In Memoriam 2024
JANUARY
Game designer James Brennan (b.1940) died on January 1. Brennan created the RPGs Man, Myth & Magic and Timeship. He also wrote the eight volume Grailquest gaming books. As Herbie Brennan, he wrote The Fairie War Chronicles.
Publicist Mickey Cottrell (b.1944) died on January 1. In addition to publicizing many independent films, Cottrell appeared in episodes of Star Trek; The Next Generation and Star Trek: Voyager. His publicity work included the film Earth Girls Are Easy.
Fan Colin Cowie died on January 1. Cowie was one of the founders of the Hammer International Fan Club and the Hammer fan convention.
Art historian David Kunzle (b.1936) died on January 1. Kunzle’s doctoral thesis formed the bases for his three-volume history of the comic strip published between 1973 and 2021. He also wrote other works on comics and translated works into English.
Author Jack O’Connell (b.1959) died on January 1. O’Connell was the author of The Skin Palace, Word Made Flesh, and The Resurrectionist, the last of which won the Prix Imaginaire. His short story “Legerdemain” was a World Fantasy finalist.
Author David J. Skal (b.1952) was struck by a car on January 1. Skal was the author of Scavengers, When We Were Good, and Antibodies, as well as several non-fiction books about horror films. He won three Ruthven Awards.
Computer scientist Niklaus Wirth (b.1934) died on January 1. Wirth created the programming language Pascal, built one of the first personal computers, and was instrumental in Logotech commercializing the computer mouse.
Sound editor Peter Berkos (b.1922) died on January 2. Berkos worked on sound effects for Voyagers!, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, and Battlestar Galactica. In 1976, he won an Academy Award for sound effects on The Hindenburg. Although he worked on a film in 1938, most of his early work was in radio sound effects.
Actor Harry Johnson (b.1942) died on January 2. Johnson appeared in the films Warlock, Real Genius, and Robocop and was in episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, and Battlestar Galactica.
Author Brian Lumley (b.1937) died on January 2. Lumley was known for his Titus Crow and Necroscope series as well as novels which used Lovecraft’s Cthulhu mythos. He won the British Fantasy Award for the short story “Fruiting Bodies” and received lifetime Achievement Awards from the Stokers and World Fantasy Awards and was named a World Horror Grandmaster.
Fan Paul Bucciarelli (1961) died on January 3. Bucciarelli was a fan artist who was active in the PIttsburgh Comix Club and the Western Pennsylvania SF Association in the late ’70s and early ’80s. He worked in films as a set dresser on The Dark Knight Rises, The Stand, Creepshow and Dogma.
Actor Germana Dominici (b.1946) died on January 3. Dominici appeared in Ator, the Fighting Eagle, Intervista, and an episode of Il fascino dell’insolito.
Publisher Richard Matthews (b.1944) died on January 3. Matthews worked for University of Tampa Press and published studies of various authors, including J.R.R. Tolkien, William Morris, and Brian Aldiss. He was also the author of Fantasy: The Liberation of Imagination.
Actor Saul Reichlin (b.1943) died on January 3. Reichling narrated more than 200 audio books and appeared in an episode of Space: 1999. He did voicework for video games including Assassin’s Creed: Origins and the Risen series.
Fan and critic Michael Walsh (b.1945) died on January 3. Walsh worked as an entertainment reporter in Vancouver and reported on, and attended many VCONs. He was also active in the SCA as Michel le voyageur.
Author Fred Chappell (b.1936) died on January 4. Chappell was the author of the novels Dagon and I Am One of You Forever. He won two World Fantasy Awards for his stories “The Lodger” and “The Somewhere Doors.”
Actor Georgina Hale (b.1943) died on January 4. Hale appeared in the Doctor Who serial “The Happiness Patrol” and various T.Bag movies and series.
Actor Glynis Johns (b.1923) died on January 4. Johns appeared appeared as Winifred Banks in Mary Poppins, Maid Jean in The Court Jester, and Lady Penelope Peasoup in Batman.
Actor Christian Oliver (b.1972) died in a plane crash on January 4. Oliver appeared in episodes of Sliders, Timeless, Sense8, and the film Speed Racer. He also did voicework on Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.
Actor David Soul (b.1923) died on January 4. Best known for playing Hutch on Starsky and Hutch, he appeared in episodes of Star Trek, Doctor Who: The Animated Series, The New Adventures of Robin Hood, and Secret of the Sahara.
Screenwriter Tracy Tormé (b.1959), died on January 4. Tormé wrote Fire in the Sky and served as head writer on Star Trek: The Next Generation. He co-created the television series Sliders and served as a consultant on Contact.
Screenwriter Brian McConnachie (b.1942) died on January 5. McConnachie wrote for Saturday Night Live and the film Caddyshack. His genre credits included the animated series Noddy and episodes of Shining Time Station.
Fan Darrah Chavey (b.1954) died on January 6. Chavey was a member of the Beloit Science Fiction and Fantasy Association for many years and was active in running Wiscon.
Editor Emanuel Lottem (b.1944) died on January 7. Lottem began working as a translator in 1976. He translated Dune, The Lord of the Rings, Ringworld, and other novels into Hebrew. He was also the editor of the magazine Fantasia 2000and helped establish the Israeli Society of Science Fiction and Fantasy. He co-edited the anthology Zion’s Fiction with Sheldon Teitelbaum.
Author Morell E. Mullins (b.1941) died on January 7. Mullins’ only published short story, “The Big Tent” was published in 2016 in Coming Around Again.
Actor Adan Canto (b.1981) died on January 8. Canto portrayed Sunspot in X-Men: Days of Future Past and also appeared in the series The Following and Second Chance and the short film Al Ras.
Author Mark Kharitonov (b.1937) died on January 8. His children’s fantasies included the novels Uchitel vraniya and Prazdnik neozhidannostey. In addition to his own work, Kharitonov translated many English novels into Russian.
Academic Stan Mattson (b.1937) died on January 9. Mattson founded the C.S. Lewis Foundation in 1986 and served as its president until 2020.
Author Terry Bisson (b.1942) died on January 10. Bisson won the Hugo, Sturgeon, and Nebula Award for his short story “Bears Discover Fire” and a second Nebula for “macs.” In 1993, he won the Phoenix Award. His novels included Fire on the Mountain, Voyage to the Red Planet, and The Pickup Artist.
Actor Peter Crombie (b.1952) died on January 10. Perhaps best known for playing Crazy Joe Dovolo on Seinfeld, his genre credits include The Blob, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and episodes of House of Frankenstein.
Actor Tisa Farrow (b.1951) died on January 10. Farrow appeared in the films Zombie, The Grim Reaper, and The Initiation of Sarah. She was Mia Farrow’s sister.
Artist Jennell Jaquays (b.1956) died on January 10. Jaquays began The Dungeoneer, one of the first RPG fanzines and later created artwork for TSR, Chaosium, Judges Guild, ICE, and GDW. She also did extensive work in the video game industry.
Director Janusz Majewski (b.1931) died on January 10. Majewski directed the films Lokis: A Manuscript of Professor Wittembach, The System of Dr. Tarr and Professor Fether, and Awatar, czyli zamiana dusz.
Stuntman Conrad Palmisano (b.1948) died on January 10. Palmisano performed stunts for X-Men, Quantum Leap, Lost, the RoboCop films, Death Race 2000, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, and hundreds more shows and movies.
Author Nikolay Romanestskiy (b.1953) died on January 10. Romanestskiy was the editor of Polden magazine and wrote nearly thirty novels. In addition, he translated works from English into Russian.
Author Sergey Sukhinov (b.1950) died on January 10. Sukhinov wrote nineteen volumes in The Emerald City series, a sequel series to Alexander Volkov’s Magic Land series, which was an imitation of Baum’s Oz.
Actor Laurence Badie (b.1928) died on January 11. Badie appeared in Visitors II: The Corridors of Time and Slices of Life. She provided voicework for Clementine’s Enchanted Journey and dubbed Velma Dinkley’s voice in French.
Costume designer April Ferry (b.1932) died on January 11. Ferry’s work appeared in Donny Darko, Jurassic World, Game of Thrones, and Big Trouble in Little China.
Actor Lynne Martin (b.1948) died on January 11. Marta appeared in Help Me…I’m Possessed, The First Power, Genesis II, Blood Beach, and an episode of Tales of the Unexpected.
Actor Yuriy Solomin (b.1935) died on January 11. Solomin appeared in the film Moon Rainbow and the TV film An Ordinary Miracle.
Author Martin Gately (b.1966) died on January 12. Gately published several short stories, which were collected in The New Exploits of Jopeph Rouletabille and Exquisite Pandora and Other Fantastic Adventures. His writing also appeared in The Fortean Times.
Screenwriter Andrew Payne (b.1949) died on January 12. Payne wrote episodes of Into the Labyrinth and the film Spaced Out.
Marketing executive Francine Grillo (b.1952) died on January 13. Grillo was offered the position of international rights at Marvel out of high school and stayed for 10 years before moving to a similar position at DC for 18 years.
Actor Joyce Randolph (b.1924) died on January 13. Randolph is best known for portrayed Trixie Norton on The Honeymooners, but she also appeared in an episode of Buck Rogers in 1950.
Fan Klaus Johansen died on January 14. Johansen was a Danish fan active in that country’s fanzine community during the 1970s and 80s.
Producer Martin McCallum (b.1950) died on January 14. McCallum was a Broadway and West End producer whos shows included Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark
Author Tom Purdom (b.1936) died on January 14. His novels included I Want the Stars, Five Against Arlane, and The Barons of Behavior. He wrote numerous short stories and When I Was Writing, a literary memoir.
Author Howard Waldrop (b.1946) died on January 14. Waldrop mostly wrote short fiction and was best known for the World Fantasy and Nebula Award winning “Ugly Chickens” and “Night of the Cooters.” He also received a World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement Award.
Author Stephen Gregory(b.1952) died in early January. Gregory worked as a script writer with William Friedkin, His novels included The Blood of Angels, The Waking That Kills, and Plague of Gulls.
Fan Peter Fagan (b.1956) died on January 15. Fagan was active in Melbourne and Canberra science fiction clubs and was part of the Nova Mob. He attended multiple Worldcons.
Comic book scholar Bill Mason (b.1942) died on January 15. Mason wrote introductions to the reprints of EC Comics in the 1970s as well as articles on this history of comics for The Comics Journal.
Actor William O’Connell (b.1929) died on January 15. O’Connell played Thelev the Andorian in the Star Trek episode “Journey to Babel.” He also appeared in episodes of The Twlight Zone, The Outer Limits, and The Fantastic Journey.
Fan Roger Perkins died on the night of January 15/6. Perkins was part of the City Illiterates. He began attending conventions with the 1972 Eastercon and worked on the 1987 and 89 Eastercons. He served as treasurer for all four BECCONs. In 1990, He received the Doc Weir Award.
Composer Laurie Johnson (b.1927) died on January 16. Johnson composed the theme to the television series The Avengers and music for Dr. Strangelove and First Men in the Moon.
Actor José Lifante (b.1943) died on January 16. Lifante appeared in The Advtnreus of Baron Munchausen, Relic Hunter, Panic, and Dagon, among other films.
Composer Peter Schickele (b.1935) died on January 16. Best known for his persona of P.D.Q. Bach, Schickele composed the score for the film Silent Running and arranged Elgar’s “Pomp and Circumstance” for Fantasia 2000.
Comics editor Richard Ashford died on January 17. Ashford worked as a scriptwriter and editor on Conan the Barbarian, Excalibur, Infinity Watch, and Iron Man. Ashford also edited Speakeasy magazine.
Actor Gastón Santos (b.1931) died on January 17. Santos starred in the films The Black Pit of Dr. M, Swamp of the Lost Souls, The Living Coffin, and Los diablos del terror.
Fan Tony Benoun (b.1957) died on January 18. Benoun was one of the founders of Gallifrey One and was long active in the Time Meddlers of Los Angeles and LASFS. He worked many conventions, including Creation Cons.
Fan Joan Bledig died on January 18. Bledig was active in Edgar Rice Burroughs fandom, chairing the Burroughs Bibliophiles from 2014-22. She received a lifetime achievement award from the Burroughs Bibliophiles in 1994 and an ERB Lifetime Achievement Award in 2004.
Screenwriter Anthony Lawrence (b.1928) died on January 18. Lawrence wrote for The Twilight Zone, Outer Limits, and Planet of the Apes television series.
Actor David Emge (b.1946) died on January 20. Emge appeared in Dawn of the Dead, Basket Case 2, and Hellmaster.
Actor David Gail (b.1965) died on January 20. Best known for his role on the soap opera Port Charles, his genre credit is the film Full Eclipse.
Director Norman Jewison (b.1926) died on January 20. Jewison directed Rollerball and Bogus. He also produced Iceman and won Academy Awards for In the Heat of the Night, Th Thomas Crown Affair, Fiddler on the Roof, and Moonstruck.
Actor Gary Graham (b.1950) died on January 22. Graham appeared on Alien Nation and Star Trek: Enterprise and Star Trek: Renegades. He also appered in the film Robot Jox.
Costumer William Bear Reed (b.1957) died on January 22 from a massive brain hemorrhage. Reed was a frequent con attendee and a master costumer and could often be found sporting a Klingon costume.
Journalist David Kahn (b.1930) died on January 23. Kahn focused on cryptography, something he discovered from reading Fletcher Pratt’s Secret and Urgent. He published one alternate history story, “Enigma Uncracked.”
Fan Reece Morehead (b.1945) died on January 23. Morehead was active in the Middle Tennessee Science Fiction Society and worked as a librarian at the Nashville Public Library.
Author N. Scott Momaday (b.1934) died on January 24. Momaday’s debut novel, House Made of Dawn, is credited with launching contemporary Native American literature. His story “The Transformation” was reprinted in The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror.
Fan Hans Frey(b.1949) died on January 25. Frey wrote several books on the history of German science fiction as well as biographies of Bester, Ballard, and Tiptree.
Author Theodore Krulik died on January 25. Krulik is best known for his non fiction books Roger Zelazny and The Complete Amber Sourcebook. He also wrote the novel World Shaper.
Director Rod Holcomb (b.1943) died on January 26. Holcomb directed the 1979 Captain America tv movies and episodes of The Greatest American Hero, Battlestar Galactica, and Lost.
Fan Matthew Pavletich (b.1965) died on January 26. Pavletich was active in New Zealand fandom and, along with his wife, Maree, was the FFANZ delegate in 2004 to Australia, although he was unable to make the trip.
Author Carlos Buiza (b.1940) died on January 27. Buiza was the author of the short stories “Asfalto” and “Historia del pastor y sus ovejas.” His work was collected in Un mundo sin luz.
Fan Sandy Meschkow (b.1941) died on January 28. Meschkow was active in Philadelphia fandom and had letters published in several fanzines, such as Lofgeornost. He had a story, “Local Control” appear in Amazing Science Fiction in 1974.
Actor Hinton Battle (b.1956) died on January 29. Battle made appearances on the series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Touched by an Angel, and Quantum Leap. He also appeared in the pilot for the US version of Red Dwarf.
FEBRUARY
Actor Greg Finley (b.1947) died on February 1. Finley did voicework for many films, including Lilo & Stitch, Robotech, Monster of Frankenstein, and more. He occasionally appeared on camera, as well.
Animator Mark Gustafson (b.1959) died on February 1. Gustafson worked as an animator on Return to Oz and Fantastic Mr. Fox. He directed Bride of Resistor and Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, for which he won an Oscar.
