Patrick Swayze Has Died - R.I.P.
September 15, 2009 || Category: Film News, Human Interest || Tags: Obituary || 1 Comment
Actor, producer, choreographer and dancer Patrick Swayze has succumbed to the awful disease of pancreatic cancer and has died, according to his publicist.
R.I.P Patrick
Here are some of Patrick’s most memorable career roles:
The Beast, Ghost, Dirty Dancing, Red Dawn, Donnie Darko, To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar, City of Joy, Point Break, [...]
Harvey Frand Remembered
July 30, 2009 || Category: Human Interest, TV News || Tags: Obituary || Leave a Comment
Many of those behind-the-scenes of the mega SciFi Channel hit series “Battlestar Galactica” have become household names. People like Ronald D. Moore, David Eick and others. However, there is one man who stood behind the sets that without his insight, expertise and Emmy-winning producing ability, BSG would have never seen the light of [...]
Farrah Fawcett Remembered
June 25, 2009 || Category: Human Interest, TV News || Tags: Obituary || 5 Comments
The young Texas girl who symbolized an era has succumed to her long battle with anal cancer. Farah Fawcett has passed away at the age of 62.
Fawcett will best be remembered as the ditzy and beautiful blonde that made up the trio of private eye babes on the 1970’s mega hit series “Charlie’s Angels” [...]
Remembering David Eddings
June 5, 2009 || Category: Book News, Human Interest || Tags: Obituary || 2 Comments
Best-selling fantasy author David Eddings has passed away at the age of 77 according to BBC News.
Inspired by the success of the Lord of the Rings, Eddings penned The Elenium series, which follwed the adventures of crooked-nosed knight Sir Sparhawk.
His wife Leigh, who died two years ago, played a pivotal role in the creation of [...]
Remembering David Carradine
June 4, 2009 || Category: Human Interest, TV News || Tags: Obituary || 6 Comments
Actor David Carradine, best-known for his role in the 70’s TV series, “Kung-Fu,” has passed away at the age of 72. Carradine was found in a hotel-room in Bangkok hanged and is believed to have committed suicide according to the Associated Press.
A spokesman for the U.S. Embassy, Michael Turner, confirmed the death of the 72-year-old [...]
Remembering Wayne Allwine
May 21, 2009 || Category: Film News, Human Interest || Tags: Obituary || 2 Comments
You may not know the name Wayne Allwine, but odds are you’ve heard his voice. Allwine has been the man behind the voice of Mickey Mouse for the past 32 years. He first gave voice to the famous mouse during animated segments of “The Mickey Mouse Club” in 1977 and has been providing Mickey’s voice [...]
Remembering Dave Arneson
April 9, 2009 || Category: Gaming, Human Interest || Tags: Obituary || Leave a Comment
The co-creator of the popular role-playing game “Dungeons and Dragons,” Dave Arenson has passed away at the age of 61. Arenson passed away Tuesday after a long battle with cancer reports SciFi Wire. He is survives by his wife and daughter.
Arneson was an avid table-top gaming fan in the early 60’s. He [...]
Remembering Natasha Richardson
March 19, 2009 || Category: Film News, Human Interest || Tags: Obituary || 1 Comment
Actress Natasha Richardson has passed away at the age of 45 according to the Hollywood Reporter. Richardson had a distinguished career in film and on the stage.
Richardson was hospitalized earlier this week for injuries to her head while taking a skiing lesson Monday at the Mont Tremblant ski resort north of Montreal. Although she initially [...]
Ron Silver Remembered
March 16, 2009 || Category: Film News, Human Interest || Tags: Obituary || 3 Comments
One of Hollywood’s finest actors and influential people has died after a two year battle with esophageal cancer. Ron Silver, Tony Award winning stage actor, big screen movie star, political insider and humanitarian activist, age 62, died peacefully Sunday morning in his sleep surrounded by his family around him.
Silver was a three-time Emmy nominee, [...]
