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| | | Joined: May 2000 Posts: 76,708 Likes: 60 Wizop Administrator | OP Wizop Administrator Joined: May 2000 Posts: 76,708 Likes: 60 | These people still provide our inspiration.
30 Jul 2022 - Nichelle Nichols, actor, Lt Uhura from Star Trek, Heroes, pioneer and trailblazer, worked for NASA 11 Oct 2022 - Angela Lansbury, actor, The Court Jester, The Manchurian Candidate, Murder She Wrote etc 14 Oct 2022 - Robbie Coltrane - actor & comedian, Hagrid, Fitz, Black Adder and two James Bond films 07 Jan 2023 - Adam Rich - Eight is Enough, voiceover on cartoon series of Dungeons & Dragons 28 Jan 2023 - Lisa Loring the original Wednesday Addams 29 Jan 2023 - Annie Wersching, the Borg Queen 17 Mar 2023 - Lance Reddick, The Wire, Fringe, Bosch, John Wick, Lost 20 Mar 2023 - Paul Grant, Star Wars, Harry Potter, Labyrinth, Legend, Willow 01 Apr 2023 - Klaus Teuber, inventor of Catan 10 Apr 2023 - Al Jaffee, cartoonist MAD magazine 12 Jun 2023 - Treat Williams, actor, Hair, 1941, Everwood, Deep End of the Ocean 14 Jan 2024 - Our Ilyana, friend and inspiration to all, ran The Bird & Baby (TBB) on CIS, followed us here until her health failed 24 Feb 2024 - Kenneth Mitchell, actor on Star Trek Discovery, Captain Marvel, Grimm etc. 20 Mar 2024 - Vernor Vinge, Sci-Fi author, Rainbows End, A Fire Upon the Deep (Hugo Award) 29 Mar 2024 - Chance Perdomom, UK/USA actor, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Gen V, Killed by my Debt. 09 May 2024 - Roger Corman, director & producer, Silence of the Lambs, Fantastic Four, Death Race 2000 etc
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| | | | Joined: May 2000 Posts: 10,562 Administrator | Administrator Joined: May 2000 Posts: 10,562 | 11 Oct 2022 - Angela Lansbury, actor, The Court Jester, The Manchurian Candidate, Bedknobs and Broomsticks, Murder She Wrote | | | | Joined: May 2000 Posts: 42,151 Likes: 5 Member | Member Joined: May 2000 Posts: 42,151 Likes: 5 |
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| | | | Joined: May 2000 Posts: 76,708 Likes: 60 Wizop Administrator | OP Wizop Administrator Joined: May 2000 Posts: 76,708 Likes: 60 | | | | | Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 22,197 Likes: 9 (Buffalo) Moderator | (Buffalo) Moderator Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 22,197 Likes: 9 | Robbie Coltrane - Hagrid in Harry Potter. 10/14/22. | | | | Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 173,524 Likes: 7 Babylon 5 Rules Administrator | Babylon 5 Rules Administrator Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 173,524 Likes: 7 | | | | | Joined: May 2000 Posts: 18,002 Likes: 1 Moderator | Moderator Joined: May 2000 Posts: 18,002 Likes: 1 |
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| | | | Joined: May 2000 Posts: 42,151 Likes: 5 Member | Member Joined: May 2000 Posts: 42,151 Likes: 5 | We are losing too many of late :-/
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| | | | Joined: May 2000 Posts: 76,708 Likes: 60 Wizop Administrator | OP Wizop Administrator Joined: May 2000 Posts: 76,708 Likes: 60 | Hagrid, sad but I also loved him as Fitz a crime psychologist in Cracker, great series but not sure if it was shown in the States. | | | | Joined: Jan 2023 Posts: 5,221 Likes: 13 Coordinator of Chaos Member | Coordinator of Chaos Member Joined: Jan 2023 Posts: 5,221 Likes: 13 | Seems to be the spot for this... Lisa Loring the original Wednesday Addams passed 1/28/2023 | | | | Joined: Apr 2016 Posts: 5,674 Likes: 5 Moderator | Moderator Joined: Apr 2016 Posts: 5,674 Likes: 5 | Annie Wersching, the Borg Queen on the 29th January | | | | Joined: May 2000 Posts: 76,708 Likes: 60 Wizop Administrator | OP Wizop Administrator Joined: May 2000 Posts: 76,708 Likes: 60 | I'll add both. Enjoyed watching both too! | | | | Joined: May 2000 Posts: 42,151 Likes: 5 Member | Member Joined: May 2000 Posts: 42,151 Likes: 5 | Damn!!