Actor Carl Weathers (b.1948) died on February 1. Weathers appeared in Predator, The Mandalorian, the Toy Story movies, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and many more films and tv shows. He may be best known as Apollo Creed from Rocky.
Author Alev Alath (b.1944) died on February 2. Alath’s work included the novels Kabus and Rüya. Schödinger Cat. She also wrote numerous novels and non-fiction books which were not genre-related.
Actor Ian Lavender (b.1946) died on February 2. Lavender appeared in the series Goodnight, Sweetheart and Come Back Mrs. Noah. He may be best known for his non-genre roles in Dad’s Army and The Eastenders.
Actor Don Murray (b.1929) died on February 2. Murray appeared in the films Mde in Heaven, Peggy Sue Got Married, Ghosts Can’t Do It, and Conquest of the Planet of the Apes.
Author Christopher Priest (b.1943) died on February 2. Priest was the author of The Separation, The Glamour, and The Inverted World, He won the World Fantasy and the James Tait Black Memorial Awards for The Prestige. Priest was the GoH at Interaction the 2005 Worldcon.
Actor Claudio Rissi (b.1956) died on February 2. Rissi appeared in the series Germán, últimas viñetas and the films Bruno Motenta, Adiós querida luna, and Romanos.
Actor Helena Rojo (b.1944) died on Feburary 3. Rojo appeared in episodes of Hora marcada and the films Angels and Cherubs, Mas Allâ del deseo, and Una vez, un hombre…
Samuel C. Florman (b.1925) died on February 3. Working primarily as an engineer and publishing nonfiction on that topic, Florman did publish the postapocalyptic novel Aftermath in 2003.
Comics artist José Delbo (b.1933) died on February 5. Delbo drew Wonder Woman for DC and The Transformers for Marvel. He co-created the characters the Lumberjack for Wonder Woman. In 2013, he received the Inkpot Award.
Actor Michael Jayston (b.1935) died on February 5. Jayston played the Valeyard during the Doctor Who season “Trial of a Time Lord.” He also appeared in UFO and Highlander: The Final Dimension.
Director Robert M. Young (b.1924) died on February 6. He directed several episodes of the rebooted Battlestar Galactica series.
Comic book artist and author Alfredo Castelli (b.1947) died on February 7. Publishing in Italian mgazines, Castelli wrote “Allan Quatermain,” “Martin Mystère,” and “Zona X.” He also wrote a history of American newspaper comics, Eccoci ancora qui.
Actor Mojo Nixon (b.1957) died on February 7. Nixon appeared in Redneck Rampage and the film Super Mario Bros.His music was used in Astro Loco.
Fan Gary Swaty (b.1942) died in mid-February. Swaty chaired HexaCon 16 and CopperCon 28 and also worked on Westercons, LepreCons, World Fantasy, and World Horror Cons, and more. He also sponsored filk GoHs at CoKoCon. He searched on the boards of LepreCon, CASFS and WesternSFA.
Author Michael A. Linaker (b.1940) died on February 10. Linaker was the author of the Cade series and the Scorpion series. He occasionally used the pseudonyms Neil Hunter and Richard Wyler.
Comic author Paul Neary (b.1949) died on February 10. Neary worked for Marvel UK, including working on Uncanny X-Men and Captain Britain. In 1989, he won the Eisner Award for Excalibur and has also worked on Doctor Who, The Ultimates, and many other titles.
Composer Tamás Deák (b.1928) died on February 12. Deák’s work was used for the animated series A Mézga család különös kalandjai and Nu, pogoi!
Producer Sam Mercer died on February 12. Mercer produced The Last Airbender, Van Helsing, Snow White and the Huntsman, Signs, Unbreakable, Congo, and many more films.
Cinematographer Alec Mills (b.1932) died on February 12. Mills worked as a cameraman for Star WarsL Episode VI: Return of the Jedi and several James Bond mocies. He also worked on Gulliver’s Travels and Crossed Swords.
Engineer Ferenc Pavlics (b.1928) died on February 14. Pavlics was the mechanical engineer who developed the Lunar rover used on the Apollo 15, 16, and 17 landing.
Screenwriter Dan Wilcox (b.1941) died on February 14. Wilcox wrote an episode of Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman. He also wrote several episodes of Sesame Street, M*A*S*H, and America 2-Night.
Comic artist Enrique Badía Romero (b.1930) died on February 15. Romero drew Modesty Blaise and also worked contributed work to Judge Dredd Magazine and 2000 AD. He co-created the post-apocalyptic comic AXA.
Actor Anne Whitfield (b.1938) died on February 15. Whitfield appeared in the tv movie The Six Million Dollar Man and and episode of One Step Beyond. She provided voicework of Peter Pan and her most notable role was in the film White Christmas.
Visual effects artist Roger Dicken (b.1939) died on February 18. Dicken created the moonscapes for 2001: a space odyssey and went on to work on The Land That Time Forgot, Alien, and Scars of Dracula. He was nominated for an Oscar for When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth.
Fan Garry Tee (b.1932) died on February 18. Tee contributed to the fanzine Noumenon. Tee also discovered a trove of letters from Charles Darwin and relics of Charles Babbage’s machine.
Actor Ira von Fürstenberg (b.1940) died on February 18. Von Fürstenberg appeared in the films Matchless, and Five Dolls for an August Moon.
Actor Ewan MacIntosh (b.1973) died on February 19. MacIntosh appeared in The Lobster, I Am the Doorway, The Onlooker, and an episode of Galavant. He is best known for his role as Keith Bishop on the British version of The Office.
Special effects artist Matt Sweeney (b.1948) died on February 19. Sweeney was nominated for an Oscar for his work on Apollo 1. He also worked on The Lost Boys and The Time Machine. He won three technical Oscars for inventions.
Fan Mark Merlino (b.1952) died on February 20. Merlino was one of the founders of furry fandom, creating the first furry BBS in 1982 and hosting the first furry room parties in 1985. He co-founded ConFurence and was guest of honor at Eurofurence 7 and Morphicon.
Author Steve Miller (b.1950) died on February 20. Miller began publishing short stories in 1976, but his career really took off after marrying Sharon Lee, with whom he wrote most of his work after 1984. The two were best known for their Liaden Universe series of novels and short stories. Along with Lee, Miller won the Skylark Award in 2012.
Actor Lanny Flaherty (b.1942) died in February. Flaherty appeared in Men in Black 3, Waterworld, Signs, and Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2.
Animator Kent Melton (b.1955) died on February 21. Melton worked on Aladdin, The Incredibles, Hercules, and Atlantis: The Lost Empire. He created character maquettes for reference use by the animators.
Actor Micheline Presle (b.1922) died on February 21. Presle appeared in Fantastic Night, Donkey Skin, and episodes of Tales of the Unexpected and The Ray Bradbury Theatre.
Actor Pamela Salem (b.1944) died on February 21. Salem played Miss Moneypenny in Never Say Never Again and also appeared in an episode of Blake’s 7 and the Doctor Who serials “The Face of Evil,” “The Robots of Death,” and “Remembrance of the Daleks.”
Actor John Savident (b.1938) died on February 21. Savident appeared in A Clockwork Orange, The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, and . He also appeared in an episode of Blake’s 7 and the Doctor Who serial “The Visitation.”
Screenwriter and actor Colin Bennett died on February 23. Bennett wrote the children’s series Luna and Captain Zep—Space Detective. He appeared in Luna, Ripping Yarns¸ and as Zarquon in the television series The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.
Author Alan Brownjohn (b.1931) died on February 23. Brownjohn was the author of The Way You Tell Them and Enjoyment as well as the short story “A Contest in Crime.” He was primarily a poet.
Actor Chris Gauthier (b.1976) died on February 23. Gauthier appeared in the films Watchman, Freddy vs. Jason, and Iron Golem, as well as the television shows DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, A Series of Unfortunate Events, and Once Upon a Time.
Actor Jackie Loughery (b.1930) died on February 23. Loughery was the first Miss USA winner and went on to appear in Abbott and Costello Go to Mars and Son of Sinbad.
Actor Stuart Organ (b.1952) died on February 23. Organ provided voicework for Star Wars: The Old Republic and Assassin’s Creed video games . He also appeared in an episode of Blake’s 7 and the Doctor Who serial “Dragonfire.”
Comic artist Ramona Fradon (b.1926) died on February 24. Fradon worked for DC on Shining Knight and Aquaman, co-creating Aqualad. She later co-created Metamorpho and worked on The Brave and the Bold. Eventually she took up the Brenda Starr, Girl Reporter comic strip.
Playwright Bernard Kops (b.1926) died on February 24. Kops wrote several biographical plays, including the radio play Monster Man about King Kong creator Willis O’Brien. He also wrote the time-travel novel The Odyssey of Samuel Glass.
Actor Kenneth Mitchell (b.1974) died on February 24. Mitchell appeared as Deke Slayton in The Astronaut Wives Club and several roles on Star Trek: Discovery. He played Joseph Danvers in Captain Marvel.
Author Brian M. Stableford (b.1948) died on February 24. Stableford is the author of the Biotech Revolution series, the Asgard series, and the Daedalus Mission series, among others. He won the Pilgrim Award and a special Science Fiction & Fantasy Translation Award. In addition to his own writing, he edited several anthologies.
Actor Charles Dierkop (b.1936) died on February 25. Dierkop appeared in episodes of Star Trek, Lost in Space, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, and Batman.
Publisher Sue Arroyo (b.1966) died on February 26. Arroyo founded CamCat Books in 2018 and published more than 100 books. Arroyo was also an author in her own right, publishing mysteries under the name S.K. Waters.
Actor Michael Culver (b.1938) died on February 27. Culver may be most recognizable as Captain Needa from The Empire Strikes Back. He also appeared in Space: 1999, The Avengers, The Body Stealers, and Neverwhere.
Actor Richard Lewis (b.1947) died on February 27. Lewis portrayed the Sheriff of Nottingham in Robin Hood: Men in Tights. He also appeared in episodes of The Dead Zone and Alias. Lewis was best known as a comedian with self-deprecating humor.
Astronaut Richard H. Truly (b.1937) died on February 27. Truly flew on the Approach and Landing Tests for the Enterprise and on STS-2. He also commanded STS-8. Truly later went on to serve as NASA Administrator. He was the first person to launch into space on his birthday.
Author Jaime Lee Moyer died in the second half of February. Moyer was the author of Divine Heretic, Brightfall, and the Delia Martin series her novel A Parliament of Queens was released in February. Moyer was also a poet and edited the 2010 Rhysling anthology.
Producer John Powell (b.1932) died in February. Powell produced for the BBC radio, including the 1968 adaptation of The Hobbit and Arthur the King.
Colorist John Michael Burns died in February. Burns worked on the comics James Bond, Jr., Doctor Who Adventures, and Lion. His uncle, comicts artist John M. Burns, died in December.
Artist Jacqueline Duhême (b.1927) died on March 1. In addition to illustrations, Duhême created tapestries. Her genre work included the cover and interior illustrations for Maurice Druon’s Tistou of the Green Thumbs.
Comic author Akira Toriyama (b.1955) died on March 1. Toriyama created the manga and anime franchise Dragon Ball Z. Prior to creating Dragon Ball Z, he worked on Dr Slump. He also designed the characters for the video game Dragon Quest.
MARCH
Actor Mark Dodson (b.1960) died on March 2 from a heart attack while attending Horror Con in Evansville, Indiana. Dodson provided the voice of Salacious Crumb in Return of the Jedi and Mogwai from Gremlins.
Artist and artist Leonard Fisher (b.1924) died on March 2. Fisher focused on illustrating children’s books and also wrote about 88 books. His novels included Sweeney’s Ghost and The Dybbuk. His covers included Citizen of the Galaxy, Before Adam, and The Star Rover.
Author Jin Tao (b.1940) died on March 4. Jin wrote the Adventures of Ma Xiaoha series, Moonlight Island, and Operation Typhoon. In addition to writing science fiction, he also worked as a journalist.
Fan Jon Stopa (b.1935) died on March 4. Stopa was active in Chicago fandom and was the co-founder, with wife Joni, of Wilcon. He helped bid for several Chicago Worldcons and published a handful of short stories.
Fan Michael Langford (b.1954) died on March 5. Langford was a frequent attendee and performer at DragonCon. He was the creator of Professor Satyre’s Sci-Fried Sideshow and co-hosted the subGenius radio show Bob’s Slacktime Funhouse.
Author R.F. Lucchetti (b.1930) died on March 5. Luchetti worked in comics and as a screenwriter in addition to writing more than 1,500 books (mostly as a ghostwriter). He published the first Brazilian space opera as KL Munroe.
Fan Patti Bond (b.1968) died on March 6. Bond served as the chair of Toronto Trek/Polaris four times. She was also active on the committees for Ad Astra and the 2006 Gaylaxicon.
Author Jubilee Cho (b.1998) died on March 6. Cho wrote the novel Wishing Well, Wishing Well, which was scheduled for publication in April.
Actor Vikki Richards (b.1949) died on March 6. Richards appeared in the films The Love Factor and The Crimson Cult.
Artist Dan Goozee (b.1943) died on March 7. Goozee’s genre work included covers for the novelization of Clash of the Titans and James Bond and Moonraker, as well as a cover for Starlog.
Fan Dick Jenssen (b.1935) died on March 7. Jenssen, who also went by the name Ditmar, joined fandom in 1952 as a founder of the Melbourne Science Fiction Club. He was a member of Amateur Fantasy Publications of Australia. The Australian SF Achievement Awards are named in his honor and he was twice a recipient for his fan art.
Fan Peter Smith died on March 8. Smith, who went by the fannish name Smudge, began attending cons with the 2002 Discworld convention and quickly became an integral part of tech teams. In 2012, Smudge received the Doc Weir Award.
Author Viktor Benkovsky (b.1959) died on March 9. Benkovsky co-wrote Anachron with Elena Khayetskaya. He also translated works by Philip K. Dick and Norman Spinrad into Russian.
Comics writer Roger Noel Cook (b.1946) died on March 10. Cook worked on the Doctor Who strip for TV Comic as well as Popeye and Tom and Jerry.
Filker Rilla Heslin (b.1952) died on March 10. Heslin performed with the group Windbourne at conventions throughout North America. She co-wrote “Safe Harbor” and “Elfwood.” Her solo songs included “And the Children Shall Lead” and “Winds of Time.”
Artist Matsumi Inomata (b.1960) died on March 10. Inomata worked as an animator at Ashi Productions, where she was also a manga artist. Her character design can be seen in Windaria, Future GPX Cyber Formula, and Brain Powerd.
Author Giuseppe Granieri (b.1968) died on March 11. Granieri wrote Ethobiome among other non-genre works. He also founded the Italian blog bookcafe.net.
Actor Malachy McCourt (b.1931) died on March 11. McCourt appeared in episodes of Life on Mars and Starman as well as the film Q: The Winged Serpent.
Special effects artist David Barrington-Holt (b.1945) died on March 13. Barrington-Holt worked on George of the Jungle, The Witches, The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas, and The Phantom.
Dutch politician Pol De Beer (b.1934) died on March 13. De Beer wrote one science fiction short story, “Het Stierengevecht.”
Publisher Carolyn Caughey (b.1947) died on March 14. Caughey worked primarily on crime and science fiction novels for Hodder & Stoughton.
Artist Max Fellwalker (b.1966) died on March 14. Fellwalker worked on comics for DC and Eclipse and for gaming companies White Wolf, Wizards of the Coast, and Fantasoft.
