View Full Version : R.i.p. 2008
Vodstok
09-29-2008, 08:44 AM
thats very true ..
i just wish it was more common to live past 84 ... shit it seems like the magic life line. very few people make it to 90.
i want to live to be at least 200.
I know, there are so many factors these days that make it less and less likely that we will make it close to 100, stress being one of the main ones. Its ridiculous the number of people who only take vacations ever couple of years (or even less), and when they do, some are REQUIRED to make sure they have their blackberry, pager, cell phone, etc in easy reach in case they are needed.
Nothing is so important. NOTHING. Even if you are the number 1 brain surgeon on earth, out of numbers 2,3, 4, etc , ONE of them has to be available.
neverending
09-29-2008, 09:02 AM
Forrest J Ackerman alive and going strong at 91, bless him!
Vodstok
09-29-2008, 09:15 AM
Forrest J Ackerman alive and going strong at 91, bless him!
Way to go, you probably just condemned him to death...
"They always go in 3s" the old saying goes, and there is no quicker way to jinx someone than to aknowledge their success. Way to go, killer :)
urgeok2
09-29-2008, 09:19 AM
its the ultimate genetic lottery ..
even if you eat right, don't smoke, drive responsibly, do everything you can ... you still have an excellent chance of getting something later in life that takes you sooner than it should.
fucking cure cancer already !!
Vodstok
09-29-2008, 09:25 AM
its the ultimate genetic lottery ..
even if you eat right, don't smoke, drive responsibly, do everything you can ... you still have an excellent chance of getting something later in life that takes you sooner than it should.
fucking cure cancer already !!
Why should they? Treating cancer is expensive, and although Nobel prizes are the Bees Knees, they dont make you nearly as much money as say, Botox, Viagra or any of a slew of anti-anxiety and depression drugs, many of which would be unucessary if people werent worried they were going to die of cancer.
A sad reality is that way too many people become doctors because of the ridiculous amount of wealth they can amass, not out of any strong need to help or heal.
Festered
10-08-2008, 04:29 PM
This is the single biggest loss in the history of the humane side of Hollywood. Ever.
(CNN) -- Paul Newman, the legendary actor whose steely blue eyes, good-humored charm and advocacy of worthy causes made him one of the most renowned figures in American arts, has died of cancer at his home in Westport, Connecticut.
He was 83.
Paul Newman's handsome face and solid acting made him a popular and respected film star.
He died Friday, according to spokeswoman Marni Tomljanovic.
Newman attained stardom in the 1950s and never lost the movie-star aura, appearing in such classic films as "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," "Exodus," "The Hustler," "Cool Hand Luke," "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid," "The Sting" and "The Verdict."
He finally won an Oscar in 1986 -- on his eighth try -- for "The Color of Money," a sequel to "The Hustler." He later received two more Oscar nominations. Among his other awards was the Motion Picture Academy's Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award.
"Paul took advantage of what life offered him, and while personally reluctant to acknowledge that he was doing anything special, he forever changed the lives of many with his generosity, humor, and humanness," said Robert Forrester, vice chairman of the actor's Newman's Own Foundation. "His legacy lives on in the charities he supported and the Hole in the Wall Camps, for which he cared so much."
In 1982, Newman and his friend A.E. Hotchner founded Newman's Own, a food company that produced food ranging from pasta sauces to salad dressing to chocolate chip cookies.
"The embarrassing thing is that the salad dressing is outgrossing my films," Newman once wryly noted.
To date, the company -- which donates all profits to charities such as Newman's Hole in the Wall Gang camps -- has given away more than $200 million. Newman established the camp to benefit gravely ill children.
"He saw the camps as places where kids could escape the fear, pain and isolation of their conditions, kick back and raise a little hell," Forrester said.
Today, there are 11 Hole in the Wall Gang camps around the world, with additional programs in Africa and Vietnam. Some 135,000 children have attended the camps -- free of charge.
The Association of Hole in the Wall Camps "is part of his living legacy, and for that we remain forever grateful," the association said in a statement.
"We are greatly saddened by his passing. His leadership and spirit can never be replaced. But he has left us strong and confident."
