RIP Frank Finlay
Respected British stage and screen actor Frank Finlay has died, aged 89. Although renowned for his mainstream work, Finlay’s career was bookended with genre appearances, with one of his earliest […]
RIP David G. Hartwell
Highly respected editor David G. Hartwell has died following a massive brain hemorrhage. The news was confirmed on the Tor Books website on the evening of January 20th. Hartwell had been […]
RIP Robert Banks Stewart
Robert Banks Stewart, creator of the Zygons and the Krynoids for Doctor Who, has died at the age of 84. A prolific writer, he worked on Danger Man, Adam Adamant Lives! and The Avengers in the 1960s alongside episodes of Undermind, as well as many spy and detective series in later years including Jason King, The Protectors, Callan and The Sweeney. He was the creator […]
RIP Alan Rickman
British actor Alan Rickman has died, aged 69. Rickman’s many genre appearances include Severus Snape in the Harry Potter series, as well as Galaxy Quest. Primarily a theatrical actor for […]
RIP David Bowie
Musical legend David Bowie has died aged 69. According to a post on his official site: “10 January: David Bowie died peacefully today surrounded by his family after a courageous 18 month battle with cancer. While many of you will share in this loss, we ask that you respect the family’s privacy during their time of grief.” His latest album […]
RIP Angus Scrimm
Angus Scrimm, best known for playing The Tall Man in Phantasm and its sequels, has died aged 89. Director Don Coscarelli broke the news in an email to Entertainment Weekly: […]
RIP Avengers co-creator Leonard White
Leonard White, who co-created The Avengers and producer of many series including Police Surgeon, Out of This World, and Armchair Theatre, has died aged 99. The news was announced on […]
RIP George Clayton Johnson
George Clayton Johnson, whose many SF contributions include the very first broadcast episode of Star Trek, died on Christmas Day aged 86. In what his agency called “a good life […]
RIP Peter Dickinson
British author Peter Dickinson, creator of The Changes trilogy, has died aged 88. The writer of over 60 books, Peter Malcolm de Brissac Dickinson won two Carnegie Medals as well as two Crime Writers Association Golden Daggers, and was well-known for both his crime fiction and his children’s work. His trilogy of stories about an altered England was adapted as […]
RIP Six Million Dollar Man’s Martin E. Brooks
Martin E. Brooks, who played Doctor Rudy Wells in both The Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman, has died aged 90. Although Brooks didn’t originate the role (Martin […]
RIP Anthony Read
Anthony Read, whose genre credits include The Omega Factor and all three series of ITV’s Chocky tales as well as Doctor Who, has died aged 80. Read was script editor […]
RIP Batmobile designer George Barris
George Barris, the “King of the Kustomizers” whose work included the classic Batmobile for the 1960s TV series, has died. “Sorry to have to post that my father, legendary kustom car king […]
RIP E.T. and BFG screewriter Melissa Mathison
Melissa Mathison, who penned the script for Spielberg’s 1982 success E.T. and his upcoming adaptation of Roald Dahl’s The BFG, has died aged 65. Mathison had already written the screenplay for The Black Stallion when she wrote E.T., a script Spielberg claimed he would have been “willing to shoot the next day” when he read it. In a statement following […]
RIP Bond screenwriter Christopher Wood
Christopher Wood, who co-wrote the screenplay for two Roger Moore Bond movies, has died aged 79. Wood’s screenplay for The Spy Who Loved Me may have reworked many elements of […]
RIP HAVOC founder Derek Ware
Derek Ware, the stuntman who worked on multiple Doctor Who stories during the 1960s and 1970s, has died aged 77. His first story was the show’s premiere, An Unearthly Child, in […]
RIP Wes Craven
Tributes are pouring in for Wes Craven, the horror maestro, who has died aged 76 following brain cancer. Robert Englund, who played Freddy in Craven’s Nightmare on Elm Street movies, […]
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