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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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: […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
Yvonne Craig, best known for her role as Batgirl in the classic 1960s version of Batman, has died aged 78. The news was announced on her official website. Craig died […]
Susan Sheridan, the original voice of Trillian in The Hitchhikers’ Guide to the Galaxy, has died aged 68. According to a post by Dirk Maggs, Sheridan passed away peacefully at […]
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