In 2007, Newman said he was retiring from acting, saying he'd lost confidence in his abilities. Still, he marveled at his own resilience.
"You can't be as old as I am without waking up with a surprised look on your face every morning: 'Holy Christ, whaddya know - I'm still around!' It's absolutely amazing that I survived all the booze and smoking and the cars and the career."
Newman, who was married to Jackie Witt from 1949 to 1957, is survived by his wife, Joanne Woodward (wife of 50 years), and five children.
Unfortunately, I've been cut off from civilization for 2 weeks, and was not aware of Newman's demise until yesterday, on a train. So I apologize for bringing it up again.
I was not an immense fan of his films, although most were of high quality. I do, however, agree with _V_'s quote, the man was a rarity in Hwood, a man of clearcut integrity, who gave much more than he got. If you say the word "phony", this guy will never come to mind. And, to me, he was somewhat of a Jimmy Stewart for my generation. He portayed decency in almost every role, even if it wasn't a decent character being portrayed. I will always remember him in 3 films. Cool Hand Luke, Hud and Hombre. Who else but Newman could make you believe a blue-eyed American Indian?
_____V_____
11-03-2008, 12:55 AM
Nov 2, 2008
John Daly, the British-born producer of 13 Oscar-winning movies including “Platoon” and “The Last Emperor” who helped launch the careers of many top directors and actors, has died.
He was 71.
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Daly, who was chairman of Film and Music Entertainment, died Friday morning at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles after struggling with cancer, said his daughter, Jenny Daly.
Over a career that spanned four decades, Daly helped to produce films that earned 13 Oscars for best picture and 21 Oscar nominations, as well as numerous Golden Globes and other awards.
Daly’s companies boosted the careers of directors such as Oliver Stone (“Platoon,” “Salvador”), Bernardo Bertolucci (“The Last Emperor”) and Robert Altman (“Images”), as well as actors Denzel Washington, Keanu Reeves and Julia Roberts.
“John was truly a giant in the industry who changed filmmaking for the better,” Lawrence Lotman, chief financial officer and acting chief executive officer of Film and Music Entertainment, said in a statement.
Born in London, Daly joined with British actor David Hemmings in 1967 to form Hemdale, a company that managed rock bands such as Yes and Black Sabbath.
Hemdale later became a leading independent film producer and distributor in the U.K. with movies such as “Tommy,” according to a biography issued by Film and Music Entertainment.
Under Daly’s stewardship, Hemdale produced more than 100 films that grossed more than $1.5 billion.
Since 2003, Daly had been at the helm of Film and Music Entertainment. In 2004, he produced, co-wrote and directed “The Aryan Couple,” starring Martin Landau, which received awards at film festivals around the world.
He is survived by three sons and a daughter.
R.I.P. John Daly.
MisterSadistro
11-03-2008, 07:46 PM
I got word earlier today that Forry Ackerman is not doing well.
Somehow the late, great Rudy Ray Moore was overlooked on here.
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For those of you who aren't familiar with him, he was the legendary rapping pimp in early blaxploitation movies. You will never find more catchphrases or drinking games from any other movies which is why I take it as a personal lost.
"You gonna have to take me !" indeed. RIP....
neverending
11-03-2008, 08:08 PM
For those of you familiar with the dark corners of the musical universe, Yma Sumac, the Queen of Exotica has passed away.
http://blog.allmusic.com/2008/11/3/rip-yma-sumac-voice-of-the-xtabay/
Also news earlier today that Barak Obama's grandmother passed on.
crabapple
11-03-2008, 10:19 PM
Yes, Yma Sumac and Rudy Ray Moore: both great entertainers.
Dude Guadalupe
11-03-2008, 11:22 PM
I got word earlier today that Forry Ackerman is not doing well.
Somehow the late, great Rudy Ray Moore was overlooked on here.
http://i6.tinypic.com/152c0sh.jpg
For those of you who aren't familiar with him, he was the legendary rapping pimp in early blaxploitation movies. You will never find more catchphrases or drinking games from any other movies which is why I take it as a personal lost.
"You gonna have to take me !" indeed. RIP....