Stuntman Grant Page (b.1939) died on March 14. Page worked on Mad Max, Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, Gods of Egypt, and Son of the Mask.
Author and fan Robert Smets (b.1940) died on March 14. Smets began attending conventions in 1970 and edited SFAN’s SF-Magazine in Belgium. He began published short fiction in 1972 and issued a collection in 2018. Some of his early work appeared as by J.P. Levy.
Director Joe Camp (b.1939) died on March 15. Camp was the director of the Benji movies whose genre film was Oh Heavenly Dog. He also directed the television series Benji, Zax & the Alien Prince.
Author Tom Davies (b.1941) died on March 16. Davies published the novel The Electric Harvest in 1984. In the 2010s, he returned to publish several short stories, including the Famous Ashfordians series.
Screenwriter David Seidler (b.1937) died on March 16. Seidler wrote the film Quest for Camelot and two episodes of Son of the Dragon. He won an Oscar for The King’s Speech.
Author Kirk Dougal (b.1966) died on March 18. Dougal was the author of the “Tale of Bone and Steel” and “Fallen Angel” series. He co-edited two anthologies with Michele Acker.
Author Adrienne Gormley (b.1948) died on March 18. Gormley published the story “Children of Tears” in 1996 in the anthology Alternate Tyrants. Her most recent story was “Nobodies,” published in 2005. Her story “Custer’s Angel” received an honorable mention for the SLF Fountain Award.
Astronaut Thomas P. Stafford (b.1930) died on March 18. Stafford served as pilot on the Gemini 6A and commanded Gemini 9A, Apollo 10, and the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project. He was the first general to fly in space.
Game designer James M. Ward (b.1951) died on March 18. Ward designed Metamorphosis Alpha, the first SF RPG. His Gods, Demi-Gods & Heroes was one of the first D&D expansions. He co-authored Deities & Demigods and Gamma World. After leaving TSR, he designed the Dragon Ball Z Collectible Card Game.
Casting director Dianne Crittenden (b.1941) died on March 19. Crittenden was in charge of chasting for Star Wars, Oh, God!, Time After Time, Howard the Duck, and Spider-Man 2. She had cameos in a few films as Dianne Derfner.
Actor M. Emmet Walsh (b.1935) died on March 19. Walsh appeared in Blade Runner, The Iron Giant, Escape from the Planet of the Apes, and episodes of the 1990s The Flash, Amazing Stories, The Twilight Zone, and The X-Files.
Critic Roger Bozzetto (b.1937) died on March 20. Bozzetto began publishing studies of science fiction and fantasy in 1992. He focused his studies on authors such as Élisabeth Vonarburg, Jean-Claude Dunyach, and Michel Jeury.
Author Medeu Sarseke (b.1936) died on March 20. In addition to his biographical writing, Sarseke wrote four science fiction novels and helped pioneer the genre in Kazakhstan.
Author Vernor Vinge (b.1944) died on March 20. Vinge began publishing in 1965 with the story “Apartness.” He went on to win the Hugo Award five times, for the novels A Fire Upon the Deep, A Deepness in the Sky, and Rainbows End, and the novellas “Fast Times at Fairmont High” and “The Cookie Monster.” He also won the Prometheus Award for Lifetime Achievement and the Robert A. Heinlein Award. In 2002, he was the Guest of Honor at ConJosé, the 60th Worldcon.
Actor Ron Harper (b.1936) died on March 21. Harper played Uncle Jack on Land of the Lost and Alan Virdon in the television series Planet of the Apes. He was also in the films Glass Trap and Venomous.
Actor Christian Rodska (b.1945) died on March 21. Rodksa appeared in The Tomorrow People, Dramarama, and Leap in the Dark. He also provided voicework for Assassin’s Creed.
Artist Laurent de Brunhoff (b.1930) died on March 22. His father’s character, Babar, grew out of a story Laurent’s mother told him when he was a child. His father died in 1937 and beginning in 1946, Laurent continued the series, adding more than 50 books about Babar.
Art director James Dean (b.1932) died on March 22. Dean ran NASA’s Eyewitness to Space program that supported space artists and gave them access to astronauts and equipment. In 1974, he became the art curator of the Air and Space Museum.
Author Alek Popov (b.1966) died on March 22. Popov wrote the sf parody Planetata na kauboite using the pseudonym Bad Alex. His other novels included Mission London and The Black Box.
Fan Deb Geisler (b.1957) died on March 23. Geisler entered fandom in the 1980s and became active in NESFA and MCFI. She chaired Boskone 36 in 1999 and the bids for Orlando in 2001 and Boston in 2004, eventually chairing Noreascon 4 in 2004. She was named a Fellow of NESFA in 1999.
Director Eli Noyes (b.1942) died on March 23. Noyes worked on Liquid Television and Voyage to Mermaid Island. Noyes also worked as an animator on The Witch Who Was Afraid of Witches.
Author and artist Mike Thaler (b.1936) died on March 23. Thaler’s chrildren’s books included Madge’s Magic Show, the Black Lagoon Adventure series, and Monster Knock-knocks.
Actor Silvia Tortosa (b.1947) died on March 23. Tortosa appeared in Horror Express, Brother from Space, When the Screaming Stops, and Tobi.
NASA director George W.S. Abbey (b.1932) died on March 24. Abbey served as director of flight operations in the 1970s and 80s and later served as the director of Johnson Space Center, where he oversaw development of the ISS.
Author and publisher Martin Bax (b.1933) died on March 24. He began his writing career with the genre novel Hospital Shipand he founded the magazine Ambit, which published work by J.G. Ballard.
Actor Samantha Davis (b.1971) died on March 24. Davis played a goblin in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2. She met her husband, Warwick Davis, while playing a Newlyn villager in Willow. She founded he charity Little People UK.
Producer Paula Weinstein (b.1945) died on March 25. Weinstein produced The Astronaut Farmer, Cloned, Thundercats, and Giving Up the Ghost.
Actor Fritz Wepper (b.1941) died on March 25. Wepper appeared in the films The Donkey, the Table the Stick, Der Engel, der seine Harfe versetzte, Rübezahl—Herr der Berge, and The Last Battle. His best known English language work may be Cabaret.
Author Stephan Peters (b.1949) died on March 26. Peters was known for writing crime and horror fiction, including “Wegen der Schatten…,” “Meine liebe Stella,” and “Todesschatten.”
Author Hiroshi Yamamoto (b.1956) died on March 26. Yamamato began writing for fanzine sin 1976 and made his first professional sale in 1978. He was a founder of Syntax Error, an RPG collective. In addition to helping establish gaming and creating RPGs, he wrote the series Ghost Hunter, Sara no Bōken, and Galaxy Tripper Miha.
Comic historian Bob Beerbohm (b.1952) died on March 27. Beerbohm owned multiple San Francisco area comic stores since the 1970s. He was one of the first to sell original comic book art. He was at work on a history called Comic Book Store Wars and published a short work with the same title in 1994.
Comic artist Mark D. Bright (b.1955) died on March 27. Bright worked on Iron Man and Green Lantern. He co-created Quantum and Woody with comic book writer Christopher Priest. Bright was occasionally credited as Doc Bright, due to his initials.
Fan Tom Digby (b.1940) died on March 27. Digby joined fandom in 1965 and was active in LASFS. He was nominated for the Best Fan Writer Hugo in 1971 and 1972 and published the apazines Probably Something and Silicon Soapware. In 1993, he was a Fan Guest of Honor at ConFrancisco, the 1993 Worldcon.
Author James Moore (b.1965) died on March 27. Moore wrote the novels Hell-Storm, Aliens: Sea of Sorrows, and City of Wonders. In 2020, his anthology The Twisted Book of Shadows, co-edited with Christopher Golden, won the Shirley Jackson Award.
Cinematographer Robin Browne (b.1941) died on March 28. Browne created visual effects for Moonraker, Krull, The Jewel of the Nile, and The Secret Garden. He was a photographer for King Kong Lives and The Laur of the White Worm.
Author Ma Shitu (b.1915) died on March 28. Ma wrote the founding editorial for Science Literature and Art (now Science Fiction World) and served as president of the Sichuan Writers Association.
Martin Myers (b.1927) died on March 28. Myers wrote the Secret Viking trilogy and the novel The Assignment.
Actor Louis Gossett, Jr. (b.1936) died on March 29. Gossett appeared in Enemy Mine, the Watchman tv series, The Invaders, Stargat SG-1, and provided voicework for several animated works. He won an Oscar for his role in An Officer and a Gentleman.
Special effects artist Tim McGovern (b.1955) died on March 30. McGovern worked on the original Shazam: Fury of the Gods, Tron, Men in Black: International, and Ant-Man and the Wasp. He won a special achievement Academy Award for his work on the original Total Recall.
Actor Chance Perdomo (b.1996) died on March 30 in a motorcycle accident. Perdomo appeared on the series Gen V and Chilling Adventures of Sabrina. He also provided voicework for Moominvalley.
Actor Barbara Baldavin (b.1938) died on March 31.Baldavin appearedon the original Star Trek and The Bionic Woman. Following her acting career, she went on to work in television casting.
Poet Andrew Crabtree (b.1979) died on March 31. Crabtree has published poetry in Strange Horizons, Star*Line, Heroic Fantasy Quarterly, and Goblin Fruit.
Author Karen Wester Newton (b.1952 ) died on March 31. Newton, who published as Carmen Webster Buxton, wrote the Wakanreo series, the Haven series, and the Threecon series. Her novels included King of Trees, Where Magic Rules, and The North Edge of Nowhere. She also wrote romance novels.
Actor Barbara Rush (b.1927) died on March 31. Rush appeared in When Worlds Collide and It Came from Outer Space.. She appeared on episodes of The Outer Limits, The Bionic Woman, and played Nora Clavicle on Batman.
Author and editor Martin Bax (b.1933) died in March. Bax co-founded the literary journal Ambit and wrote the science fiction novel The Hospital Ship.
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Actor Joe Flaherty (b.1941) died on April 1. Flaherty rose to prominence on SCTV and appeared in Back to the Future Part II, Innerspace, and did voice work for Dinosaurs and Monsters.
Comic artist Ed Piskor (b.1982) died on April 1. Piskor was an alternative comics artist, but also wrote and illustrated X-Men: Grand Design. He won an Eisner Award for Hip Hop Family Tree.
Author John Barth (b.1930) died on April 2. Known for his postmodernist and metafictional writing, his novels Giles Goat Boy and The Last Voyage of Somebody the Sailor were genre works. Barth also wrote several genre short stories.
Author Maryse Condé (b.Marise Boucolon, 1937) died on April 2. Condé was twice shortlisted for the Man Booker Award. Her genre novel, Moi, Tituba, sorcière…Noire de Salem was published in 1986 and translated into several languages.
Fan Kim Huff (b.1963) died on April 2. Huff served as chair of Starbase Indy from 2004 until 2014.
Actor Adrian Schiller (b.1964) died on April 3. Schiller appeared in the films Victor Frankenstein and Beauty and the Beast. He appeared in a Matt Smit episode of Doctor Who. He has also appeared in several video games, including Assassin’s Creed
Author Lynne Reid Banks (b.1929) died on April 4. Banks wrote the fantasy series that began with The Indian in the Cupboard and Harry the
Poisonous Centipede. Her novel The Mystery of the Cupboard was nominated for the Mythopoeic Award.
Director Bruce Kessler (b.1936) died on April 4. Kessler directed episodes of The Greatest American Hero, I Dream of Jeannie, and Knight Rider.
Author Rubens Lucchetti (b.1930) died on April 4. Lucchetti wrote comic books, films, and horror novels using several pennames. His comics included A Múmia, Frankenstein, and Fantastykon Panorama do Irreal. His novels included Os Olhos do Vampiro and Batismo das Feiticeiras.
Author Serget Abramov (b.1944) died on April 7. Abramov wrote the Horsemen from Nowhere series with his father Alexandr as well as novels with his son Artyom.
Author F. Yorick Blumenfeld (b.1932) died on April 8. Blumenfeld published the chapbook Jenny Ewing: My Diary and the novel 2009: A Eutopia. He also published Scanning the Future was a collection of essays.
Cartoonist Trina Robbins (b.1938) died on April 10. Robbins was part of the underground comix movement and active in science fiction fandom. She designed the costume for Vampirella and adapted Tanith Lee’s The Silver Metal Lover. In the 80s she worked on Wonder Woman and was inducted into the Eisner Hall of Fame in 2013. Her work also appeared in fanzines Habakkuk and Innuendo.
Actor O.J. Simpson (b.1947) died on April 10. Although Simpson was an NFL running back and appeared in films including Capricorn One and Vortex, he is best known for going on trial for the murder of his wife, Nicole, and her friend, Ron Goldman.
Sound engineer Dan Wallin (b.1927) died on April 10. Wallin worked on Howard the Duck, Star Trek: Into Darkness, Up, The Incredibles, and Mission to Mars.
Actor Lorena Velázquez (b.1937) died on April 11. Velázquez appeared in the films Doctor of Doom, The Ship of Monsters, Planet of the Female Invaders, and The Witches Attack.
Comic book artist Jeffrey Veregge (b.1973) died on April 12. He worked for Marvel on Indigenous Voices, as well as for Boom, Dark Horse, IDW, Valiant, and DC. He viewed his work as an extension of his native American ancestry and traditions.
Actor Ron Thompson (b.1941) died on April 13. Thompson had roles in an episode of The Greatest American Hero and Happy Winter Solstice.
Actor Barbara O. Jones (b.1941) died on April 16. Jones, who was also credited as Barbara-O, appeared in two episodes of Wonder Woman¸ an episode of The Powers of Matthew Star, and the film Demon Seed.
Fan Leah Rosenthal (b.1954) died on April 16. Rosenthal ran Ashton Press with Ann Wortham. Her art appeared in numerous ‘zines and she won multiple Fan Q Awards for her artwork.
Fan Andreas Björklind (b,1967) died on April 17. Björklind was founding chairman of the Linköping sf club. He published essays and reviews in the club zine. He helped organize the early ConFuse conventions in Sweden.
Fan Caitlin Thomas (b.2002) died on April 17. Thomas was the daughter of editors Lynne and Michael Thomas and frequently accompanied them to conventions.
Actor James Laurenson (b.1940) died on April 18. Laurenson appeared in the film The Man Who Fell to Earth and Pink Floyd: The Wall and the tv series Space: 1999, Jackanory, and Misfits of Science.
Actor Spencer Milligan (b.1937) died on April 18. Milligan appeared in the film Sleeper and played Rick Marshall on Land of the Lost. He also made an appeared on The Powers of Matthew Star.
Author Ray Daley (b.1969) died on April 19. Daley began self publishing short stories in 2012 ons of his work, Lightning Strikes Twice and A Year of Living. By 2014, his work was being published by a variety of editors.
Cosmonaut Muhammed Faris (b.1951) died on April 19. Faris flew on Soyuz TM-3 for a mission on Mir in 1987, becoming the first Syrian to fly into space.
Fan John Trimble (b.1936) died on April 19. Trimble co-chaired Westercon 18 and chaired Westercon 23. He co-founded LASFS’s clubzine, De Profundis and edited many other zines and was a two time Hugo fanzine nominee. In 2002, Trimble and his wife, Bjo, were Fan GoHs at ConJosé, that year’s Worldcon.
Actor Antonio Cantafora (b.1944) died on April 20. Cantafora appeared in the dilms Supersonic Man, Demons 2, Baron Blood, and A spasso nel tempo. Early in his career, he was billed as Michael Coby.
