Best-selling writer Michael Crichton has passed away at the age of 66 according to the Associated Press. Crichton had been privately battling cancer according to his family. Crichton wrote a string of New York Times best-selling novels including “Jurassic Park,” “The Andromeda Strain,” “Sphere,” and “Timeline.”  ... 

House Peters Jr., film and TV actor, cowboy and SF enthusiast, has died at the age of 92 from complications brought on from pneumonia. He was born in 1916 to a father (Robert House Peters Sr.) who was already a famous silent movie star with his own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Don’t recognize the name? Well, his face is one of the most... 

Written by: Samuel K. Sloan (FarPoint Media News Director) Paul Newman, (a.k.a “PL” by friends) one of Hollywood’s originals, a maverick, a rebel and one helluva fine actor has died at the age of 83 after his quiet battle with cancer. Newman, a World War II Navy veteran with those penetrating, startling, crisp blue eyes, burst on the... 

For 70 years Bill Melendez brought a great amount of joy to young and old alike with his animated presentations, especially his most famous, bringing Charles Schultz’ Peanuts characters Snoopy and Charlie Brown to life. Bill died on Tuesday from natural causes at the age of 91. Melendez began his animation career in 1938 working for the famed... 

If it was a voice over job, then Don LaFontaine, the voice-over king, was probably the little-know face behind that familiar booming voice. LaFontaine, most recognized for his signature tag “In a world …” phrase on movie trailers, has died at the age of 68, ironically, from complications of a collapsed lung. They say the greatest... 

Isaac Hayes, a prolific genius singer and songwriter, as well as much loved actor, has died at the age of 65. Cause of death isn’t known at this time, but Hayes was known to have suffered from high blood pressure for several years and preliminary findings are pointing to a possible stroke. Full details will be known once the autopsy is concluded. Specializing... 

Comedian Bernie Mac has passed away according to reports in the Los Angeles Times. Mac is best known for his work on the “Ocean’s 11″ series of movies and his work on the Peabody-award winning situation comedy, “The Bernie Mac Show.”  Mac was 50. “Actor/comedian Bernie Mac passed away this morning from complications... 

Actress Evelyn Keyes has died at the illustrious age of 91 in her home at Montecito, California from uterine cancer. Discovered by the famed Cecile B. DeMille, Keyes will always be remembered for her famous role as the younger sister of Scarlett O’Hara (Vivian Leigh) in the classic film “Gone With the Wind,” however she did her fair-share... 

When one of our beloved older stars die after a long fruitful life, even though we are saddened by their passing, we know that they had a long, productive and exciting life. However, when one who is so creative is cut-off in the prime of life, at the point of when they are really coming into their own, we are left wondering why. Such is the case with... 

Veteran character actor Don S. Davis passed away on June 29th according to reports from Gateworld.  Davis, who was 65, is best-known to genre fans as Major General George Hammond on the first seven seasons of Stargate SG-1.  Davis also played Scully’s father on The X-Files and was featured on Twin Peaks.  Davis had a long, distinguished career,... 

Written by: Samuel K. Sloan (FarPoint Media Executive News Director) The name George Carlin should be known by just about everyone on this planet. Only the newly born and those living under a rock for the last six decades won’t know who Mr. Carlin is. Well, sadly George died last night of a massive heart attack in California at the age of 71. The... 

One of the masters of visual effects and makeup, Stan Winston, has died at the age of 62 after battling with a form of cancer known as multiple myeloma for several years. Some of his films are a who’s who in genre-related movie history. “Galaxy Quest,” “Artificial Intelligence: AI,” “Interview with the Vampire: The... 

Actor Bruce Purchase passed away at his home, according to reports. Purchase was 69 years old. Purchase was was a founder member of Sir Laurence Olivier’s National Theatre and a regular performer with the Royal Shakespeare Company. Purchase is best-known to sci-fi audiences for his memorable performance as the villainous Captain in 1978’s... 

Probably one of the last things one thinks about in relationship to Mel Ferrer is sci-fi/fantasy/horror or any of the genre-related arms of the business. Afterall, he was the son of a Cuban-born surgeon and a Manhattan socialite who, at the woes of his parents dropped out of his sophomore year at Princeton University to chase after an acting career... 

Robert H. Justman, one of the major creative geniuses behind the original “Star Trek” television series of the 1960s as well as the 1980s-era “Star Trek: The Next Generation,” has died. He was 81. This past 30 days have been tough ones for Star Trek and its millions of fans. Also passing over the last month have been Star Trek... 

