R.i.p. 2012

[hammerfan]

Sally Ride, first woman in space. Passed at age 61 from pancreatic cancer.

RIP Sally.

[Atraxi]

Sherman Hemsley :(

[hammerfan]

I'm just gutted over this

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-18947130

If I remember right, he was in one or two Hammer films with Peter Cushing, playing Dr. Frankenstein's assistant. I'll have to look on IMDB.

Edit: He played Karl in "Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed".

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R.I.P. Gore Vidal.

Writer Gore Vidal has died in Los Angeles at 86.

Vidal's family made the announcement Tuesday, leaving a brief message his official website and Twitter account. His nephew, Burr Steers, told The New York Times that his death was due to complications of pneumonia.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/new...dead-86-356705

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R.I.P. Marvin Hamlisch.

The American musician Marvin Hamlisch, who has died aged 68 after a short illness, won three Oscars, four Emmys, four Grammys and a Tony award in the course of composing A Chorus Line and a host of movie soundtracks, including The Sting and The Way We Were.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/global/201...arvin-hamlisch

[newb]

Originally Posted by _____V_____

R.I.P. Marvin Hamlisch.



http://www.guardian.co.uk/global/201...arvin-hamlisch

wow....didn't think he was 68

still very young..R.I.P. Marv

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Carlo Rambaldi.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0708058/

Special effects master and three-time Oscar winner Carlo Rambaldi died Friday in southern Italy after a long illness, Italian news media reported.

He was 86.

Rambaldi was known as the father of “E.T.” He won visual effects Oscars for Steven Spielberg’s 1982 extraterrestrial hit, as well as Ridley Scott’s film “Alien” in 1979, and John Guillermin’s “King Kong” in 1976.

Damn...

R.I.P.

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Joe Kubert.

Joe Kubert, a titan among comic-book artists whose work stretched from the Golden Age of the superhero to the gritty realism of the graphic novel, died on Sunday in Morristown, N.J.

He was 85.

“He’s the longest-lived continuously important contributor to the field,” Paul Levitz, a former president of DC Comics, said in an interview on Monday. “There are two or three of the greats left, but he’s definitely one of the last.”

Mr. Kubert was most closely associated with DC, for whom he drew Sgt. Rock, a World War II infantryman he created with the writer Robert Kanigher, and Hawkman, an airborne crime fighter. He also created Tor, a prehistoric hero, and, with Mr. Kanigher, Enemy Ace, whose antihero is a German pilot. In addition, Mr. Kubert was considered one of the definitive interpreters of Tarzan.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/14/ar...ies-at-85.html

[fortunato]

Originally Posted by _____V_____

Carlo Rambaldi.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0708058/



Damn...

R.I.P.

Buuuummer.

I'll always love him for his batshit-crazy work in Zulawski's Possession.

[Fearonsarms]

Originally Posted by fortunato

Buuuummer.

I'll always love him for his batshit-crazy work in Zulawski's Possession.

Ditto-a sad loss. RIP Carlo Rambaldi