Fan Leane Verhulst (b.1969) died on April 20 after a battle with cancer. Verhulst worked on Capricon, holding the longtime position of Timelord, as well as on Worldcons and coordinating the Science Fiction Outreach Program. She could often be found running tours to introduce new attendees to conventions.
Translator Qi Zhong died in the first quarter of 2024. Qi translated Russian science fiction into Chinese beginning in the 1960s, including works by Dmitri Bilenkin, Andrii Vsevolofovich, and Sergei Lukyanenko.
Author Ray Garton (b.1962) died on April 21. Garton wrote the novels Live Girls, Seductions, and A Dark Place. His YA novels were written under the name Joseph Locke. Garton was named a World Horror Grand Master in 2006.
Actor Terry Carter (b.John DeCoste, 1928) died on April 23. Carter portrayed Tigh in the original Battlestar Galactica and also appeared in The Six Million Dollar Man: The Solid Gold Kidnapping and the film Abby.
Art Director Ray Chan (b.1967) died on April 23. Chan served as art director on several MCU films beginning with Thor: The Dark World and ending with Avengers: Endgame and went on to work as production designer on additional films in the MCU and Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves.
Fan Vladimir Veverka (b.1958) died on April 23. Active in Czech fandom in the 1980s, Veverka created the zine Interkom, He went on to become a bookseller and publisher. In 1992, he was inducted into the European Science Fiction Hall of Fame.
Actor Margaret Lee (b.1943) died on April 24. Lee appeared in the films The Devil’s Garden and The Twelve-Handed Men of Mars, and Colossus of the Stone Age, as well as an episode of The Protectors.
Author Inge Mahn (b.1946) died on April 25. Mahn created to William Voltz Award, named for her first husband, to support German science fiction authors. She also has written about the Perry Rhodan series.
Author Travis Heermann (b.1969) died on April 26. Heerman wrote the Shinjuku Shadows novels and the Ronin trilogy. His standalone novels include Death Wind and The Hammer Falls. He also wrote, directed and produced the short film Demon for Hire.
Author C.J. Sansom (b.1952) died on April 27. Best known for the Shardlake novels, Sansom won the Sidewise Award for the novel Dominion.
Actor Brian McCardie (b.1965) died on April 28. McCardie has appeared on Outlander and and Sea of Soulsand in the films Firestorm and Mia and the Dragon Princess.
Actor Zack Norman (b.1940) died on April 28. Norman played Danny DeVito’s brother in Romancing the Stone and appeared in an episodes The Flash in the 1990s. He also appeared in Daughters of Darkness and Christmas Evil.
Actor Alan Scarfe (b.1946) died on April 28. Scarfe appeared as Flavin in Andromeda, Father Cassidy in Babylon 5: The Lost Tales, and Augris ink: Voyager. He also appeared on Star Trek: The Next Generationand SeQuest 2032.
Fan Nadja Tegen (b.1962) died on April 29. Tegen became active in fandom in the 1990s, with activity in both the UK and Europe. She contributed to several APAs and worked on conventions. She was married to 2005 Worldcon chair Colin Harris.
Author Paul Auster (b.1947) died on April 30. Auster is best known for his non-genre work, including The New York Trilogy, but some of his work has strayed into genre, including In the Country of Last Things, Man in the Dark, and Mr. Vertigo.
Actor Maria De Aragon (b.1942) died on April 30. De Aragon appeared in an episode of Wonder Woman and the film The Cremators. She may be best know for her uncredited appearance is Greedo in Star Wars.
Author Rick Lai (b.1955) died on April 30. Lai began published horror in 2005 with “The Last Vendetta.” Most of his fiction was in the short form and some was collected in Shadows of the Opera and Sisters of the Shadows. He also published two non-fiction chronologies of Doc Savage fiction and one of The Shadow.
Actor Jacques Lussier (b.1960) died on April 30. Lussier appeared in the time travel film Norman’s Awesome Adventure.
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Actor Susan Buckner (b.1952) died on May 2. Best known for her role as Patty Simcox in Grease, she also appeared in the horror film Deadly Blessing.
Producer Edgar Lansbury (b.1930) died on May 2. Lansbury produced the British production of Godspell and also produced a revival of Waiting for Godot and Lennon. His sister, Angela, starred in his revival of Gypsy.
Actor Gloria Stroock (b.1924) died on May 5. Stroock appeared in episodes of Captain Video and His Video Rangers and Holmes and Yoyo.
Fan Wim v.d. Bospoort (b.1955) died on May 5. Bospoort worked on many conventions, including running at-con membership at the 95 Glasgow Worldcon. For the past 15 years, he has been a digital sf artist. He was known for his sizable library.
Stunt woman Jeannie Epper (b.1941) died on May 5. Epper was a stunt double for Lynda Carter in Wonder Woman and also appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man, Romancing the Stone, and Minority Report.
Actor Bernard Hill (b.1944) died on May 5. Hill portrayed Théoden in The Lord of the Rings. He also appeared in The Scorpion King, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Paranorman, and Forever Young.
Actor Ian Gelder (b.1949) died on May 6. Gelder appeared in both Doctor Who and Torchwood, as well as Game of Thrones and His Dark Materials.
Producer and director Roger Corman (b.1926) died on May 9. Corman produced Death Race 2000, Frankenstein Unbound, and Android. He directed Battle Beyond the Stars, Wasp Women, and X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes. He received Oscars for Life Career and the President’s Award.
Fan Sheila Strickland died on May 9. Strickland was an active staff person at conventions including CoastCon, Crescent City Con, and CONtraflow, and was a member of the Baton Rouge Science Fiction League. She also published the apazine Revenant for the Southern Fandom Press Alliance.
Author Vitaly Pishchenko (b.1952) died on May 10. Pishchenko served as the chair of the Russian Writers Union Council for SF/Adventure. Pishchenko wrote the lyrics to the Transnistria anthem and supported the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Actress Susan Backline (b.1946) died on May 11. Backline is most famous for her debut role as the first victim in Jaws. She also appeared in an epsode of Quark, and in The Great Muppet Caper. She worked as an animal trainer for an episode of The Incredible Hulk.
Actor Kevin Brophy (b.1953) died on May 11. Brophy played the title role on Lucan, and also appeared on episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and the films White Dwarf, Hell Night, and Time Walker.
Author David Redd (b.1946) died on May 11. Redd began publishing with the story “The Way to London Town” in 1966 and published about three dozen stories over the years. Many of his stories were collected in Collected Stories in 2018.
Producer and actor Mark Damon (b.1933) died on May 12. Damon produced The NeverEnding Story, Short Circuit, and The Lost Boys. He appeared in Long Live Robin Hood, Ivanhoe, the Norman Swordsman, and BylethL The Demon of Incest.
Stuntman Tony McFarr (b.1977) died on May 13. McFarr performed stunts for Chris Pratt in the Marvel and Jurassic franchises. He also worked on Jumanji and Planet of the Apes.
Actress Gudrun Ure (b.1926) died on May 14. Ure appeared on The 10th Kingdom, Super Gran, and in the film The Diamond Wizard.
Artist Don Perlin (b.1929) died on May 14. Perlin co-created Moon Knight for Marvel and also worked on Werewolf by Night and Ghost Rider. He also worked for Valiant Comics.
Fan Georg Bobjörk(b.1952) died on May 15. Bobjörk entered fandom in the late 1970s and published the fanzine 40th Century Cat. He was also active in running NasaCon in Sweden.
Actor Dabney Coleman (b.1932) died on May 16. Coleman appeared in WarGames, Inspector Gadget, The Invaders, Hot to Trot, and The Outer Limits.
Actor Akira Nakao (b.1942) died on May 16. Nakao appeared in Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla and five additional Godzilla films as wellas Garo the Movie: Red Requiem.
Artist Allan Servoss (b.1947) died on May 16. Servoss was featured in the book Artists Inspired by H.P. Lovecraft and created covers and interiors for Arkham House publications and Whispers.
Actor Hideyuki Umezu (b.1955) died on May 17. Umezo provided voicework for Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, and Star Blazers 2202.
Academic H. Bruce Franklin (b.1934) died on May 19. Franklin edited Future Perfect, a collection of 19th century science fiction and was consulting editor of Science Fiction Studies. He received the SFRA Pulgrim and Pioneer Awards, the Eaton Award, and was a Distinguished Scholar of IAFA.
Bookseller Doug Lewis (b.1955) died on May 20. Lewis and his wife, Tomi, ran the Little Bookshop of Horror in Arvada, Colorado, as well as Roadkill Press. They won the 1993 Nonprofessional World Fantasy Award for their work and hosted the Night Voices reading series.
Author Oleg Moroz (b.1938) died on May 20. Moroz wrote the novel Problema SETI. Originally a science writer, following Perestroika, Moroz turned his attention to political journalism.
Composer Jan A.P. Kaczmarek (b.1953) died on May 21. Kaczmarek scored the films Finding Neverland, Valley of the Gods, Gospel According to Harry, and the 2008 miniseries Pinocchio.
Actor Darryl Hickman (b.1931) died on May 22. Hickman appeared in the films The Tingler. He voiced Steve Trevor on Super Friends and provided voicework for several other television series and movies.
Author Caleb Carr (b.1955) died on May 23. Carr wrote the novels The Alienist and Killing Time. He also wrote the screenplays for Exorcist: The Beginning, The Osiris Chronicles, and Dominion: Prequel to Exorcist.
Author John Maddox Roberts (b.1947) died on May 23. Roberts began published in 1977 with the novel The Strayed Sheep of Charun. He wrote 13 novels in his SPQR series, two novels of Hannibal’s Children and three in the Cingulum series. Roberts also wrote several Conan novels.
Documentarian Morgan Spurlock (b.1970) died on May 23. Best known for the documentary Super Size Me, he also produced The Dead of Superman Lives: What Happened? and In a Galaxy.
NASA engineer Norman Chaffee (b.1937) died on May 24. Chaffee worked on reaction control systems from the Mercury program through the space shuttle. He also supported the International Space Station.
Author Cynthia DeFelice (b.1951) died on May 24. DeFelice wrote the chuldren’s Allie Nichols series, as well as The Apprenticeship of Lucas Whitaker and Signal.
Producer Albert S. Ruddy (b.1930) died on May 25. He produced the film Megaforce and served as art director on The Beast with a Million Eyes. Ruddy won Oscars for producing The Godfather and The Godfather, Part II and co-created Hogan’s Heroes.
Composer Richard M. Sherman (b.1928) died on May 25. With his brother, Robert, Sherman wrote music for many Disney films, including Bedknobs and Broomsticks, The Sword in the Stone, and The Jungle Book. The Shermans also wrote the music for Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. He won Oscars for Mary Poppins and “Chim Chim Cher-ee.”
Actor Johnny Wactor (b.1986) was killed on May 25 when someone tried stealing a catalytic converter form his car. Wactor, best known for General Hospital, appeared in episodes of Westworld, The OA, and Siberia.
Fan Bob Hole (b.1961) died on May 26. Hole edited the zines Bynyip, Ayotochyli, and e2PMI. His writing appeared in The Drink Tank, Journey Planet¸ YIPE!, and Science Fiction/San Francisco. Hole was a member of BASFA for more than 20 years.
Screenwriter Don Webb (b.1934) died on May 26. Webb’s genre credit was for the six episodes of the fantasy series Elidor, which ran in 1995.
Actor Elizabeth MacRae (b.1936) died on May 27. MacRae appeared in The House of the Dead, The Incredible Mr. Limpet, Everything’s Ducky, and an episode of I Dream of Jeannie.
Actor Terrence Beasor (b.1935) died on May 25. Beasor appeared in episodes of Angel and The Greatest American Hero and the film Time Trackers. He provided voicework for several Star Trek video games, Max Headroom, and The Treturn of the Six-Million-Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman..
Author John Burnside (b.1955) died on May 29. Burnside published the novels The Dumb House and The Glister as well as the chapbook Havergey.
Author Jack Clemons (b.1943) died on May 29. Clemons worked as an engineer on the Apollo program and later developed onboard software for the space shuttle. His short fiction included “Will Little Note, Nor Long Remember” and “Intruder.”
Actor Anastasiya Zavorotnyuk (b.1971) died on May 29. Zavorotnyuk appeared as Agnessa on the show Proklyatie spyaschikh
Actor Tom Bower (b.1938) died on May 30. Bower appeared in The Postman and episodes of The X-Files, Battlestar Galactica, Misfits of Science, and The Bionic Woman.
Actor Erich Anderson (b.1956) died on May 31. Anderson has appeared in episodes of The X-Files, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Quantum Leap, and The Outer Limits. He also appeared in Fridaythe 13th: The Final Chapter.
Actor Yuka Motohasi (b.1978) died on May 31. Motohasi appeared on Gekisou Sentai Carranger, Avataro Sentai Donbrothers, and Albou: Tokyo Detective Duo.
Producer Martin Starger (b.1932) died on May 31. Starger produced The Muppet Movie, Earth Star Voyager, The Last Unicorn, and Saturn 3.
Podcaster Scott Wampler (b.19) died on May 31. Wampler was one of the co-hosts of the podcast The Kingcast, which was devoted to the works of Stephen King.
Comics artist Jan Haward (b.1965) died in May. Haward worked on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Judge Dredd, and Biker Mice from Mars. He also served as art director for Classic Comics.
JUNE
Fan Karol Brown (b.1957) died on June 1. Brown was a long-time attendee of Windycon, working on the con’s hospitality suite. She also worked on various Worldcons.
Actor Ruth-Maria Kubitschek (b.1931) died on June 1. Kubitschek appeared in First Spaceship on Venus and an episode of Gespenstergeschichten.
Actor Jeannette Charles (b.1927) died on June 2. A look-alike for Queen Elizabeth, Charles portrayed the queen in several films, including Austin Powers in Goldmember, The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad, and Queen Kong.
Actor Janis Paige (b.Donna Mae Tjaden, 1922) died on June 2. Paige appeared in episodes of Fantasy Island, Legend, and Mission: Impossible. She may be best known for her appearance in Please Don’t Eat the Daisies.
MaryAnn Harris (b.1953) died on June 3 following a years-long battle with the Powhassen virus. Harris co-wrote the story “A Crow Girls Christmas” with husband Charles de Lint and helped run Triskell Press and created many of his covers. Harris also performed music with de Lint.
Actor Betty Anne Rees (b.1943) died on June 3. Best known for her role on My Three Sons, he final acting role was on an episode of The Incredible Hulk.
Actor William Russell (b.William Enoch, 1924) died on June 3. Russell portrayed Ian Chesterton, one of the original companions on Doctor Who, originating the role in 1963 and reprising it in 2022. He also appeared in Superman and the Advenures of Sir Lancelot.
Actor Armando Silvestre (b.1926) died on June 3. Silvestre appeared in the films The Bat Woman, Night of the Blood Apes, Doctor of Doom, and The Wrestling Women vs. the Aztec Mummy. He also appeared in an episode of Wonder Woman.
Fan Martin Haverholm died on June 5. Haverholm was active in Worldcon fandom and was on the Second Stage Event team for Glasgow and served on the programme brainstrust for Dublin.
Producer Michael Mosley (b.1957) died on June 5. Mosley produced Planet of the Apemen: Battle for Earth, Atlantis: End of a World, Birth of a Legend, and Superstorm.