We pay tribute to two Star Trek veterans who have away in May. Veteran television and film director Joseph Pevney and music composer and director Alexander Courage. Joseph Pevney has passed away at the age of 96. Pevney directed fourteen episodes of the original Star Trek, tying him with Marc Daniels as one of the series most prolific directors. ... 

(AP) The creator of the popular religious children’s television show “Davey and Goliath” has died. A memorial service will be held May 31 at St. Mark’s School of Texas in Dallas for Richard Towne “Dick” Sutcliffe. He died May 11 in Dallas from complications of a stroke. He was 90. Sutcliffe created “Davey and... 

Source: CNN News John Phillip Law, the strikingly handsome 1960s movie actor who portrayed an angel in the futuristic “Barbarella” and a lovesick Russian seaman in “The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming,” died Tuesday. He was 70. Law died at his Los Angeles home, his former wife, Shawn Ryan, told the Los Angeles Times.... 

Hazel Court, an English actress who co-starred with horror legends Boris Karloff and Vincent Price for fright-fest films of the 1950’s and 60’s has died of a heart attack at the age of 82. Court had a very successful career acting in the U.K. and U.S. in film and television, however she is best known for her work in such films as 1963’s... 

We lost one of the giants of the entertainment industry yesterday. Charlton Heston died with his wife of 64 years, Lydia, close by his side in their Beverly Hills home at the age of 84. Mr. Heston was an Oscar winning actor, World War II veteran, president of the National Rifle Association, political advocate, a strong supporter of the civil rights... 

Paul Scofield, the Academy Award winning actor from the U.K. has died at the age of 86, loosing his battle with leukemia. A long time member of the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theater, Scofield, who was as much comfortable before the cameras as he was on the stage, won his Oscar in 1967 for the riviting portrayal of Sir Thomas More in... 

One of the staples of 1960’s & 70’s television has died. Ivan Dixon, the actor-turned-director most noted for his role as the cool, laid-back cigar smoking POW Sgt. James ‘Kinch’ Kinchloe in the TV hit show “Hogan’s Heroes,” died Sunday after complications from a hemorrhage and kidney failure. His family... 

Written by: Samuel K. Sloan (FarPoint Media Executive News Director) The world mourns the loss of one of its greatest and most gentle humans with the death of Arthur C. Clarke. He passed away late last night in his home in Sri Lanka at the ripe old age of 90. If I had to point to any person or persons in my nearly 60 years of living on planet Earth... 

Source: Yahoo News Oscar winning director Anthony Minghella, who turned such literary works as “The English Patient,” “The Talented Mr. Ripley” and “Cold Mountain” into acclaimed movies, has died. He was 54. Minghella’s death was confirmed Tuesday by his agent, Judy Daish. No other details were not immediately... 

“He was a gamer’s gamer, an icon of a time of wonder and imagination.” — Tracy Hickman (”Dragonlance”) The “Dungeons and Dragons” (D&D) co-creator and legengary gaming pioneer E. (Ernest) Gary Gygax has died at the age of 69 from complications arising from past multiple strokes. A gamer all his life,... 

Source: The Honolulu Advertiser Ben Chapman, a Honolulu resident best known for playing the title character in the 1954 horror film “Creature From the Black Lagoon,” died yesterday at Tripler Medical Center. He was 79. Chapman was a retired real estate executive. But his role as the Gill Man — the quintessential 1950s monster in Universal... 

Written by: Mark Schilling Source: Variety Asia TOKYO — Kon Ichikawa, celebrated Japanese helmer whose career spanned more than seven decades, died on Feb. 13 of pneumonia. He was 92. Best known abroad for “The Burmese Harp” (1956) and “Fires on the Plain (1959), pics that vividly, if grimly, portrayed the human costs of... 

Steven Spielberg may always be remembered as the man who made us afraid to go in the water with his 1975 film “Jaws,” but it was actor Roy Scheider’s perfect performance in the movie that made it visceral. Scheider died yesterday (Feb. 10) after suffering from a form of cancer known as multiple myeloma. He was 75. Scheider gained... 

Source: Variety Movie poster artist John Alvin died February 6 of a heart attack in Rhinebeck, N.Y. He was only 59. A leading film campaign designer who created posters for more than 135 movies, his career began in 1974 with the poster for Mel Brook’s “Blazing Saddles.” Most recently, he contributed design ideas for the campaign for... 

Barry Morse, the actor who hunted down David Janssen for years as Lt. Phillip Gerard is dead at the grand age of 89 after suffering a brief illness. Morse had one of the most recognized faces in show business after his long stint on the American television series “The Fugitive,” which ran for 5 seasons with some of the highest ratings ever... 

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