RIP Donald Moffat
Donald Moffat, the British actor who starred in John Carpenter’s The Thing and the TV version of Logan’s Run, has died just short of his 88th birthday. Born in Devon, […]
RIP Star Trek’s John D.F. Black
American writer John D.F. Black, who was writer, story editor, executive story consultant and associate producer on the first season of the original Star Trek series, has died, age 85. Black’s […]
RIP Gloria Katz
American screenwriter Gloria Katz has died at the age of 76. She worked with her husband Willard Huyck on numerous screenplays, including George Lucas’ American Graffiti, and uncredited rewrites on […]
RIP director Nicholas Roeg
Nicolas Roeg, who directed Don’t Look Now and The Man Who Fell to Earth, has died aged 90. Roeg began his career at Marylebone Studios and became a camera operator […]
RIP William Goldman
Acclaimed Hollywood screenwriter William Goldman – amongst whose screenplays were The Stepford Wives and Misery – has died, aged 87. Goldman won Oscars for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid […]
RIP Douglas Rain
Celebrated Canadian actor Douglas Rain, perhaps best known as the voice of HAL in 2001: A Space Odyssey and 2010: Odyssey Two, has died at the age of 90. According […]
RIP UNIT creator Derrick SherwinRU
Doctor Who producer Derrick Sherwin, who created UNIT (the United Nations – later Unified – Intelligence Taskforce), has died aged 82. Reeltime TV producer Keith Barnfather announced the news on […]
RIP Set Designer John M. Dwyer
Oscar-nominated set designer John M. Dwyer, whose work graced two Star Trek TV series and six movies, has died aged 83. His first work on Star Trek came with the […]
RIP Carlos Ezquerra
Artist Carlos Ezquerra, the co-creator of Judge Dredd, has died, aged 70. Ezquerra (pictured with SFB’s Nick Joy in 2016) was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2010, and had one […]
RIP Fenella Fielding
Iconic British actress Fenella Fielding has died, aged 90 following a stroke. The news was passed on by her friend Simon McKay. Fielding’s career spanned over 60 years, with dozens […]
RIP Michael Pickwoad
Famed British designer Michael Pickwoad has died, aged 73. The creator of the TARDIS console rooms for the 11th and 12th Doctors was also responsible for many other sets during […]
RIP Steve Ditko
American artist Steve Ditko has died, aged 90. The co-creator of Spider-Man and Doctor Strange was found in his apartment in New York. He studied under Jerry Robinson at the […]
RIP Peter Firmin
Clangers co-creator Peter Firmin has died, aged 89. In loving memory of Peter Firmin. 11 December 1928 – 1 July 2018 pic.twitter.com/TK3aOQeDgf — Bagpuss (@OfficialBagpuss) July 1, 2018 In a […]
RIP Harlan Ellison
Famed American writer Harlan Ellison has died, aged 84. The news was broken on Twitter by family friend, Christine Valada, widow of Len Wein: Susan Ellison has asked me to […]
RIP Eunice Gayson
Eunice Gayson, who played 007’s first big-screen conquest, has died aged 90. Gayson appeared as Sylvia Trench in the first two films, Dr No and From Russia With Love. Plans […]
RIP Trevor Preston
British writer Trevor Preston, who created cult ITV series Ace of Wands, has died aged 79. Although best known for his TV crime shows such as Out and Fox, Preston […]
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