Actor Nicholas Ball (b.1946) died on June 6. Ball appeared in Lifeforce, Hellboy, Mutant Chronicles, and an episode of Red Dwarf.
Astronaut William Anders (b.1933) died on June 7 when the plane he was piloting crashed. Anders served as LM Pilot on Apollo 8, the first crewed mission to orbit the moon and he took the iconic Earthrise photo, called the most influential picture in history, which helped spark the environmental movement and Earth Day.
Fan Ben Potter (b.1984) died on June 8. Potter was active on Youtube as Comicstorian, in which he analysed comics, mostly Marvel and DC. He also looked at manga and gaming on other streams.
Actor Yoshiko Kuga (b.1931) died on June 9.Kuga appeared in Godzilla vs. Biollante and Toki o kakeru shojo.
Fan Pat Sims (b.1937) died on June 9. Sims served as secretary/treasurer for the Cincinnati Fantasy Group and later as VP of the Orlando Area Science Fiction Society. In 1995, with her husband, Roger, she was a DUFF delegate. She received the Big Heart Award in 2002. She co-chaired several Dittos.
Fan Scott Bryant died on June 11. Bryant created New Worlds November, a celebration of science fiction and Horror Mayhem. He, and his wife, Becky, had a major influence on the Booktube community.
Author Ruth Stiles Garnett (b.1923) died on June 11. Gannett published the children’s books My Father’s Dragon and its two sequels. She also wrote The Wonderful House-Boat-Train and Katie and the Sad Noise.
Actor Tony Lo Bianco (b.1936) died on June 11. Lo Bianco appeared in episodes of The Twilight Zone and Get Smart and the films God Told Me To, Endangered Species, and Too Scared to Scream.
Author Hermína Franková (b.1928) died on June 12. Franková’s story “Witch on a Broomstick” which became the film Girl on a Broomstick. She also wrote the fantasies Fire Women and Cynelabyrinth.
Actor Benji Gregory (b.1978) died on June 13. Gregory portrayed Brian Tanner on the television show ALF. He also appeared in an episode of Amazing Stories and voiced Biff, Jr. on the animated Back to the Future.
Fan Song Kun (b.1982) died on June 13. Song was a key member of the Jiulong Project, the Chinese SFF archive project, serving as its operator. He was nicknamed the Martian Raccoon.
Fan Priscilla Olson (b.1951) died on June 14. Olson chaired four Boskones and ran programming for three Worldcons. Named a Fellow of NESFA in 1989, she edited several books for NESFA Press.
Fan Dave Ihnat (b.1953) died on June 17. Ihnat attended Chicago area cons and was active in General Technics. Along with his wife, Pattie Kennedy, Ihnat volunteered at Chicons.
Fan Fran Skene (b.1937) died on June 17. Skene was active in the 70s and 80s, chairing Westercon 30 and V-Con VI & 14. She was involved in the Vancouver in 84 Worldcon bid. Skene published the fanzine Love Makes the World Go Awry. In 2019, she was elected CUFF delegate.
Actor Anouk Aimee (b.1932) died on June 18. Aimee appeared in Stranger Than Fiction, Turning Table, The Curious Adventures of Mr. Wonderbird, and Viva la vie. She is best known for appearing in La Docle Vita.
Author Alan Gold (b.1945) died on June 18. Gold wrote the pandemic thriller Bat Out of Hell as well as other historical thrillers with varying amounts of fantastic content.
Costume designer Anthea Sylbert (b.1939) died on June 18. Sylbert designed costumes for The Illustrated Man, If You Believe, Giving Up the Ghost, the 1976 remake of King Kong, and The Day of the Dolphin.
Comic author Peter B. Gillis (b.1952) died on June 20. Gillis wrote for Marvel Two-In-One, What If…?, and Super-Villain Team-Up. He also worked on Gammarauders, a comic tie-in to TSR’s Gamma World. In 2010, he adapted The Last Unicorn.
Actor Donald Sutherland (b.1935) died on June 20. Sutherland appeared in The Hunger Games, Moonfall¸Ad Astra, The Puppet Masters, and Invasion of the Body Snatchers, the last of which earned him a Saturn nomination. His mainstream roles included Hawkeye Pierce in M*A*S*H and the title role in Klute.
Academic Samuel Vasbinder (b.1937) died on June 21. Vasbinder wrote the study Scientific Attitudes in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein as well as the essays “The Meaning of ‘Foma’ in Cat’s Cradle” and “Aspects of Fantasy in Literary Myths About Lost Civilizations.”
Fan George Wells (b.1943) died on June 21. Wells entered fandom in the 1950s, publishing ‘zines in N3F, Apanage, APA-H, and N’APA. He was also a member of the Science Fiction Poetry Association. In 1999, he received the Rubble Award for “introducing fandom to Werewolf vs. Vampire Women.
Director William Crain III (b.1949) died on June 22. Crain directed the blaxpoitation film Blacula as well as Dr Black, Mr Hyde and Brother John.
Astronomer Richard Goldstein (b.1927) died on June 22. Goldstein was called the fther of Radar Interferometryand helped develop the techniques used to ma the solar system.
Actor Tamayo Perry (b.1975) died on June 23 following a shark attack. Perry, a surfer, appeared in Pirates of the Caribbean” On Stranger Shores as well as other, non-genre films.
Producer and editor Bud S. Smith (b.1935) died on June 23. Smith worked as editor on Cat People, Rhinoceros, and Waterworld. He earned an Oscar nomination for editing The Exorcist.
Fan Warren Cartwright died on June 24. Cartwright was a long-time active member of the Minnesota Science Fiction Society, discovering fandom in the 1970s.
Actor Bill Cobbs (b.1934) died on June 25. Cobbs appeared in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Star Trek: Enterprise, Brother from Another Planet, A Night at the Museum, and Oz the Great and Powerful.
Fan Alan Chafin (b.1959) died on June 26. Chafin published The Unauthorized Nitpicker’s Guide to Star Wars and located and GPS marked many of the filming sites for the original trilogy. He participated in Shore Leave’s Mystery Trekkie Theatre. He was tuckerized in many Star Trek novels.
Actor Taiki Matsuno (b.1967) died on June 26. Matsuno provided voicework for many anime series and was the Japanese voice of Spongebob Squarepants. His other work included Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger, Samurai Sentai Shinkenger, and Kamen Rider Ghost.
Engineer Peter Thiesinger (b.1945) died on June 26. Thiesinger worked for NASA’s JPL and participated in the Mariner, Voyager, Galileo, and Mars Global Surveyor missions.
Actor Martin Mull (b.1943) died on June 27. Mull provided voicework for Danny Phantom and appeared in episodes of Lois & Clark, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, and Wonder Woman.
Producer Doug Sakmann (b.1980) died on June 27. Sakmann produced Citizen Toxic: The Toxic Avenger IV and films in the Nuke ‘Em High. He also worked in special effects for films like The Horror of H.P. Lovecraft, Curse of the Weredeer, and the films he produced.
Author Robert Irwin (b.1946) died on June 28. An historian, Irwin wrote the fantasy novels The Arabian Nightmare, Wonders Will Never Cease, and The Runes Have Been Cast.
Production manager Claudio Mancini (b.1928) died on June 28. Mancini worked on Legend, The Tenth Victim, Contamination, and Momo.
Fan D. Christine Benders (b.1953) died on June 29. Benders was a Boston fan active in the 70s and 80s and was a founding fellow of NESFA. She helped run Boskones and designed many of the earliest NESFA Press Books.
Actor Tom Wyner (b.1947) died on June 30. Wyner provided voice work for numerous tv series, films, and video games, including Cowboy Bebop: The Movie, Power Rangers Time Force, Transformers: Robots in Disguise, and EverQuest II.
Animator Mike Milne (b.1946) died in June. Milne’s animation company, which made the opening credits for Tomorrow Never Dies, went on to create Walking with Dinosaurs and follow-up series, as well as Dragons: A Fantasy Made Real.
JULY
Jamie Fessenden died on July 1. Fessenden specialized in gay romance and published the novel Murderour Requiem and various dark fantasy short stories.
Screenwriter Robert Towne (b.1934) died on July 1. Towne wrote the screenplays for Last Woman on Earth, Heaven Can Wait, Creature from the Haunted Sea, and Greystoke. He worked as a story editor on Armageddon and won an Oscar for Chinatown.
Actor Vladimir Matveyev (b.1952) died on July 2. Mayveyev appeared in Zakryt geshtalt, Ekspiriens, Russian adaptations of The Fellowship of the Rings and The Master and the Margarita, and Salyut-7.
Comics writer Mary Wings (b.Mary Lee Geller, 1949) died on July 3. Beginning with Come Out Comix in the 1970s, she was important in the creation of lesbian comics.
Producer Jon Landau (b.1960) died on July 5. Landau produced Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, Solaris, the Avatar films, and Alita: Battle Angel. He won an Oscar for producing Titanic.
Actor Ysanne Churchman (b.1925) died on July 6. Churchman provided the Voice of Alpha Centauri in the two Doctor Who Peladon serials as well as the spider voices for “Planet of the Spieders,” Her final role was reprising the Voice of Alpha Centauri in the episode “Empress of Mars.” She also appeared on Planet Patrol and Alice in Wonderland.
Author Bernard du Boucheron (b.1928) died on July 6. Du Bourcheron won the Grand Prix du roman de l’Academie françsaie for his first novel, the fantasy Court Serpent, which was later translated into English.
Actor Roberta Taylor (b.1948) died on July 6. Taylor appeared in the 1984 Frankenstein, the Doctor Who: The Monthly Adventures podcast, Frank & Mary, and The Witches.
Artist Albert Kallis (b.1925) died on July 8. Kallis worked in Hollywood creating posters for gilms such as Creature from the Black Lagoon, I was a Teenage Werewolf, and The Amazing Colossal Man.
Comic artists Michael Zulli (b.1952) died on July 8. Zulli broke into comics with The Puma Blues and went on to work on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Sandman, and Shade.
Astronaut Joe Engle (b.1932) died on July 10, Originally slated to walk on the moon during Apollo 17, Engle eventually flew two Shuttle Approach and Landing Tests and commanded the second and twentieth space shuttle missons.
Actor Shelley Duvall (b.1949) died on July 11. Duvall appeared as Olive Oyl in Popeye and Wedny Torrance in The Shining. She produced and starred in Faerie Tale Theatre.
Author M.J. Engh (b.1933) died on July 11. Engh is best known for her novel Arslan, but she also wrote The House in the Snow, Wheel of the Winds, and Rainbow Man. She also wrote as Jane Beauclerk. In 2009, SFWA named her Author Emerita.
Fan Ian Jamieson (b.1943) died on July 11. Jamieson was born in Scotland and became chairman of Science Fiction and Fantasy South Africa. He attended several Worldcons as a representative for SFFSA.
Author Tonke Dragt (b.1930) died on July 12. Dragt wrote the children’s books Der Brief für den König, Geheimen van het Wilde Woud, and Ogen van Tijgers, among many other novels.
Actor Noriko Ohara (b.1935) died on July 12. Ohara has provided voice work for Doraemon, Urusei yatsura, Super Dimension Fortress Macross, and Future Boy Conan with more than 2,750 credits to her name.
Therapist Ruth Westheimer (b.1928) died on July 12. The only member of her family to survive the Holocaust, she was a sniper with the IDF and went on to become a well known sex advice therapist. She played herself in an episode of Quantum Leap in which Sam leapt into her body and also played herself in Electric Dreams and other shows and movies.
Actor Shannen Doherty (b.1971) died on July 13. Doherty played Prue Halliwell on Charmed and also starred on Beverly Hills, 90210. One of her first roles was on Voyagers!
Actor James B. Sikking (b.1934) died on July 13. Sikking did voice work for Batman Beyond and appeared in the miniseries Around the World in 80 Days. His films included Morons from Outer Space, Capricorn One, and Star Trek III: The Search for Spock.
Fitness guru Richard Simmons (b.1948) died on July 13. Simmons was known for his exuberant fitness routines, but he also did voicework for Dinosaurs, the animated series Hercules, and appeared as himself in an episode of Amazing Stories.
Actor Whitney Rydbeck (b.1945) died on July 15. Rydbeck appeared in Love at First Bite, Battle Beyond the Stars, and Friday the 13th IV. He also appeared in Star Trek: The Next Generation and the tv film Apollo 11.
Fan A. Heather Wood (b.1945) died on July 15. Wood worked at Tor Books, where she was a consulting editor and served as an assistant to Tom Doherty. She was a musician, performing with the Young Tradition, Poor Old Horse, and other bands.
Actor Cheng Pei-pei (b.1946) died on July 17. Cheng appeared in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, the live-action Mulan, and the TV series Ice Fantasy.
Actor Hassani Shapi (b.1973) died on July 17. Shapi played the Jedi Eeth Koth in the Star Wars prequels. He also appeared in Second Nature, Vortex, and the television series The Seventh Scroll and Arabian Nights.
Sound director Lee Chaloukian (b.1927) died on July 18. Chaloukian worked as a sound engineer for Near Dark, Lady in White, and Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue.=.
Actor and comedian Bob Newhart (b.1929) died on July 18. Newhart made a name for himself in standup, having the first comedy album to make #1 on the Billbaord chart. He had several successful sitcoms. His genre films included voicework for The Rescuers, and appearances in The Librarians films and Elf. He had a recurring role on The Big Bang Theory.
Author Lyubomir Nikolov-Narvi (b.1950) died on July 20, In addition to writing eight science fiction novels, including The Tenth Righteous Man and A Worm Under the Autumn Wind as well as more than 30 Choose-Your-Own Adventure books, Nikolov-Narvi translated Tolkien, Herbert, Sheckley, and King into Bulgarian.
Director Gennady Tishchenko (b.1948) died on July 20. Tishchenko directed the Amba series, Geona’s Vampires, various shorts based on the works of Stanislaw Lem and Mr. Bliss, based on a story by Tolkien.
Poet Deborah P. Kolodji (b.1959) died on July 21. Kolodji served as president of the SF Poetry Association for five years and created the SFPA Dwarf Stars awards for ultra-short poems. She edited the five Dwarf Stars anthologies, including the first four.
Author Uwe Grüning (b.1942) died on July 23. Grüning was a teacher who became active in polics. He wrote fiction, including the genre stories “Die Vollendung des Menschen” and “Kindliche Reise.” He translated poetry from English into German.
Artist Margaret Jones (b.1918) died on July 23. Jones is best known for her illustrations of the Mabinogion, but she also created a map of Wales showing its mythological connections.
Producer Sam Stangis (b.1929) died on July 23. Stangis worked as an assistant director and unit production manager on the Batman tv series. He has worked as a producer on The Six Million Dollar Man, War of the Worlds, and Ghost of a Chance.
Actor Pat Heywood (b.1931) died on July 26. Heywood appeared in an episode of Hammer House of Horror, the short Arcadia¸and the films Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? and Girly.
Linguist Zeev Bar-Sella (b.1947) died on July 27. Bar-Sella’s specialty was languages in the Caucasus Mountains. He also wrote a biography of Russian sf author Alexander Belyaev, which won the Strugatsky prize.
Fan and costumer Miki Dennis (b.1958) died on July 27. Dennis was a multiple winner of Worldcon masquerades. She frequently performed her original work in filk circles. Dennis was active in the Far Isles Medieval Society.
Author Edna O’Brien (b.1930) died on July 27. Most of O’Brien’s work was non-genre, although she did publish the horror short stories “The House of My Dreams” and “Number 10.”
