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.
11 Oct 2022 - Angela Lansbury, actor, The Court Jester, The Manchurian Candidate, Bedknobs and Broomsticks, Murder She Wrote
Robbie Coltrane - Hagrid in Harry Potter. 10/14/22.
We are losing too many of late :-/
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.
Seems to be the spot for this... Lisa Loring the original Wednesday Addams passed 1/28/2023
Annie Wersching, the Borg Queen on the 29th January
I'll add both. Enjoyed watching both too!
Damn!!
The only thing worse than losing so many of my favorite folk would be joining them :-/ (at least so far <weg>)
Lance Reddick
3/17/23
Played on: Lost, Fringe, Legend of Vox Machina, The Wire, and a lot more.
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>
Mike, not a John Wick fan, so did not know he was in those
And Bosch! Sad!
Paul Grant - Star Wars and Harry Potter. March 19th.
Damn ... pretty soon everyone I know will be gone :-/
.. and they are getting younger!
.. and they are getting younger!
More and more often I ralise that those that are passing are youger than me.
Scary isn't it?
's better than the alternative!!!
's better than the alternative!!!
indeed!
I play that game several times a week!
Al Jaffee, passed April 10, 2023 at the age of 102. A cartoonist, probably best known for his work in Mad magazine.
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.
Well I can hope that I make it that long!! Way to go Al!!! And thanks for making Mad so worth reading!!!
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.
Damn.. he was fun in 1941. Looked him up he also did a lot of Broadway. Was in Grease and Pirates of Penzance
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.
No worries Mina!
I used my sysop magic and it is now recorded in the right place!
Thanks!
One thing Mina ... I would rather that an author wrote 2 amazing books than half a dozen mediocre books <g>
Mike, I completely agree, though I do wish either book had a follow up to it
I have had a few books like that to, so I get it <sigh>
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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Adam Rich died January 7, 2023. He played Presto on the Dungeons & Dragons cartoon.
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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I just found out about Barbara Houston (Ilyanna) (August 28, 1950 - January 14, 2024).
Oh DAMN! I had so many good games with Ilyanna!
😢 She was lovely to write with over the years.
So many memories.
She was one of the greats!
That is so sad! She was a terrific GM and player. I miss her!
Chance Perdomo passed on March 29, 2024. He co-starred in The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina and Gen V.
Vernor Vinge, October 2, 1944 – March 20, 2024, science fiction writer and multiple Hugo winner
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