Questions tagged [in-memoriam]
This tag should be used on posts relating to figures that are important to the Science Fiction and Fantasy:SE community who've recently passed away.
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Shelley Duvall, star of The Shining, Faerie Tale Theatre, and Popeye, has passed at 75
The Rolling Stone article indicates that she's believed to have died from complications from her diabetes.
Shelley Duvall, the intrepid, Texas-born movie star whose wide-eyed, winsome presence was a ...
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Benji Gregory, star of ALF, has passed
Benji Gregory Hertzberg, who played Brian Tanner in ALF, has died, found dead in his car along with his service dog, apparently from heat stroke, on June 13th.
Gregory portrayed Brian on all four ...
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RIP Donald Sutherland
Donald Sutherland has just died aged 88, after a seven-decade career in film and television, starring in films ranging from The Dirty Dozen (1967) to Invasion of the Bodysnatchers (1978) to the US ...
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Roger Corman, legendary (B movie) filmmaker, has died
Roger Corman, low-budget filmmaker who launched many careers, dies at 98
Roger Corman, a low-budget but resourceful Hollywood filmmaker who churned out dozens of laughably ridiculous and ridiculously ...
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Bernard Hill (King Théoden) has died, aged 79. Hail the victorious dead!
Bernard Hill, best known for his roles in Titanic and Lord of the Rings, has died aged 79.
Hill's other roles in his decades-long career include the 1976 BBC TV series I, Claudius, an appearance in ...
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Ray Chan, Marvel art director, has died
Ray Chan, Art Director and Production Designer for Marvel Films, Dies at 56
Ray Chan, the art director and production designer for Marvel Studios who contributed to Guardians of the Galaxy, three ...
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In Memoriam: Joe Flaherty
Joe Flaherty Dead: ‘Freaks & Geeks’ Star Dies at 82
Joe Flaherty died at 82 years old, late on Monday, April 1. The comedic actor had starred in tons of classic movies and shows throughout the ...
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In Memoriam: Louis Gossett Jr
One of the great character actors of the past half century has passes away. While he had many memorable roles, my favorite was as one of the three main characters in Enemy Mine.
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In Memoriam: Vernor Vinge
Vernor Vinge, father of the tech singularity, has died at age 79
On Wednesday, author David Brin announced that Vernor Vinge, sci-fi author, former professor, and father of the technological ...
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In Memoriam: Brian Stableford
Brian Stableford, prolific author of over 70 novels (per Wikipedia) recently passed away on February 25th.
I first discovered him with his 1982 novel Journey to the Center. (In the trademark DAW ...
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In Memoriam: Akira Toriyama
Akira Toriyama, creator of Dragon Ball, died on March 1st, 2024, from an acute subdural hematoma. I can't say that I ever got terribly into Dragon Ball, but he had a huge impact on shonen anime.
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In Memoriam: Christopher Priest
Christopher Priest has died. Among other things, he was the author of The Prestige. He actually wrote back to me about my question about whether the body was always dead after the transfer.
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In Memoriam: Carl Weathers
Dead at 76, peacefully in his sleep on February 1st, 2024.
Perhaps best known for his breakout role of Apollo Creed in the Rocky films, he was of course also Dillon in Predator and Greef Karga in The ...
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In Memoriam: Gary Graham
Gary Graham has died at the age of 73 on Monday 22 January 2024 of a cardiac arrest.
Know for his roles as Soval in Star Trek: Enterprise and Detective Matthew "Matt" Sikes in the Alien ...
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In Memoriam: David Drake
David Drake, one of the most prominent mil-sf authors, died December 10th, 2023. His rise to prominence came with the Hammer's Slammers series of futuristic war stories, mostly short stories ...
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