That seriously sucks
zwoti
11-05-2008, 09:25 AM
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Jurassic Park died.........bummer
hammerfan
11-05-2008, 09:59 AM
Jurassic Park died.........bummer
Michael Crichton died..........even more of a bummer
damn....only 66....too young
R.I.P.
ferretchucker
11-05-2008, 11:31 AM
Michael Crichton died?!
Woah. That is a bummer. I loved his signature novel and the film made out of it. I was kinda hoping he'd work some of his magic on the upcoming JP4.
Rest in Peace Michael.
_____V_____
11-06-2008, 06:43 PM
John Michael Crichton, director, screenwriter and bestselling author of sci-fi thrillers that inspired some of Hollywood's most popular movies and TV shows, including "Jurassic Park" and "The Andromeda Strain," died of cancer Tuesday in Los Angeles.
He was 66.
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Crichton received numerous awards across genres and forms for his work and was Emmy nommed eight times for drama series for "ER," winning one Emmy in 1996. He was also part of a team that won a 1995 technical achievement Oscar for developing computerized motion picture budgeting.
"He was the greatest at blending science with big theatrical concepts, which is what gave credibility to dinosaurs again walking the earth," said "Jurassic Park" helmer Steven Spielberg. "In the early days, Michael had just sold 'The Andromeda Strain' to Robert Wise at Universal, and I had recently signed on as a contract TV director there. Michael was a gentle soul who reserved his flamboyant side for his novels."
Movies based on Crichton's stories and screenplays were frequently financially successful: "Jurassic Park" remains the 13th highest grossing film in history, while "Twister" (which Crichton co-wrote) and "The Lost World" sit at Nos. 53 and 60 respectively.
"Michael Crichton was a modern-day Renaissance man," said NBC Universal prexy Jeff Zucker. "He was a physician, writer, director and producer -- few people have done so many things so well. As creator and producer of NBC's 'ER,' he helped change the face of televised drama."
Early in his career, Crichton directed his own screenplays, including 1979 Sean Connery starrer "The First Great Train Robbery," which he wrote, directed and adapted from his own novel; and 1973's "Westworld." He was also director and screenwriter of "Coma," based on the Robin Cook novel.
Born in Chicago, Crichton was raised in Roslyn, Long Island, N.Y., and graduated summa cum laude from Harvard in 1964. In a decision that would inform much of his writing, he chose to attend Harvard Medical School and obtained his medical doctorate in 1969. Throughout his education, he wrote under various pseudonyms, including Jeffery Hudson, the name that appears on "A Case of Need." The writer was uncommonly tall at 6 feet 9 inches. He married five times and divorced four.
In his later years, Crichton broke with popular opinion on the subject of global warming, addressing what he saw as hysteria around the issue in his 2004 novel "State of Fear." Perhaps because of similar views on the topic, Crichton was also one of the few novelists to get along well with President Bush.
Crichton's stories often chronicled disaster and systematic breakdown, frequently using a big, action-packed narrative like the rampaging dinosaurs of "Jurassic Park" to explain such complicated concepts as chaos theory. In person and in print, Crichton advocated for the literary merits of science fiction writers, leaping to the defense of writer Kurt Vonnegut in the pages of the New Republic.
Published by HarperCollins since his 2002 thriller "Prey," Crichton was working on another novel during the illness before his death. HarperCollins' Jonathan Burnham said it was unknown whether the book could be published posthumously, since the writer never discussed his work before it was completed. "He was truly a unique talent," Burnham said. "A visionary thinker, a writer whose range of intellectual passion and curiosity was vast and a great and generous entertainer."
He is survived by his wife, Sherri, and daughter Taylor.
R.I.P. indeed.
Vodstok
11-06-2008, 06:52 PM
He epitomized "The book was better than the movie"
The Lost World was an amazing book, and the movie was an amazing pile of dino shit.
VampiricClown
11-06-2008, 08:44 PM
This thread is so sad. :(
neverending
11-13-2008, 09:56 AM
R.I.P. legendary rock drummer Mitch Mitchell, who was best known for his work with Jimi Hendrix, but also provided the beat for the Tornados and Georgie Fame. Mitchell was found dead in his Portland, OR hotel room Wednesday night; he had been on the road with the Experience Hendrix Tour. Mitchell was 61.
http://www.wtv-zone.com/ruexperienced/sigs/MMitchell.jpg
http://www.wtv-zone.com/ruexperienced/sigs/MMitchell.jpg
You beat me to it.