The only thing worse than losing so many of my favorite folk would be joining them :-/ (at least so far <weg>)
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| | | | Joined: May 2010 Posts: 16,072 Likes: 20 Mayhem Inc. Moderator | Mayhem Inc. Moderator Joined: May 2010 Posts: 16,072 Likes: 20 | Lance Reddick 3/17/23
Played on: Lost, Fringe, Legend of Vox Machina, The Wire, and a lot more.
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| | | | Joined: May 2000 Posts: 42,151 Likes: 5 Member | Member Joined: May 2000 Posts: 42,151 Likes: 5 | I didn't recognize the name at all and had to look him up <sigh> And while I didn't recognize the name, I =certainly= recognized the face from all the =great= movies he was in <vbg> You didn't mention the John Wick movies which I remember more than the others <g>
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| | | | Joined: May 2010 Posts: 16,072 Likes: 20 Mayhem Inc. Moderator | Mayhem Inc. Moderator Joined: May 2010 Posts: 16,072 Likes: 20 | Mike, not a John Wick fan, so did not know he was in those
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| | | | Joined: May 2000 Posts: 76,708 Likes: 60 Wizop Administrator | OP Wizop Administrator Joined: May 2000 Posts: 76,708 Likes: 60 | And Bosch! Sad! | | | | Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 22,197 Likes: 9 (Buffalo) Moderator | (Buffalo) Moderator Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 22,197 Likes: 9 | Paul Grant - Star Wars and Harry Potter. March 19th. | | | | Joined: May 2000 Posts: 42,151 Likes: 5 Member | Member Joined: May 2000 Posts: 42,151 Likes: 5 | Damn ... pretty soon everyone I know will be gone :-/
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| | | | Joined: May 2000 Posts: 76,708 Likes: 60 Wizop Administrator | OP Wizop Administrator Joined: May 2000 Posts: 76,708 Likes: 60 | .. and they are getting younger! | | | | Joined: Apr 2016 Posts: 5,674 Likes: 5 Moderator | Moderator Joined: Apr 2016 Posts: 5,674 Likes: 5 | .. and they are getting younger! More and more often I ralise that those that are passing are youger than me. | | | | Joined: May 2000 Posts: 76,708 Likes: 60 Wizop Administrator | OP Wizop Administrator Joined: May 2000 Posts: 76,708 Likes: 60 | Scary isn't it? | | | | Joined: May 2000 Posts: 42,151 Likes: 5 Member | Member Joined: May 2000 Posts: 42,151 Likes: 5 | 's better than the alternative!!!
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| | | | Joined: Apr 2016 Posts: 5,674 Likes: 5 Moderator | Moderator Joined: Apr 2016 Posts: 5,674 Likes: 5 | 's better than the alternative!!! indeed! | | | | Joined: May 2000 Posts: 10,562 Administrator | Administrator Joined: May 2000 Posts: 10,562 | | | | | Joined: May 2000 Posts: 42,151 Likes: 5 Member | Member Joined: May 2000 Posts: 42,151 Likes: 5 |
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| | | | Joined: May 2000 Posts: 76,708 Likes: 60 Wizop Administrator | OP Wizop Administrator Joined: May 2000 Posts: 76,708 Likes: 60 | I play that game several times a week! | | | | Joined: May 2000 Posts: 22,965 Numbers Geek Moderator | Numbers Geek Moderator Joined: May 2000 Posts: 22,965 | Al Jaffee, passed April 10, 2023 at the age of 102. A cartoonist, probably best known for his work in Mad magazine. | | | | Joined: Jan 2023 Posts: 5,221 Likes: 13 Coordinator of Chaos Member | Coordinator of Chaos Member Joined: Jan 2023 Posts: 5,221 Likes: 13 | Had to look him up. But he drew two of my favorite parts of Mad Magazine. The Fold in and Hawks and Doves. That fold in took some talent. | | | | Joined: May 2000 Posts: 42,151 Likes: 5 Member | Member Joined: May 2000 Posts: 42,151 Likes: 5 | Well I can hope that I make it that long!! Way to go Al!!! And thanks for making Mad so worth reading!!!