Actor Erica Ash (b.1977) died on July 28. Ash appeared in We Have a Ghost and Scary Movie V. She appeared in the tv series Legacies and voiced characters on Aquaman: King of Atlantis.
Actor Randal Malone (b.1958) died on July 28. He appeared in the films The Black Knight Returns, The Amazing Bulk, Rat Scratch Fever, Psychon Invaders, and many more low-budget films.
Author Francine Pascal (b.1932) died on July 28. Best known for creating the Sweet Valley High series of YA novels, she also wrote the Fearless series about a girl who can’t feel fear.
Screenwriter Christopher Penfold (b.1941) died on July 29. Penfold served as a writer and story consultant on Space: 1999 and adapted The Tripods for television.
Author Rhondi A.V. Salsitz (b.1949) died on July 29. Salsitz, who wrote under a variety of names, including Charles Ingrid, Sara Hanover, and Emily Drake, was the author of several fantasy and SF series, including Dragontales, Elvin Ways, Magickers, and Patterns of Chaos.
Make up artist Lisa Westcott (b.1948) died on July 30. She worked on Doctor Who during the Davison era, The Wolfman, Captain America: The First Avenger, Survivors, and Play for Tomorrow. She won the Oscar for her work on Les Misérables.
Artist André Juillard (b.1948) died on July 31. Juillard created cover art for the novels Le Vallée du sommeil, La guerre du feu, Rihla, and Pierre Christin. He was a major comic artist in France and drew Bohémond de Saint-Gilles.
Fan Jenna Murphy (b.1983) was found dead on July 31 after missing since July 10. Murphy was active in Windycon, serving as the art show number two.
Fan and editor Carl-Eddy Skovgaard (b.1951) died on July 31. Skovgaard was active in the Danish Fan Association and Science Fiction Cirklen. He served as editor of Lige under overfladen and Sky City.
Fan Taral Wayne (b.1951) died on July 31. Wayne was the Fan Guest of Honor at Anticipation in 2009. Wayne was an 11 time Hugo finalist and received the FAAn Award for unrecognized fan achievement. He published several of his own fanzines and appeared in many other zines.
AUGUST
Comic writer Joyce Brabner (b.1952) died on August 1. Brabner edited Real War Stories and wrote the graphic novels Brought to Light and Our Cancer Year. She was also featured in American Splendor after marrying Harvey Pekar.
Fan Deb Wunder (b.1952) died on August 1. Wunder was an active filk fan and served on the Contata committee, running security for several years. She was active in New York APA fandom. Wunder published a handful of short stories in the early 90s.
Screenwriter George W. Schenck (b.1942) died on August 3. Schenck wrote for the series Relic Hunter, and the films Futureworld, Superbeast, and Deathmoon.
Fan Jeff Warner died the first weekend of August. Warner was one of the founders of I-CON at University of New York Stony Brook and continued to attend and volunteer at cons over the years. He chaired 8Pi-Con in 2014.
Actor Charles Cyphers (b.1939) died on August 4. Cyphers appeared in several Halloween films as Leigh Brackett. He also appeared in an episodes of Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Sliders and the film Dead Calling.
Author Jeremy Strong (b.1949) died on August 4. Strong as the author of dozens of children’s books including the genre novels There’s a Pharaoh in Our Bath!, Doctor Bonkers!, and Romans on the Rampage.
Actor John Aprea (b.1941) died on August 5. Aprea appeared in The Manchurian Candidate, The Stepford Wives, The Powers of Matthew Star, and and episode of Wonder Woman.
Actor Patti Yasutake (b.1953) died on August 5. Yasutake portrayed Nurst Ogawa in Star Trek: The Next Generation and subsequent films. She also appeared in episodes of Flashforward and Tales from the Crypt.
Fan Jim Caughran (b.1940) died on August 6. Caughran entered fandom in the 1950s. He was active in FAPA, The Cult, and OMPA and published several additional zines. More recently, he started the process of moving Fancyclopedia online and was the first editor of Fancyclopedia 3.
Producer Jay Katner (b.1926) died on August 6. Katner served as an agent, whose clients included Marlon Brando, Marilyn Monroe, and Grace Kelly. He produced the films The Nightcomers, Death Line, and Journey to the Far Side of the Sun.
Artist Adolf Schaller (b.1956) died on August 9. Schaller was an astronomical artist and his attention to scientific detail led to working on Cosmos. His work was also featured in the film Brainstorm. He collaborated with Terrence Dickinson on the book Extraterrestrials: A Field Guide for Earthlings.
Actor Rachael Lillis (b.1969) died on August 10. Lillis provided voice work for numerous anime, including Pokémon, Sonic X, Agent Aika, Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
Author Janet Morris (b.1946) died on August 10. Morris created the Heroes in Hell shared world anthology series and participated in Thieves World, writing several spin-off novels. She wrote the Kerron Empire books, the Silestra books and collaborated with David Drake and with her husband, Chris.
Fan Bill Desmond (b.1941) died on August 11. A member of The Science & Fiction Critics Club, he was also one of the founders of NESFA and served as a trustee, being named a Fellow of NESFA in 1976. Desmond founded NESFA Press and chaired Boskone 8.
Actor Ángel Salazar (b.1956) died on August 11. He appeared in Terror in the Aisles, A Stranger Is Watching, Mistletoe Massacre, and Maniac Cop 2.
Stuntman Kim Kahana (b.1929) died on August 12. Kahan performed stunts in Planet of the Apes, Soylent Green, The Omega Man, Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze, and episodes of The Time Tunnel and The Six Million Dollar Man.
Author Mário Souza (b.1946) died on August 12. Souza wrote A Ordem do Dia and O Fim Do Terceiro Mundo, as well as non genre works. In addition to his fiction, we worked as a playwright and director.
Screenwriter Sergio Donati (b.1933) died on August 13. Donati wrote Orca, Secret of the Sahara, Hearts and Armor, Mission Stardust, and The Sevent Scroll.
Author Greg Kihn (b.1949) died on August 13. Best known as a musician and DJ, Kihn wrote four horror novels, including Horror Show, Shade of Pale, Big Rock Beat, and Mojo Hand, as well as several short stories. He edited the anthology Carved in Rock: Short Stories by Musicians.
Actor Gena Rowlands (b.1930) died on August 14. Rowlands appeared in the films Parts Per Billion, Circle of Fear, and The Skeleton Key as well as an episode of Faerie Tale Theatre.
Actor Peter Marshall (b.1926) died on August 15. Best known as a game show host, Marshall also acted, appearing in episodes of Fantasy Island, Automan, and Sabrina the Teenage Witch.
Artist Peter Pracownik (b.1952) died on August 15. Based in Glastonbury, his artwork included album covers for Hawkwind, a Lord of the Rings tarot deck, and a Dragon tarot deck.
Dog trainer Robert Weatherwax (b.1959) died on August 15. Weatherwax worked with dogs who appeared in Back to the Future, The Thing, and Watchers.
Author and editor David Stuart Davies (b.1946) died on August 16. Primarily known for his work studying and writing Sherlock Holmes, his novels include The Tangled Skein, The Shadow of the Rat, and The Scarlet Coven. He also edited several horror anthologies
Carol MacLeod (b.1952) died on August 16. MacLeod was married to SF author Ken MacLeod. MacLeod also co-edited the four issues of XOddity in 1998.
Artist Graham Rawle (b.1955) died on August 16. He illustrated an award-winning edition of The Wizard of Oz and created the Lost Continent comic collage series. He also drew the book Overland.
Actor Robert Sidaway (b.1942) died on August 16. Sidaway appeared in nine episodes of Doctor Who in the 1960s as well as episodes of Ou of the Unknown and The Avengers. He also created Cult-Tastic: Tales from the Trenches of Roger and Julie Corman.
Fan Jeff Suter (b.1954) died on August 16. Suter was a co-founder of the South Hants SF Group. He published the zine Periphery from 1979-1984 and was a comics fan.
Actor Boris Bystrov (b.1945) died on August 18. Bystrov appeared in Aladdin and His Magic Lamp, Emelya-druak, Priklyucheniya zhyoltogo chemodanchika, and Orion’s Loop.
Actor Alain Delon (b.1935) died on August 18. Delon appeared in Asterix at the Olympic Games, The Passage, Spirits of the Dead, and Deadly Games. He played the title role in the 1975 Zorro.
Film designer Konstantin Zagorsky (b.1933) died on August 18. Zogrsky worked on Moscow: Cassiopea and its sequel, Teens in the Universe, To the Stars by Hard Ways, and Mio in the Land of Faraway.
Actor Atsuko Tanaka (b.1962) died on August 20. Tanaka provided voice work for Mobile Suit Victory Gundam, Yamato Takeru, Trigun. She also dubbed the Japanese voice for Lara Croft.
Actor John Amos (b.1939) died on August 21. Amos appeared in episodes of The Outer Lomits, Future Cop, and Beauty and the Beast. He was also in the films Hologram Man and The Beastmaster.
Author Zakhar Oskotsky (b.1947) died on August 21. Oskotsky wrote the novels The Last Tower of Troy and A Morning Rosy Age.
Scientist Aleksandr Byalko (b.1952) died on August 23. Byalko was a scientist and radio host in Russia who published the science fiction novel Romance with Physics, or, Lyubov Is Responsible for Everything.
Actor Karel Hermánek (b.1947) died on August 24. Hermánek appeared in The Seven Ravens, The Treasure, Sleeping Beauty, and provided voice work for Goat Story.
Artist Friedrich Hechelmann (b.1948) died on August 27. Hechelmann provided art for several stories appearing in Omni magazine as well as German fantasy novels.
Author Holly Lisle (b.1960) died on August 27. Lisle won the Compton Crook Award for her novel Fire in the Mist. In addition to her solo novels, she co-wrote books with Marion Zimmer Bradley, Aaron Allston, Mercedes Lackey, and S.M. Stirling. Lisle also taught writing and mentored many authors.
Bookseller Leonard Riggio (b.1941) died on August 27. Riggio founded the Student Book Exchange in 1965 and was the executive chairman of chain Barnes & Noble from 1971 until 2019, building the superstore concept.
Game designer Andrew C. Greenberg (b.1957) died on August 28. Greenberg co-created the video game Wizardry and later worked on Star Saga. He was also involved in the production of Q-Bert.
Fan Dmitry Krinari (b.1959) died on August 31. Krinari was an award winning fan artists and helped organize science fiction events in Russia.
Actor Obi Ndefo (b.1972) died on August 31. Ndefo appeared in episodes of Angel, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and Stargate SG-1. His films included Vampires in Venice. An accident in 2019 left him with both legs amputated and he returned to acting in 2021.
Agent Barry Coker (b.1934) died in August. Coker founded the Barden Art Agency and represented Spanish and South American comic artist.
Fan Nick Mills died in late August. Mills was active in running Novacons and Eastercons, chairing the 1991 Novacon. He was also part of APA-B/The Organisation, contributing Dark Satanic Mills.
Cartoonist Rod Barzilay (b.1947) died in August. Barzilay was a founding member of the Eagle Society and brought Dan Dare back into print.
SEPTEMBER
Actor Norman Chui Sui-Keung (b.1950) died on September 1. Chui appeared in numerous wuxia films, incluging Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils , Legend of the Liquid Sword, Clan of Amazons, and The Battle Wizards.
Actor James Darren (b.James Ercolani) died on September 2. Darren played Tony Newman on The Time Tunnel and Vic Fontaine on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. His other genre appearances included Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, a version of himself on The Flintstones, and City Beneath the Sea.
Actor and screenwriter Brian Trueman (b.1932) died on September 2. Trueman wrote for the tv series The Wind in the Willows, Danger Mouse, Count Duckula, and Wallace and Gromit. He provided voicework for Truckers, The Reluctant Dragon, and The Wind in the Willows.
Actor and make-up artist Frank Griffin, Jr. (b.1929) died on September 4. Griffin worked on Peggy Sue Got Married, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Demon Seed, Westworld, and the television series The Ghost Busters.
Artist Bernie Mireault (b.1961) died on September 4. Mireault started in the Montreal underground commix scene before working for DC, Dark Horse, Caliber, and other publishers. He illustrated the Riddler story “When Is a Door” and the Grendel story “The Devil Within.”
Author Valery Voskoboynikov (b.1939) died on September 6. Best known for a series of biographies aimed at he juvenile audience, Vsokoboynikov wrote the fantasy novel Voyna Vladigora.
Fan John Nielsen Hall died on September 7. Hall published the zines Motorway Dreamer, The Other Side of the Wood, and Zine, among many others. He joined BSFA in the 1960s. He gafiated between 1978 and 2005 and was named Past President of the Fan Writers of America in 2014.
Actor Leonid Okunyov (b.1949) died on September 8. Okunyov appeared in the film Patrioticheskaya komediya
Actor Peter Renaday (b.Pierre Laurent Renoudet) died on September 8. Renady has probided voice work for several video games, including The Elder Scrolls, Assassin’s Creed, Dragon Age, and Star Wars: The Old Republic.
Comics artist John Cassaday (b.1971) died on September 9. Cassaday worked on Planetary, Astonishing X-Men, Captain America, and Srae Wars. He also directed an episode of the television series Dollhouse.
Poet Fred Johnston (b.1951) died on September 9. Johnston was a journalist who founded the Irish Writer’s Co-operative. He published two short stories in the SF magazine Albedo One.
Actor James Earl Jones (b.1931) died on September 9. Jones featured in many films and his distinctive voice was used in many more. He provided the voice for Darth Vader in Star Wars. Other roles included The Meteor Man, episodes of 3rd Rock from the Sun, Conan the Barbarian, and Field of Dreams. Jones was an EGOT winner.
Actor Lee Hoi-sang (b.1941) died on September 9. Lee appeared in Demon of the Lute and The Shadow Boxing as well as The Ghost Informer, Passions Across Two Lifetimes, and The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires.
Actor Kenneth Cope (b.1931) died on September 11. Cope appeared in the Doctor Who serial “Warrior’s Gate.” Other genre roles include appearances on Catweazle, One Step Beyond, My Partner the Ghost, and Jackanory
Actor Chad McQueen (b.1960) died on September 11. McQueen appeared in an episode of V, as well as the films Possessed by the Night and Firepower.
Author Taylor Grant (b.1970) died on September 12. Grant’s stories were collected in The Dark at the End of the Tunnel and The Many Deaths of Cole Parker, the first of which earned him one of his two Stoker nominations.
Artist Karl Moline (b.1973) died on September 12. Moline co-created Fray with Joss Whedon and penciled Route 666. He worked for Marvel on Rogue and The Loners and Dark Horse on Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight.
Actor Franca Bettoia (b.1936) died on September 13. Bettoia appeared in The Last Man on Earth and Sandokan alla Riscossa.
Actor Geoffrey Hinsliff (b.1937) died on September 15. Hinsliff appeared in two Doctor Who serials during the Tom Baker period, as well as several episodes of Jackanory, Adamant Lives! and UFO.
Actor Barbara Leigh-Hunt (b.1935) died on September 16. Hunt provided voicework for the 1959 A Midsummer Night’s Dream, the world’s first puppet kinescope, as well as Oh Heavenly Dog and Frenzy.
Author Nelson Demille (b.1943) died on September 17. Best known for technothrillers, His novels the Quest, Orbit, and Airship Nine can be considered science fiction. He also published under the names Jack Cannon, Kurt Ladner, Ellen Kay, and Brad Matthews.
Fan David Curry died on September 19. Curry used the nom de con Gryphon and attended numerous Eastercons and Redemptions.