R.I.P.
HOLY SHIT
ALL of these ppl died? in 2008?
WOW!
ferretchucker
11-13-2008, 12:39 PM
RIP Mitchell.
This thread always brings down the mood. But it's nice to be able to pay our respects to people who truly deserve it.
illdojo
11-13-2008, 07:09 PM
Damn, RIP Mitch.
bwind22
11-14-2008, 12:20 AM
Does anyone else find it odd that Michael Crichton died "unexpectedly" of cancer? That just seems weird. Terminally ill cancer deaths are generally expected so that makes me wonder if he maybe decided to end it early (purely speculation. I hopen ot, but the wording in the obit I read just was very strange.).... Anyone know any more on that?
Phalanx
11-23-2008, 05:38 AM
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On November 23 2008, Harrison Ford legendary star best known for his roles of Indiana Jones and Han Solo in the Star Wars franchise is still alive and well from what I can tell.
If he had died, I'd definitely liked to have said a few words.
ferretchucker
11-23-2008, 07:57 AM
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f43/BJA1981/hf.jpg
On November 23 2008, Harrison Ford legendary star best known for his roles of Indiana Jones and Han Solo in the Star Wars franchise is still alive and well from what I can tell.
If he had died, I'd definitely liked to have said a few words.
Who said he's died?
Despare
11-23-2008, 08:05 AM
Who said he's died?
Nobody, read the caption don't just look at the picture silly ferret.
Does anyone else find it odd that Michael Crichton died "unexpectedly" of cancer? That just seems weird. Terminally ill cancer deaths are generally expected so that makes me wonder if he maybe decided to end it early (purely speculation. I hopen ot, but the wording in the obit I read just was very strange.).... Anyone know any more on that?
He could have easily went undiagnosed and it was only caught when it was too late and spread through his entire body.
ferretchucker
11-23-2008, 08:12 AM
Yeh, it seemed to me like he was proving someone wrong. Oh well.
zwoti
11-24-2008, 02:30 AM
john mchael hayes
Phalanx
11-24-2008, 02:32 AM
That there guy has written a lot of things I've loved...didn't know by name but his career speaks volumes.
RIP.
Roderick Usher
12-05-2008, 12:21 PM
Forrest J Ackerman
1916-2008
Forrest J. Ackerman has passed away after being diagnosed with congestive heart failure and requesting no further treatment. Last month, the editor of Famous Monsters Magazine - who inspired generations of sci-fi, horror and fantasy professionals and fans - was bidding farewell to his friends and loved ones. He celebrated his 92nd birthday on November 24th.
Forry made my youth monstrous. I will miss him dearly.
fortunato
12-05-2008, 12:27 PM
Forrest J Ackerman
1916-2008
Forrest J. Ackerman has passed away after being diagnosed with congestive heart failure and requesting no further treatment. Last month, the editor of Famous Monsters Magazine - who inspired generations of sci-fi, horror and fantasy professionals and fans - was bidding farewell to his friends and loved ones. He celebrated his 92nd birthday on November 24th.
Forry made my youth monstrous. I will miss him dearly.
Oh, no.
It is a sad, sad day.
I'll miss you Forry. Rest in peace.
urgeok2
12-05-2008, 12:33 PM
sad news. he had a nice run, but it's still always sad news.
Despare
12-05-2008, 12:36 PM
RIP Dr. Acula
Phalanx
12-12-2008, 02:42 AM
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f43/BJA1981/bettie_page_2.jpg
Just lookin' at her makes me wanna Mcfly back to the 50's and tap it...
:(
R.I.P
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f43/BJA1981/bettie_page_2.jpg
Just lookin' at her makes me wanna Mcfly back to the 50's and tap it...
:(
R.I.P
I'll take REAL breasts any day.
R.I.P. to a natural beauty.