Remember Phillip Jose Farmer
February 26, 2009 || Category: Human Interest || Tags: Obituary || 1 Comment
Science-fiction writer Phillip Jose Farmer has passed away at the age of 91 according to the Associated Press.
Farmer is best known for his “Riverworld” series of novels. The premise of the series is that after an apocalyptic destruction of the Earth at the end of the 20th Century, every human who ever lived is resurrected [...]
Remembering Kim Manners
January 27, 2009 || Category: Human Interest, TV News || Tags: Obituary, Supernatural, X-Files || 3 Comments
Prolific television director Kim Manners (59), who brought a distinct visual style to “The X-Files” and “Supernatural” as well as dozens of other television programs, has passed away after a long fight with cancer according to our partners over at TV Guide On-Line.
Manners was a producer and director for “The X-Files” and on the CW’s [...]
John Scott Martin Remembered
January 13, 2009 || Category: Human Interest || Tags: Obituary || Leave a Comment
Actor John Scott Martin, who brought countless classic “Doctor Who” monsters to life, has passed away at the age of eighty-two according to Britian’s entertainment paper, “The Stage.”
Martin appeared as multiple monsters during the classic series’ original 26 year run, but is probably best known as one of the original Dalek operators. [...]
Remembering Majel Barrett Roddenberry
December 18, 2008 || Category: Human Interest, TV News || Tags: Obituary, Star Trek || 7 Comments
Majel Barrett Roddenberry who played Nurse Chapel on classic “Star Trek” and Lwaxana Troi on “Star Trek: The Next Generation” and “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine” has passed away at the age of 76 according to the Associated Press. Roddenberry was the widow of Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, died Thursday of leukemia at her [...]
Remembering Robert Prosky
December 10, 2008 || Category: Film News, Human Interest || Tags: Obituary || 2 Comments
Veteran character actor Robert Prosky has passed away at the age of 77. His oldest son, Stefan, said the versatile actor passed away from complications from a heart procedure in Washington D.C.
Prosky had a long career, playing a variety of roles on both stage and screen. He may be best known to genre fans for his [...]
Forrest J. Ackerman Remembered
December 7, 2008 || Category: Film News, Human Interest || Tags: Obituary || 4 Comments
Another great in the world of sci-fi and horror has passed away, the wonderful and genial gentleman encyclopedia of genre entertainment Forrest J Ackerman. Forrest died this week (Thursday) at the ripe old age of 92 of heart failure.
Forrest, who was a guest on our Slice of SciFi show (Show #078), was one [...]
Remembering Michael Crichton
November 6, 2008 || Category: Human Interest || Tags: Obituary || 3 Comments
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.”  Many of Crichton’s novels were turned into movies with several [...]
House Peters Jr. Remembered
October 2, 2008 || Category: Human Interest || Tags: Obituary || Leave a Comment
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 [...]
Paul Newman Remembered
September 27, 2008 || Category: Film News, Human Interest || Tags: Obituary || 2 Comments
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 [...]
Bill Melendez Remembered
September 4, 2008 || Category: Human Interest || Tags: Obituary || Leave a Comment
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 [...]
Don LaFontaine Remembered
September 2, 2008 || Category: Human Interest || Tags: Obituary || 2 Comments
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 [...]
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 [...]
Bernie Mac Remembered
August 10, 2008 || Category: Human Interest || Tags: Obituary || Leave a Comment
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 due to pneumonia [...]
Evelyn Keyes Remembered
July 12, 2008 || Category: Human Interest || Tags: Obituary || Leave a Comment
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 [...]
Michael Turner Remembered
July 2, 2008 || Category: Human Interest || Tags: Obituary || Leave a Comment
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 [...]
Veteran character actor Don S. Davis passed away on June 29th according to reports from Gateworld.Â
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, [...]
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 [...]
Stan Winston Remembered
June 17, 2008 || Category: Human Interest || Tags: Obituary || Leave a Comment
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 Vampire [...]
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 four part story, [...]
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 [...]
Robert H. Justman Remembered
June 1, 2008 || Category: Human Interest || Tags: Obituary || Leave a Comment
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 [...]
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