Director John Grissmer (b.1933) died on September 19. Grissmer directed the horror films The Bride, Scalpel, and Blood Rage.
Actor Kathryn Grant (b.Olive Kathryn Grandstaff, 1933) died on September 20. Grant appeared in the Night the World Exploded, The 7th Voyage of Sinbad¸ and 1001 Arabian Nights.
Actor David Graham (b.1925) died on September 20. Graham voiced Gordon Tracy for Thunderbirds and provided the voice for the Daleks in early episodes of Doctor Who, as well as additional appearances.
Author Heather Osborne died on September 20. Osborne published the novel Song Broken, co-edited the anthology Eve of Fear, and published a handful of short stories.
Actor Cleo Sylvestre (b.Cleopatra Palmer, ) died on September 20. Sylvestre appeared in the Doctor Who episode “The Warlords” in 1965 and an episode of The Day of the Triffids. She also appeared in several episodes of The Gemini Factor and the film Paddington.
Academic Fredric Jameson (b.1934) died on September 22. Jameson wrote the nonfiction studies Seeds of Time and Archaeologies of the Future: The Desire Called Utopia and Other Science Fictions. In 2006, he received the Pilgrim Award from the SFRA.
Author Achim Szepanski (b.1957) died on September 22. Szepanski was a musician who turned to writing novels in 2011. His first novel, Saal 6 and his later Pole Position are of genre interest.
Actor John Ashton (b.1948) died on September 24. Best known for playing Taggart in the Beverly Hills Cop films, he appeared in The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension, King Kong Lives, and The Tommyknockers.
Director Pierre-William Glenn (b.1943) died on September 24. Glenn wrote and directed Terminus. He worked as cinematographer on Juliet dans Paris, Death Watch, The Prize of Peril, and France, Incorporated.
Composer Ken Howard (b.1939) died on September 24. He wwrote museic for Mr. Pye and Shadowlands. Howard was also a novel and his second book, Follow Me—A Quest in Two Worlds, was fantasy.
Author Peter Jay (b.1937) died on September 24. Primarily known a an economist, Jay co-wrote the novel Apocalypse 2000: Economic Breakdown and the Suicide of Democracy 1989-2000 with Michael Stewart.
Comic author Kevin J. Taylor (b.1962) died on September 24. Best known for erotica, such as Girl, Fang, and Dreams of Dawn, Taylor also worked on Crypt of Dawn and for DC on Batman: Four of a Kind.
Actor Roman Madyanov (b.1962) died on September 25. Madyanov appeared in the films Ghouls, Super Bobrovs, The Wish of the Fairy Fish, and The Monk and the Demon.
Author Thomas Rockwell (b.1933) died on September 27. Rockwell is best known for the novel How to Eat Fried Worms. He also wrote the fantasy novel Squawwwwk! And edited his father’s, Norman Rockwell, art books.
Actor Maggie Smith (b.1934) died on September 27. Smith appeared in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Clash of the Titans, Nanny McPhee Returns, Hook, and played Minerva McGonagall in the Harry Potter films. Smith won Oscars for her work on The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie and California Suite.
Actor Drake Hogestyn (b.1953) died on September 28. Hogestyn was best known for his role on Days of Our Lives. His genre appearance was as Kort in an episode of the series Otherworld.
Composer Kris Kristofferson (b.1936) died on September 28. Best known for his music, Kristofferson also had an acting career, appearing in the 2001 version of Planet of the Apes, provided voicework for The Land Before Time series, and starred in Millennium.
Artist and author Larry Todd (b.1948) died on September 28. Todd sold a handful of stories in the 1960s, but he quickly turned to art, providing illustrations for several magazines and eventually comix, including Dr. Atomic.
Actor Ron Ely (b.1938) died on September 29. Ely starred as Tarzan in th e1960s and later made appearances on the shows Wonderman, Superboy, Sea Hunt, Sheena, and the film Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze.
Cartoonist Ed McLachlan (b.1940) died on September 29. McLachlan’s surreal work was published in Punch and Private Eye and earned him comparisons to Charles Addams.
Actor Nobuyo Oyama (b.1933) died on September 29. Oyama provided the voice for the animated robot Doraemon.
Actor Gavin Creel (b.1976) died on September 30. Creel appeared on American Horror Stories and Rapunzel’s Tangled Adventure. He played the Wolf and Cinderella’s Prince on Broadway in Into the Woods.
Comics editor Bob Foster (b.1943) died on September 30. Foster created Myron Moose Funnies and went on toe serve as Managing Editor for Disney comics. He worked on animation for Laika, Dreamworks, Disney, and Warner Brothers and served as President of the Animation Guild.
Comic artist Karl Mostert (b.1927) died on September 30. Mostert drew the Lil’ Five graphic novels and worked on Batman and DCeased. He co-created The Man Who F#&%ed Up Time and Concrete Jungle.
Actor Ken Page (b.1954) died on September 30. Page voiced Oogie Boogie in The Nightmare Before Christmas and also did voicework for All Dogs Go to Heaven and Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man. He appeared in the film Shortcut to Happiness and episodes of Charmes.
Actor Park Ji-ah (b.1972) died on September 30. Park appeared in Iron Mask, Dream, Kwihyang, Strong Girl Nam-soon, and an episode of Circle.
Producer Robert Watts (b.1938) died on September 30. Watts served as a producer for The Empire Strikes Back and The Return of the Jedi, the original Indiana Jones trilogy, Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, and was a production manager for 2001: A Space Odyssey.
Actor Nigel Lambert (b.1944) died in September. Lambert appeared in the Doctor Who serial “The Leisure Hive” and later provided voicework for several audtio adventures. He also appeared on Blake’s 7, UFO, Out of the Unknown, and The Princess and the Pea.
OCTOBER
Fan Fred Smith (b.1927) died on October 2. Smith was a founder of Glasgow’s New Lands SF Club in 1952. The following year, he started publishing the fanzine Haemoglobin, which ran until 1959. Smith stepped away from fandom, but returned in the 1990s. He was also active in OMPA.
Stuntman Bob Yerkes (b.1932) died on October 2. Yerkes performed stunes for Ghostbusters, Back to the Future, Batman & Robin, Return of the Jedi, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, and Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
Comic author Pierre Christin (b.1938) died on October 3. Christin created Valérian and Lareline and La voyageuse de la petite ceinture. Christin wrote the novel Les prédateurs enjolivés and several short stories.
Author Jack Nimersheim (b.1949) died on October 3. Nimersheim began publishing in 1992 with “A Fireside Chat.” In 1994, he was a nominee for the Campbell Award for Best New Writer. Some of his fiction was collected in Something Old, Something New and Graffiti from the Subways of My Mind. Nimersheim was also a musician.
Actor John Lasell (b.1928) died on October 4. Lasell appeared on Dark Shadows and made appearances on The Twilight Zone, The Invaders, and Mission: Impossible.
Author Robert Randidi (b.1951) died on October 4. Randisi wrote several books in the Destroyer series using the name Warren Murphy and the Gunsmith series as by J.R. Roberts. He co-wrote the novel Once Upon a Murder with Kevin D. Randle.
Author Robert Coover (b.1932) died on October 5. Coover was the author of The Universal Baseball Association, Inc., J. Henry Waugh, Prop., Pinocchio in Venice, and The Public Burning. He was the founder of the Electronic Literature Organization.
Actor Nicholas Pryor (b.1935) died on October 7. Pryor appeared in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay—Part 1, Halloween Kills, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, and Amazing Stories.
Author Zoe Sarah Kaplan (b.1996) died on October 9. Kaplan began publishing in 2021 with “Pink Marble” and her story “The Test” was nominated for the 2022 Brave New Weird award. Her family is raising funds to endow a memorial award for Jewish Speculative Fiction.
Actor Elisa Montés (b.1934) died on October 9. Montés appeared in Erik the Viking, Samson and the Mighty Challenge, Faustina, and The Island of the Doomed.
Dona Sadock (b.1945) died on October 9. Sadock worked as a freelance editor and was Norman Spinrad’s partner, serving as his first reader and editor. Sadock also produced Firesign Theatre.
Actor Roger Browne (b.1930) died on October 11. Browne played the title character in Mars, God of War and reprised the role in Vulcan, Son of Jupiter. He also appeared in Hercules and the Princess of Troy, The War of the Robots, and Argoman the Fantastic Superman.
Editor Mario Morra (b.1935) died on October 11. Morra worked as an editor on The Humanoid, Obsession: A Taste for Fear, Queens of Evil, and episodes of Secret of the Sahara.
Philosopher Anand Vaidya (b.1976) died on October 11. Vaidya as a co-founder of the Science Fiction and Philosophy Society in 2022.
Fan Ward Christensen (b.1945) was found dead on October 12 during a wellness check. Christensen was active in General Technics and a frequent attendee of Windycon and Capricon, where he helped out with Build-a-Blinkie.
Fan Art Henderson (b.1942) died on October 12. Henderson was a book dealer who sold at numerous conventions and he also served as site manager for various Dealers’ Rooms.
Director Alvin Rakoff (b.1927) died on October 12. Rakoff directed King Solomon’s Treasure and A Haunting Harmony.
Fan Lou Irmo (b.1951) died on October 13. Irmo was a collector of science fiction novels and artwork and frequently attended Windy City Pulp and Paper.
Editor Philippa Brewster (b.1949) died on October 15. She began working for Routledge & Kegan Paul in 1971. Working at I.B. Tauris in the 1990s, she championed novelizations based on Doctor Who, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and other television shows. By 2000, she was working as an agent in addition to work for Tauris.
Fan Bruce Townley (b.1954) died on October 17. Townley was active in WSFA and the Southern Fandom Confederation. He was also a member of APA-50. He was nominated for Best Fan Artist at the 1977 FAAN Awards.
Make up artist Sheelagh Wells (b.1947) died on October 20. Wells worked as a make up artist on Blakes 7, both incarnations of Doctor Who, and Neverwhere. With her husband, Joe Lazarro, she worte Blakes 7: The Inside Story.
Fan Tony Meadows (b.1948) died on October 21. Meadows was a collector of films and often screened the movies he had collected at the Festival of Fantastic Films and Eastercons.
Author Steven Mohan, Jr. (b.1967) died on October 22. Mohan began publishing short fiction in 1998 with “Conservator” in Writers of the Future. He published several more short stories, including works set in the BattleTech Universe and the novel A Bonfire of Worlds.
Producer Lynda Obst (b.1950) died on October 22. Obst produced Interstellar, Contact, The Fisher King, and The Hot Zone.
Director Dick Pope (b.1947) died on October 22. Pope worked on the electrical department for 1984, The X-Files, Phantoms, Inseminoid, and The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe. He was a cinematographer on The Illusionist.
Author Gary Indiana (b.Gary Hoisington, 1950) died on October 23. The art critic for the Village Voice, Indiana wrote a true crime trilogy and dipped into the SF genre with Depraved Indifference.
Special effect artist Nancy St. John (b.1954) died on October 23. St. John worked on special effects for Total Recall, I, Robot, Ender’s Game, Ghostbusters, and Men in Black3.
Translator Valery Verkhovsky (b.1969) died on October 23. Verkhovsky translated Ender’s Game and Doomsday Book into Ukrainian.
Producer Jeri Taylor (b.1938) died on October 24. Taylor was the showrunner on Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Voyager and wrote for Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. She also wrote two episodes of Salvage 1 and an episode of The Incredible Hulk.
Fan Marc Wells (b.1952) died on October 25. Wells served as the president of the Portland Science Fiction Society and president of the Board of Directors of OFSCI. He could often be found running tech at conventions.
Fan George Richard (b.1953) died on October 26. Richard was a costumer and often MCed masquerades. He was known for his Klingon and Ming the Merciless costumes. At Chicon 8, he was part of the group that won Best in Show.
Actor Lily Li Li-Li (b.1950) died on October 27. Li appeared in the 1997 remake of Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils, The Wandering Swordsman, The Bride with White Hair, and The Gods and Demons of Zu Mountain.
Director Paul Morrissey (b.1938) died on October 28. Morrissey wrote and directed Flesh for Frankenstein and directed Blood for Dracula and The Houd of the Baskervilles.
Manga author Kazuo Umezu (b.1936) died on October 28. Umezu created Makoto-chan and My Name is Shingo. He used inspiration from Japanese folktales in his work and was known as the god of horror manga.
Actor Teri Garr (b.1944) died on October 29. Garr appeared in the Mel Brooks comedy Young Frankenstein and the film Oh, God! She also appeared in Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Tales from the Crypt, and an episode of Star Trek.
Author Phil Rickman (b.1950) died on October 29. Rickman wrote supernatural mysteries, including the Merrily Watkins series and the Marco’s Pendulum series, the latter under the name Thom Madley. He also wrote a series based on John Dee.
Stuntman Giovanni Cianfriglia (b.1935) died on October 30. Cianfriglia performed stunts in Frankenstein Unbound, The Devil’s Man, Ladyhawke, Hercules, Thor the Conqueror, and numerous other films.
Artist Greg Hildebrandt (b.1939) died on October 31. Hildebrandt made a name for himself working with his brother, Tim, as the Brothers Hildebrandt. They are, perhaps, best known for their work featuring the worlds of J.R.R. Tolkien and the original poster for Star Wars.
Fan Craig Smith died in October. Smith was a Seattle area fan artist who was nominated for numerous FAAn Awards. He served on the committee for Corflu 17.
Academic Scott Connors died in late October. Connors edited The Dark Man: The Journal of Robert E. Howard Studies and wrote H.P. Lovecraft: A Century Less a Dream, The Freedom of Fantastic Things, and Clark Ashton Smith: A Comprehensive Bibliography. He was working on a biography of Smith as well.
NOVEMBER
Composer Andy Paley (b.1951) died on November 1. Paley composed music for Digimon and Spongebob SquarePants. He made a cameo in the BeeGee’s film Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.
Actor Jonathan Haze (b.1929) died on November 2. Haze played Seymour in the 1960 version of The Little Shop of Horrors. He also appeared in Not of This Earth, X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes, and It Conquered the World.
Actor Alan Rachins (b.1942) died on November 2. Best knwn for his role on L.A. Law, Rachins’ genre credits include Stargate SG-1, The Other Limit, Time Walker, and voicework for several animated series.
Make up artist Paul Engelen (b.1949) died on November 3. Engelen worked on Sar Wars: Episode 1—The Phantom Menace, Batman, Year Million, and Game of Thrones. He received Oscar nominations for his work on Frankenstein and Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes.
Actor Tony Mirrcandani (b.19??) died on November 3. Mirrcandani appeared in Ender’s Game, The Curse of King Tut’s Tomb, and provided voice work for Marvel Rising: Initiation.
Actor Tony Todd (b.1954) died on November 6. Todd played the title role in Candyman and also appeared in The Man from Earth, The Devil’s Disciples, The Crow, and H.P. Lovecraft’s Celephaïs. He appeared on Star TrekL The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and Star Trek: Voyager in a variety of roles.
Actor Genevieve Grad (b.1944) died on November 8. Best known for appearing in the Gendarme series, Grad also appeared in the Hercules gilm Conquest of Mycene.
Author Tim Sullivan (b.1948) died on November 10. Sullivan wrote the novels Destiny’s End, The Martian Viking, and Lords of Creation. His short fiction began appeared in 1977 with “Tachyon Rag.” His story “Zeke” made the 1982 Nebula ballot.
Fan Kevin G. Austin died on November 11. Austin was active on the MnStF board and co-chaired Minicon 46 and Minicon 53. He worked on Minicon and MnStF websites as well.