_____V_____
12-12-2008, 05:58 AM
Real beauty in every sense of those two words. She epitomised sexuality and glamorised it in an era of revolutionary cinema and media.
R.I.P. wonderful and sexy Bettie Page.
zwoti
12-12-2008, 12:05 PM
Robert Prosky
urgeok2
12-12-2008, 12:07 PM
Robert Prosky
no way ....
the keep
christine
among countless others...
this has been a bad year
Van Johnson @ 92
not too many here will know him
novadawn969
12-13-2008, 02:23 PM
Real beauty in every sense of those two words. She epitomised sexuality and glamorised it in an era of revolutionary cinema and media.
R.I.P. wonderful and sexy Bettie Page.
Sad part is that my dad told me she died.
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missmacabre
12-13-2008, 10:04 PM
Sad part is that my dad told me she died.
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My boyfriend had to break the news to me yesterday. I re-watched The Notorious Betty Page last night. I honestly lost a personal hero though, and was really sad. I feel almost like I did when Steve Irwin died, I don't quite believe it's true. I take everything a little too seriously though so don't mind me.
neverending
12-13-2008, 10:22 PM
My boyfriend had to break the news to me yesterday. I re-watched The Notorious Betty Page last night. I honestly lost a personal hero though, and was really sad. I feel almost like I did when Steve Irwin died, I don't quite believe it's true. I take everything a little too seriously though so don't mind me.
I understand exactly what you mean. Steve Irwin was really sad. And Forry Ackerman meant the same thing to me- he was a friend from my childhood. Losing Vonnegut earlier this year was very hard too.
_____V_____
12-15-2008, 06:46 AM
We seem to have missed one in-between...
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Beverly Garland, the B-movie actress who starred in 1950s cult hits such as “Swamp Women” and “Not of This Earth” and who went on to play Fred MacMurray’s TV wife on “My Three Sons,” died Friday, December 5th, at her Hollywood Hills home after a lengthy illness.
She was 82.
Garland made her film debut in the 1950 noir classic “D.O.A.,” launching a 50-year career that included 40 movies and dozens of television shows.
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She gained cult status for playing gutsy women in low-budget exploitation films such as “The Alligator People” and a number of Roger Corman movies including “Gunslinger,” “It Conquered the World” and “Naked Paradise.”
“I never considered myself very much of a passive kind of actress,” she said in a 1985 interview with Fangoria magazine. “I was never very comfortable in love scenes, never comfortable playing a sweet, lovable lady.”
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Garland showed her comedic chops as Bing Crosby’s wife in short-lived mid-’60s sitcom “The Bing Crosby Show.”
She went on to be cast in “My Three Sons” as the second wife of MacMurray’s widower Steve Douglas during the last three seasons of the popular series that aired from 1960-72.
Her television credits also included “Remington Steele,” “Scarecrow and Mrs. King,” “Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman,” “Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman” and “7th Heaven.”
Garland was born Beverly Fessenden in Santa Cruz, Calif., and grew up in Glendale. She married actor Richard Garland, but they were divorced in 1953 after less than four years together.
In 1960, she married real estate developer Fillmore Crank, and the couple built a Mission-style hotel in North Hollywood, now called Beverly Garland’s Holiday Inn. Garland, whose husband died in 1999, remained involved in running the hotel.
She was the honorary mayor of North Hollywood and served on the boards of the California Tourism Corp. and the Greater Los Angeles Visitors and Convention Bureau.
neverending
12-15-2008, 07:15 AM
She definitely smoked up the screen in DOA. RIP Beverly.
_____V_____
12-23-2008, 05:32 AM
This is very sad... :(
Robert Mulligan, who directed the classic film “To Kill a Mockingbird,” with its sensitive look at a child’s world shaken by the racism of a Southern town, died Saturday in Lyme, Conn., after a battle with heart disease.
He was 83.
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Mulligan was nominated for an Oscar for “Mockingbird,” the adaptation of Harper Lee’s bestselling, Pulitzer Prize-winning novel.
The 1962 film starred Gregory Peck, who won the best actor Oscar for his portrayal of Atticus Finch, the small-town lawyer who defends a black man falsely accused of rape.
