Posts Tagged ‘death’
Thursday, January 15th, 2009
Actor and legend Ricardo Montalban passed away Wednesday in Los Angeles at the age of 88. Born in Mexico City in 1920, he rose as one of most prominent Hispanic actors during the 1950′s and 60′s. However it wasn’t until he starred in television roles as the mysterious host Mr. Roarke on the hit drama [...]
Tags: death, fantasy island, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Movies, Ricardo Montalban, Star Trek, Television, Wrath of Khan
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Friday, December 12th, 2008
LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) – Legendary pin-up queen Bettie Page died of pneumonia at the age of 85 in a Los Angeles, California, hospital Thursday, a week after suffering a heart attack, according to her agent. “She captured the imagination of a generation of men and women with her free spirit and unabashed sensuality,” said [...]
Tags: Bettie Page, death, pin-up, Playboy
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Saturday, November 29th, 2008
I awoke to some very sad news today. The horror author Joseph McGee passed away in his sleep on Thanksgiving. Joe was only 23 years old. My heart goes out to his family. The horror community is in mourning today having lost yet another of its bright upcoming young stars. I first met Joe through [...]
Tags: death, Horror, Joseph McGee, writing
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Thursday, November 6th, 2008
Interesting that I just made a reference to JURASSIC PARK in my previous post this morning. Then the next article I read is this one! Crazy!…and very sad… ‘Jurassic Park’ author, ‘ER’ creator Crichton dies LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) Michael Crichton, who helped create the TV show “ER” and wrote the best-sellers “Jurassic Park,” “The [...]
Tags: , death, Jurassic Park, Michael Crichton, Science Fiction
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Monday, September 29th, 2008
Today is an extraordinarily sad day. This morning I went into work only to find out that one of my good friends, Hunter Kinsey, passed away last night. He was only 39. Hunter was one of the most genuine people I have ever known and while he was in my life for only a year, [...]
Tags: death, Hunter Kinsey
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Tuesday, September 16th, 2008
Such a tragedy. The literary world has lost yet another creative voice… **From NY Times Article** David Foster Wallace, whose darkly ironic novels, essays and short stories garnered him a large following and made him one of the most influential writers of his generation, was found dead in his California home on Friday, after apparently [...]
Tags: author, David Wallace Foster, death, NY Times, suicide, writing
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Monday, June 23rd, 2008
First Stan Winston and now George Carlin? What a true tragedy! The iconic comedian George Carlin passed away yesterday at the age of 71. I am so very very sad. Rest in peace George Carlin. Article on VOA News… Bookmark to: Hide Sites
Tags: comedy, death, George Carlin
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Monday, June 16th, 2008
**PRESS RELEASE** Los Angeles (E! Online) – From The Terminator movies to Iron Man, Stan Winston made the magic that make movies magic. The Oscar-winning visual-effects and makeup guru died Sunday of multiple myeloma. He was 62, and had been battling the plasma cancer for seven years. Long Hollywood’s go-to creator of creatures great and [...]
Tags: death, special effects, Stan Winston
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