first-tv-spider-man-dies-at-81/ar-AA1RhTLb?ocid=socialshare

**Posted by skippcomet** 11/29/2025 11:58 am

RIP prolific writer for theatre, film, television, and more Tom Stoppard (among many other examples he wrote for the theatre "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead" and co-wrote the adapted screenplay for Shakespeare in Love, winning an Oscar for it), 88 https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/news/playwright-tom-stoppard-a-giant-of-modern-theater-and-oscar-winning-screenwriter-dies/ar-AA1Rov4o?ocid=socialshare

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