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Ray Bradbury (1920-2012)
Ray Bradbury (Ray Douglas Bradbury) passed away June 5th, 2012. He was 91. Bradbury was perhaps the best known writer of fantasy and science fiction in the United States. The poetic, literary quality...
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Jon Finch, R.I.P.
Jon Finch as Kane in ALIEN. The actor dropped out due to illness. The UK’s Hastings Observer reports that 70-year-old British actor Jon Finch has died of natural causes at his home in Hastings....
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Ray Harryhausen has passed on to “the land beyond beyond”
Ray Harryhausen graced the cover of Cinefantastique magazine no less than three times - a tribute to his monumental contribution to horror, fantasy, and science fiction cinema. Ray Harryhausen, the...
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Richard Matheson: He Was Legend
Richard Matheson Influential author and screenwriter passes away. Works included I AM LEGEND and WHAT DREAMS MAY COME. Multiple sources (including io9 and the Guardian Express) are reporting that...
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Podcast 5-5-2: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Maximillian Schell, Gordon Hessler
A sad installment of the Cinefantastique Black Hole Ultra-Lounge Podcast, as Dan Persons, Lawrence French, and Steve Biodrowski note the passing of Philip Seymour Hoffman (THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING...
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RIP: Godzilla FX director Koichi Kawakita
Godzilla vs. Biollante * Koichi Kawakita, the special effects director who updated Godzilla for the ’90s, helping to spur interest in an American remake, has passed away. Kawakita died on his 72...
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PETER CUSHING: A Tribute to Christopher Lee
The ninth issue of Cinefantastique featured a career article devoted to Christopher Lee, way back in the fall of 1973. Peter Cushing wrote this heartfelt introduction for his good friend, although they...
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RIP: Keith Emerson
Keith Emerson (right) with Dario Argento Keith Emerson – the keyboard genius and composer – has died. According to Rolling Stone, the 71-year-old musician was found at his home in Santa Monica, with a...
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Roger Moore, RIP
Actor Roger Moore, who played James Bond in seven films, succumbed to cancer in Switzerland at the age of 89. His family made announcement was via Twitter. Besides acting, Moore was a goodwill...
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