The story unfolds largely from the point of view of Atticus’ young daughter, Scout, memorably played by Mary Badham. Phillip Alford played his son, Jem.
The New York Times wrote that the film’s opening segment “achieves a bewitching indication of the excitement and thrill of being a child.”
Mulligan was also known as the director of Reese Witherspoon’s first film, “The Man in the Moon,” which came out in 1991. It was his last film, and the family drama brought Witherspoon notice as the younger of two teenage daughters grappling with her first love.
Among his other credits were “Fear Strikes Out,” the 1957 drama starring Anthony Perkins as troubled ballplayer Jim Piersall; “Summer of ‘42,” the 1971 wartime coming-of-age story starring Gary Grimes and Jennifer O’Neill; and the 1972 horror hit “The Other.”
Additional notable features he directed included “Inside Daisy Clover,” “Love With the Proper Stranger,” “Up the Down Staircase” and “Same Time, Next Year,” with Ellen Burstyn and Alan Alda.
He also carved out a solid career as a TV director before moving over to film, working on such drama series as “Studio One,” “The Philco Television Playhouse” and “The Alcoa Hour.”
But “Mockingbird” would remain his most famous work. In 2003, an American Film Institute listing of the top heroes in film history ranked Peck’s Atticus Finch as No. 1.
“The big danger in making a movie of ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ is in thinking of this as a chance to jump on the segregation-integration soapbox,” Mulligan told the New York Times in 1961 while the planning for the film was in its early stages. “The book does not make speeches. It is not melodramatic.”
Mulligan was born in the Bronx, N.Y., and studied at Fordham U.
He is survived by his wife of 37 years, Sandy; three children; two grandchildren; and a brother.
R.I.P. from a very sad person typing this...
urgeok2
12-23-2008, 06:00 AM
“Summer of ‘42,” the 1971 wartime coming-of-age story starring Gary Grimes and Jennifer O’Neill; and the 1972 horror hit “The Other.”
...
amazing films
zwoti
12-25-2008, 03:39 PM
http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/pictures/harold_pinter.jpg
http://shirleybassey.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/earthacatwoman.jpg
neverending
12-25-2008, 05:29 PM
I was coming here to post both of these. Great losses, both of them. Pinter was a hugely influential playwright. Kitt was the best Catwoman ever and a bold artist who exuded sexuality- particularly in her music, very overtly. I'll miss them both.
I have 6.5 hours of Eartha Kitt music and will do a marathon in tribute. Not sure exactly when, yet.
She was a great Catwoman.......R.I.P. Eartha
The_Return
01-01-2009, 01:21 PM
I'm sure a lot of you have already caught this on TCM, but I thought they did an exceptional job this year and that it should be posted:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcTFsZwUAQ8
Beautiful montage, with a gorgeous, simple, haunting song. Really touching.
_____V_____
01-03-2009, 07:18 PM
Edward D. Cartier, whose illustrations graced "The Shadow" and numerous other science fiction and mystery publications in a career that spanned several decades, has died at 94.
Cartier died Dec. 25 at his home in Ramsey, according to his son, Dean Cartier. The elder Cartier had suffered from Parkinson's disease in recent years, his son said.
Cartier's artwork appeared in works by authors such as Robert A. Heinlein and Isaac Asimov, but he is perhaps best known for the hundreds of illustrations he did for "The Shadow" in the 1930s and 1940s.
Written by Walter B. Gibson, "The Shadow" novels appeared in pulp magazines and detailed the exploits of a mysterious, black-attired crime fighter.
Cartier began doing illustrations for the novels in 1936. Not long after that, he turned down an offer to be an assistant to Norman Rockwell, according to Anthony Tollin, editor of "The Shadow & Doc Savage" reprint trade paperbacks.
In addition to more than 800 illustrations for "The Shadow," Cartier drew hundreds of illustrations for numerous other science fiction magazines. He also was the premier artist for the Fantasy Press and Gnome Press book publishing houses in the 1950s.
Dean Cartier said his father created a Christmas card that he sent to family and friends each year starting in the late 1970s. The last one, drawn in 2005, depicted Santa Claus handing "The Shadow" a gift.