Author Bruce Boston (b.1943) died on November 11. Boston wrote the novels Stained Glass Rain and The Guardener’s Tale as well as numerous short stories, winning 4 Stoker Awards. He was also a prolific poet and has won 7 Rhysling Awards and been named a Rhysling Grand Master.
Production designer Richard D. James (b.1936) died on November 11. James worked on Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Voyager. He also served as art director for the original Battlestar Galactica.
Actor Song Jae-rim (b.1985) died on November 12. Song appeared in The Idle Mermaid and episodes of Fantasy Tower and The Moon Embracing the Sun, as well as the film Tunnel.
Actor Timothy West (b.1934) died on November 12. West appeared in Ever After: A Cinderella Story, 102 Dalmatians, and portrayed Ridcully in Going Postal. He appeared in aan episode of Doctor Who: The Eighth Doctor Adventures.
Actor Eiji Yanagisawa (b.1967) died on November 12. Yanagisawa provided voice work for numerous anime, including Naruto, Evangelion, and Mobile Suit Gundam.
Actor Dan Hennessey (b.1942) died on November 13. Hennessey provided voice work for X-Men, RoboRoach, Redwall, and Blazing Dragons, among other animated shows.
Book designer Ryan McCardle (b.1989) died on November 13. Since 2022 McCardle was designing books for Fantagraphics, including Adventures into Terror, In the Days of the Rocket, and Venus.
Actor Ken Shorter (b.1945) died on November 13. Shorter’s forays intoe genre film included Dragonslayer and Dragonheart: A New Beginning.
Actor Al Ferrera (b.1939) died on November 15. Ferrera appeared in Dracula’s Dog, Mansion of the Doomed, and three episodes of Batman. He had previously played baseball for the LA. Dodgers.
Author István Nemere (b.1944) died on November 15. Nemere wrote nearly 750 novels using nearly 50 pseudonyms, including about 60 science fiction novels, such as A Fantasztikus Nagyneni and Neutron-akció.
Actor Paul Teal (b.1989) died on November 15. Teal appeared in The Walking Dead: World Beyond and Descendants: The Rise of Red.
Actor Svetlana Svetlichnaya (b,1940) died on November 16. Svetlichnaya appeared in the television series Belovodye. Tayna zateryannoy strany and the film Day of Wrath.
Actor Toian Matchinga (b.Carlyn Lee Matchinga, 1941) died on November 17. Matchinga appeared in episodes of I Dream of Jeannie, The Flying Nun, The Second Hundred Years, and The Wild Wild West.
Comic book artist Bernadette Despres (b.1941) died on November 19. Despres created Tom-Tom and Nana. In 2002, she was awarded the Grand prix de l’Humour Tendre.
Author Marshall Brain (b.1961) committed suicide on November 20. Brain wrote the SF novel Manna, but was best known for his series of How Stuff Works books.
Cartoonist Peter Maddocks (b.1928) died on November 20. Maddocks created the comic Four D. Jones and later served as cartoon editor for Express Newspapers and special features editor for King magazine.
Special effects director Colin Chilvers (b.1945) died on November 21. Chilvers worked on X-Men, Frankenstein: The True Story, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger, and Saturn 3. He won an Oscar for his work on Superman and worked on the first two sequels.
Fan and critic Bob Blackwood (b.1942) died on November 21. Blackwood was a film critic who co-wrote Future Prime: The Top 10 Science Fiction Films with John Flynn as well as From the Silent Era to the Sopranos. He was a frequent attendee of Chicago area conventions.
Fan Trina King (b.1945) died on November 21. Kling not only attended various conventions, she was also active in fanzine fandom, WSFS, and the Southern Fandom Confederacy.
Author James Fleming (b.1944) died on November 22. Fleming who was also the editor and owner of Book Collector magazine, which was founded by his uncle, Ian Fleming, Fleming’s own works included White Blood and sequels and The Temple of Optimism.
Author and paleontologist Davide Mana (b.1967) died on November 22. His fiction include the Aculeo & Amunet series, GLi Orrori della Valle Belbo, and The Ministry of Thunder. In addition, he has worked in the gaming industry and has translated works from English into Italian.
Actor Julio Medina (b.1933) died on November 23. Medina appeared in episodes of The Flying Nun, The Greatest American Hero, and The Wild Wild West. He was also in the film Hard Time on Planet Earth.
Actor Michael Villela (b.1940) died on November 23. Villela appeared I an episode of Amazing Stories and the slasher film The Slumber Party Massacre.
Actor Earl Holliman (b.1928) died on November 25. Holliman was the last survivor cast member from Forbidden Planet. He also appeared in the first episode of The Twilight Zone. He appeared in Visit to a Small Planet and The Power and several episodes of NightMan.
Author Hal Lindsey (b.1929) died on November 25. Lindsey was the author a various apocalyptic works based on the idea that we were approaching the rapture. His best known work was The Late Great Planet Earth.
Director Jim Abrahams (b.1944) died on November 26. Best known for writing and directing with the Zucker Brothers on comedy films such as Airplane!, Ruthless People, and Police Squad!, his genre work included an episode of Big John, Little John.
Script supervisor Katinka Faragó (b.1936) died on November 26. Faragó worked closely with Ingmar Bergman on The Seventh Seal and other films. She also worked on The Journey to Melonia and The Night Visitor.
Actor and stuntman Scott L. Schwartz (b.1959) died on November 26. Schwartz appeared in Spider-Man, The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle, episodes of Star Trek: Enterprise and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine¸ and the first live-action The Tick.
Fan Vic Wadmore died on November 26. Wadmore ran Wadfest, a Discworld-themed camping event, from 2002-2017. A character in Pratchett’s Night Watch was named for him.
Author and fan Linda Bushyager (b.Linda Eyster, 1947) died on November 27. Bushyager published the Hugo nominated fanzine Granfalloon and was a founder of the Carnegie Mellon SF Club, as well as a Founding Mother of WPSFA. She published the novels Master of Hawks, The Spellstone of Shaltus, and Pacifica, the last with John Gregory Betancourt.
Author Trent Zelazny (b.1976) died on November 28. The son of Roger Zelazny, he began publishing short fiction in 1999 with “Harold Asher and His Vomiting Dogs” and eventually collected his fiction in The Day the Leash Gave Way. He also edited the anthologies Mirages and, with Warren Lapine, Shadows & Reflections, the latter a tribute anthology to his father.
Screenwriter Marshall Brickman (b.1939) died on November 29. Brickman was a frequent collaborator with Woody Allen and co-produced and wrote the script for Sleeper, for which he won a Hugo Award. His other sf films include Simon and The Manhattan Project.
Author Barrie Ellis Jones (b.1940) died in November. Ellis-Jones worked in the European film industry and wrote the novel The Walker After Death.
DECEMBER
Author T. Jackson King (b.Thomas King, Jr., 1948) died on December 3. King began publishing with Retread Shop in 1988 and went on to publish the Transcendent series, the Matt and Mata Hari series, and the StarFight series, among others. King was also a trained archaeologist.
Author Nancy Robison (b.1934) died on December 3. Robison published three YA stories in the 1970s, A Space Shuttle Trip, UFO Kidnap!, and Space Hijack!
Actor Christel Bodenstein (b.1938) died on December 5. Bodenstein appeared in the 1966 The Little Prince and the fairy tales Das tapfere Schneirderlein and Das singende, klingende Bäumchen.
Fan Vanessa May (b.1953) died on December 5. May worked on numerous Worldcons and Eastercons and chaired the 2021 Eastercon as well as co-chairing the previous year’s Eastercon, which was cancelled by Covid.
Actor Julie Stevens (b.1936) died on December 5. Stevens appeared in early episodes of The Avengers as Venus Smith and also appeared in an episode of Z Cars.
Actor Thom Christopher (b.1940) died on December 6. Christopher portrayed Hawk in several episodes of Buck Rogers in the 25th Century. He also appeared in Wizards of the Lost Kingdom and Deathstalker and the Warriors from Hell.
Actor Jill Jacobson (b.1954) died on December 8. Jacobson appeared in the film Splash and episodes of Quantum Leap, Star Trek: The Next Generation, and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
Actor Arnold Yarrow (b.1920) died on December 9. Yarrow appeared in the Jon Pertwee Doctor Who serial “Death to the Daleks” and episodes of The Andromeda Breakthrough.
George Kresge, Jr. (b.1935) died on December 10. Kresge, under the name The Amazing Kreske, was a mentalist who made frequent television appearances. He never claimed to be psychic.
Actor Michael Cole (b.1940) died on December 10. Cole appeared in the miniseries It and episodes of Wonder Woman and Beyond Westworld.
Author Anatoly Romoy (b.1935) died on December 10. He wrote the novel Goluboy ksill and also worked on screenplays. Eventually he moved from the USSR to the US.
Producer Hans-Erik Sacks (b.1956) died on December 10. Sacks wrote, directed, and produced the series The Julekalender and wrote and produced The Joulukalanteri.
Actor María Socas (b.1959) died on December 10. Socas appeared in The Warrior and the Sorceress, The Wizards of the Lost Kingdom, and Deathstalker II: Duel of Titans.
Author Leonid Ionin (b.1945) died on December 12. Ionin was a Soviet sociologist who published the thriller Russky apokalipsis following the fall of the Soviety Union.
Actor David Weatherley (b.1939) died on December 12. Weatherly appeared in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring as Barliman Butterbur and episodes of Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and Xena: Warrior Princess.
Actor Diane Delano (b.1957) died on December 13. Delano appeared in the 2006 remake of the Wicker Man and had a recurring role as Barbara Szymanski on Northern Exposure. She did voice work for Teen Titans and Batman: The Brave and the Bold.
Fan Peter Lyons (b.1963) died on December 13. Lyons developed the software used to administor the Ditmar Awards and was active in Western Australian fandom, attending more than 35 Swancons.
Actor Mircea Diaconu (b.1949) died on December 14. Diaconu appeared in the film Secretul armei secrete.
Actor Johnny Russell (b.1933) died on December 14. Russell was a child actor, appearing in 14 films between the ages of 4 and 12 before retiring from acting. His one genre films was The Blue Bird in 1940.
Author David A. McIntee (b.1968) died on December 15. McIntee was the author of several short stories and novels set in the Doctor Who universe as well as works in Star Trek, Space: 1999, and Final Destination universes. He wrote the novel Melissa and non-fiction guides to various universes.
Actor Marisa Paredes (b.1946) died on December 17. Paredes appeared in Crola de Día, Carola de noche and an episode of Historias para no dormer, as well as The Devil’s Backbone and The Awful Dr. Orlof.
Author John Marsden (b.1950) died on December 18. Marsden was the author of Tomorrow, When the War Began and Out of Time. His first novel, So Much to Tell You, was non-genre.
Author Barry N. Malzberg (b.1939) died on December 19. Malzberg was the author of Herovit’s World, Galaxies, and numerous short stories, many of which published as by K.M. O’Donnell and often in collaboration with other authors. He edited several anthologies. Malzberg won the Campbell Award for Beyond Apollo and was nominated for 5 Hugos and 6 Nebulas.
Author George Zebrowski (b.1945) died on December 20. Zebrowski was the author of Macrolife, the Omega Point series and the Sunspacers trilogy. He won the Campbell Award for Brute Orbits and was the recipient of the 2000 Kevin O’Donnell Jr. Service to SFWA Award.
Actor Art Evans (b.1942) died on December 21. Evans appared in an episode of The X-Files and the films Mom and Alien Rising.
Actor Hannelore Hoger (b.1942) died on December 21. Hoger appeared in the films Super, Hamlet_X, and Der grosse Verhau. Hoger also wrote one film and directed another.
Fan Esther Cole (b.1924) died in December. Cole was a member of the Elves, Gnomes & Little Men’s Science Fiction Chowder & Marching Society and served on the SFCon Worldcon committee (which her husband chaired). She and Les Cole published the fanzine Orgasm and in 2017 she was inducted into the First Fandom Hall of Fame.
Actor Geoffrey Deuel (b.1943) died on December 22. Deuel appeared in episodes of The Invaders,The Flying Nun, and Planet of the Apes.
Actor Angus MacInnes (b.1947) died on December 23. MacInnes played Gold Leader in Star Wars and also appeared as Judge Silver in Judge Dredd and Sgt. Whitman in Hellboy.
Actor Chafoat Rahmatullaeva (b.1941) died on December 24. Rahmatullaeva appeared in the fantasy Qutqaring, qariyapman.
Producer Britt Allcroft (b.1943) died on December 25. Allcroft was the creator of Thomas the Tank Engine and wrote and produced many of the shows associated with the character.
Special effects artist Eugene P. Rizzardi (b.1952) died on December 25. RIzzardi worked on the 2009 Star Trek, the 1998 Godzilla, and Alien Resurrection.
Fan Graham Thornton (b.1965) died on December 25. Thornton was a collector and fan of Brian Lumley’s Necroscope series.
Actor Ney Latorraca (b.1944) died on December 26. Latorreca appeared in episodes of Vamp, Meu Pedacinho de Chão, O Sistema, and O Beijo do Vampiro,
Fan and author Tanglwyst de Holloway (b.Tonya Adolfson) died on December 27. De Holloway was a costumer from Idaho who ran the masquerade at Spikecon, the 2019 NASFIC. She served as Corresponding Secretary for the ICG and wrote the costuming book Surviving Your Own Creativity. She founded the publishing company Fantastic Journeys and has published novels under her birth name.
Actor Dayle Haddon (b.1948) died on carbon monoxide poisoning on December 27. Haddon appeared in Cyborg, Spermula, and episodes of Max Headroom and The Hitchhiker.
Actor Olivia Hussey (b.1951) died on December 27. Hussey is best known for appearing in Zeffirelli’s Romeo and Juliet. She has also done voicework for Superman: The Animated Series, Pinky and the Brain, various Star Wars video games, and Batman Beyond.
Composer Mickail Chekalin (b.1959) died on December 28. Chekalin composed music for the science fiction film Malysh.
Fan Barb Gilligan (b.1955) died on December 28. Gilligan was involved in Madison, Wisconsin fandom and contributed to the Her Smoke Rose Up Forever Cookbook.
Actor Nadezhda Podyapolskaya (b.1941) died on December 28. Podyapolskaya appeared in Molot vedm, Gora samotsvetov, and Belovodye. Tayna zateryannoy strany. She also dubbed several English films into Russian, including Black Panther, Hook, and Rosemary’s Baby.
Producer George Folsey, Jr. (b.1939) died on December 29. Folsey produced An American Werewolf in London and Amazon Women on the Moon and was an associate producer on Twilight Zone: The Movie. He worked as an editor on Hot Tub Time Machine.
Actor Linda Lavin (b.1937) died on December 29. Best known for her role on Alice, she appeared in episodes of Santa Calrita Diet, Touched by an Angel, and did voicework for Courage the Cowardly Dog.
Actor John Capodice (b.1941) died on December 30. Capodice appeared in episodes of Angel, Tales from the Crypt, and Wizards of Waverly Place and the films Independence Day, Gremlins 2: The New Batch, Q: The Winged Serpent, and The Phantom.
Cinematographer Roger Pratt (b.1947) died on December 31. Pratt worked on Frankenstein, 12 Monkeys, and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
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From everyone at Amazing Stories, our condolences to all who have lost loved ones this past year. And our thanks to Steven H Silver for undertaking the unenviable task of performing this sad duty every year.