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| | | | Joined: May 2010 Posts: 16,072 Likes: 20 Mayhem Inc. Moderator | Mayhem Inc. Moderator Joined: May 2010 Posts: 16,072 Likes: 20 | Monday June 12: Treat Williams
Treat starred in two of my favorite movies The Phantom and Deep Rising. He was also in Dead Heat, Journey to the Center of the Earth, and Age of Dinosaurs. Treat died in a motorcycle accident. He was 71.
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| | | | Joined: Jan 2023 Posts: 5,221 Likes: 13 Coordinator of Chaos Member | Coordinator of Chaos Member Joined: Jan 2023 Posts: 5,221 Likes: 13 | Damn.. he was fun in 1941. Looked him up he also did a lot of Broadway. Was in Grease and Pirates of Penzance | | | | Joined: May 2010 Posts: 16,072 Likes: 20 Mayhem Inc. Moderator | Mayhem Inc. Moderator Joined: May 2010 Posts: 16,072 Likes: 20 | The pre-July 2022 thread is locked or I would have posted there... I just googled and found out that Dorothy Jones Heydt died on June 28, 2022. She was the author of two of my favorite books; Point of Honor as Dorothy J. Heydt, and The Interior Life as Katherine Blake. I truly wish she had written more, as both of those books are so wonderful and even with many rereads, they still pull me into the story. While I never met her, I wish I had. I am definitely a huge fan of her two novels. From Wikipedia: Dorothy Jones Heydt[1] (1942-2022) was a United States author of science fiction and fantasy. She lived on the U.S. West Coast and was an active participant in the Usenet newsgroups rec.arts.sf.written and rec.arts.sf.fandom, and in science fiction fandom in general. She was the originator of the "Eight Deadly Words" ("I don't care what happens to these people"), and other fan quotes. She was the originator and first editor of the Star Trek Concordance, an extensive resource guide first published in March 1969.
A linguist, she invented one of the first widely used Vulcan conlangs in 1967 for a Star Trek fan fiction series. Its words were picked up and used by other fan fiction authors such as Claire Gabriel. One term, ni var, meaning "two form", an art form in which two contrasting aspects of a subject are compared,[2] is still used on Star Trek: Enterprise, as the name of a Vulcan ship and on Star Trek: Discovery as the new name of the planet Vulcan itself.
She wrote numerous short stories and two novels; she sometimes wrote as "Katherine Blake." Many of her stories appeared in collections edited by Marion Zimmer Bradley, including the Sword and Sorceress series, and stories in the Darkover series shared world. Marion Zimmer Bradley's Fantasy Magazine published many of her stories.
While not one of the founding members of the Society for Creative Anachronism, she did participate in the early years and helped establish important elements of the ceremonies, such as the oath of fealty used in peerage ceremonies.
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| | | | Joined: May 2000 Posts: 76,708 Likes: 60 Wizop Administrator | OP Wizop Administrator Joined: May 2000 Posts: 76,708 Likes: 60 | No worries Mina! I used my sysop magic and it is now recorded in the right place! Thanks! | | | | Joined: May 2000 Posts: 42,151 Likes: 5 Member | Member Joined: May 2000 Posts: 42,151 Likes: 5 | One thing Mina ... I would rather that an author wrote 2 amazing books than half a dozen mediocre books <g>
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| | | | Joined: May 2010 Posts: 16,072 Likes: 20 Mayhem Inc. Moderator | Mayhem Inc. Moderator Joined: May 2010 Posts: 16,072 Likes: 20 | Mike, I completely agree, though I do wish either book had a follow up to it
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| | | | Joined: May 2000 Posts: 42,151 Likes: 5 Member | Member Joined: May 2000 Posts: 42,151 Likes: 5 | I have had a few books like that to, so I get it <sigh>
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| | | | Joined: May 2010 Posts: 16,072 Likes: 20 Mayhem Inc. Moderator | Mayhem Inc. Moderator Joined: May 2010 Posts: 16,072 Likes: 20 | Point of Honor was so well done, Mike, but honestly The Interior Life was kind of unique when it comes to fantasy novels. I can read that one multiple times (and have). I picked it up in a used bookstore when I was a preteen and fell in love with it.
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| | | | Joined: May 2010 Posts: 16,072 Likes: 20 Mayhem Inc. Moderator | Mayhem Inc. Moderator Joined: May 2010 Posts: 16,072 Likes: 20 | . Adam Rich died January 7, 2023. He played Presto on the Dungeons & Dragons cartoon.
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| | | | Joined: May 2000 Posts: 76,708 Likes: 60 Wizop Administrator | OP Wizop Administrator Joined: May 2000 Posts: 76,708 Likes: 60 | | | | | Joined: May 2010 Posts: 16,072 Likes: 20 Mayhem Inc. Moderator | Mayhem Inc. Moderator Joined: May 2010 Posts: 16,072 Likes: 20 | Kenneth Mitchell (November 25, 1974 – February 24, 2024)
Kenneth was an actor on Star Trek Discover, Captain Marvel, Grimm and many other sci-fi and fantasy tv shows.
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| | | | Joined: May 2000 Posts: 76,708 Likes: 60 Wizop Administrator | OP Wizop Administrator Joined: May 2000 Posts: 76,708 Likes: 60 | Got it! | | | | Joined: May 2000 Posts: 10,562 Administrator | Administrator Joined: May 2000 Posts: 10,562 | I just found out about Barbara Houston (Ilyanna) (August 28, 1950 - January 14, 2024). | | | | Joined: May 2009 Posts: 15,147 Likes: 10 Chaotic Obfuscator Moderator | Chaotic Obfuscator Moderator Joined: May 2009 Posts: 15,147 Likes: 10 | Oh DAMN! I had so many good games with Ilyanna! | | | | Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 2,036 Likes: 7 Moderator | Moderator Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 2,036 Likes: 7 | 😢 She was lovely to write with over the years. | | | | Joined: May 2000 Posts: 76,708 Likes: 60 Wizop Administrator | OP Wizop Administrator Joined: May 2000 Posts: 76,708 Likes: 60 | So many memories. She was one of the greats! | 1 member likes this:
Denis | | | | Joined: May 2000 Posts: 18,002 Likes: 1 Moderator | Moderator Joined: May 2000 Posts: 18,002 Likes: 1 | That is so sad! She was a terrific GM and player. I miss her!
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| | | | Joined: May 2010 Posts: 16,072 Likes: 20 Mayhem Inc. Moderator | Mayhem Inc. Moderator Joined: May 2010 Posts: 16,072 Likes: 20 | Chance Perdomo passed on March 29, 2024. He co-starred in The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina and Gen V.
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| | | | Joined: May 2000 Posts: 76,708 Likes: 60 Wizop Administrator | OP Wizop Administrator Joined: May 2000 Posts: 76,708 Likes: 60 | | | | | Joined: May 2000 Posts: 10,562 Administrator | Administrator Joined: May 2000 Posts: 10,562 | Vernor Vinge, October 2, 1944 – March 20, 2024, science fiction writer and multiple Hugo winner | | | | Joined: May 2000 Posts: 76,708 Likes: 60 Wizop Administrator | OP Wizop Administrator Joined: May 2000 Posts: 76,708 Likes: 60 | Got it | | | | Joined: May 2000 Posts: 22,965 Numbers Geek Moderator | Numbers Geek Moderator Joined: May 2000 Posts: 22,965 | Roger Corman, legendary movie producer/director, passed away on May 9, 2024 at age 98. | | | | Joined: May 2000 Posts: 42,151 Likes: 5 Member | Member Joined: May 2000 Posts: 42,151 Likes: 5 | I certainly remember =that= name. Can't remember any if the movies he did, but I know they were 'good' enough that I remembered his name when I browsed the credits!!
Beyond that ... getting to 98 is something too!!! I hope I can do that ... and maybe exceed <vbg>
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| | | | Joined: May 2000 Posts: 76,708 Likes: 60 Wizop Administrator | OP Wizop Administrator Joined: May 2000 Posts: 76,708 Likes: 60 | Added with film credits | | |
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