IN MEMORIAM
2025

January

Director Jeff Baena (b.1977) died on January 3. Baena wrote and directed the film  Life After Beth and also worked on the movie What Lies Beneath.

Author Andrew Pyper (b.1968) died on January 3. Pyper wrote his first novel, Lost Girls, while a writer in residence at Trent University. He went on to published The Only Child and The Resident. His novel The Demonologist was nominated for the Sunburst and Shirley Jackson Awards.

Author Peter Schaap (b.1946) died on January 3.  Schapp released five albums beginning in the 1970s.  He began publishing children’s books in 1975 and fantasy novels in the 1980s. His works include De bruiden van Tyobar, De valley van de geesten, and the Scahduwmeesters series.  

Fan Salomon Lichtenberg died on January 4. Lichtenberg attended many conventions in the company of his wife, author Jacqueline Lichtenberg. 

F an Melva Gifford (b.1956) died on January 5. Gifford edited the fanzine Monocle and wrote Battlestar Galactica, Doctor Who, Star Trek, and Blakes 7 fanfiction among others. She coedited the media tie in anthology zine Integrity 1.

Actor Dale Wilson (b.1950) died on January 6. Wilson appeared in an episode of Smallville and the film Hellraiser: Hellseeker. He did voicework for Iron Man: Armored Adventures and Krypto the Superdog. Wilson also dubbed English language versions of anime.

Screenwriter Barbara Clegg (b.1926) died on January 7. Clegg wrote the Peter Davison Doctor Who serial “The Entanglement” and has also written for Doctor Who podcasts. She has also worked as an actor, most notably on Emergency-Ward 10.

Game designer Alan Emrich (b.1959) died on January 7. Emrich cofounded ORCCON, GATEWAY, and GAMEX. He helped design Master of Orion 3 and Totaler Krieg! and wrote several strategy guides.

Singer Peter Yarrow (b.1938) died on January 7. Yarrow performed as one third of the filk group Peter, Paul, and Mary and wrote the song “Puff the Magic Dragon.”

Actor Charles Kay (b.1930) died on January 8. Kay appeared in episodes of P.R.O.B.E., Whoops Apocalypse, Haunted: Tales of the Supernatural, and Doctor Who: Excelis Rising. 

Costume designer Phyllis Dalton (b.1925) died on January 9. Dalton worked as a costume desigher for Unidentified Flying Oddball, Arthur the King, and The Princess Bride. She won the Academy Award for costuming twice, for Doctor Zhivago and Henry V.

Actor Christopher Benjamin (b.1934) died on January 10. Benjamin portrasyed Henry Gordon Jago in the Doctor Who serial “The Talons of Weng-Chiang” and also appeared in “Inferno” and “The Unicorn and the Wasp.” HE appeared in The Legend of Tarzan  and Ace of Wands.

Actor Leslie Charleson (b.1945) died on January 10. Charleson appeared in The Day of the Dolphins and the Wide World of Mystery episodes “The Norming of Jack 243” and “The Black Box Murders.”

Actor Yevgenia Dobrovolskaya (b.1964) died on January 10. Dobrovolskaya appeared in episodes of Heavenly Judgement, Devyat neizvestnykh, and the film Dorogaya, ya bolshe ne perezvonyu.

Translator Mariano Antolín Rato (b.1943) died on January 10. Rato was considered the founder of Nova-Expressionism in Spain. His first SF novel was Cuando 900 mil mach aprox. He published four more SF novels, winning the New Critics and Zikkurath Awards.

Actor James McEachin (b.1930) died on January 11. McEachin appeared in episodes of The Six Million Dollar Man, The Bionic Woman, and Buck Rogers in the 25th Century. He also appeared in 2001: The Year We Make Contact.

Actor Donald Pelmear (b.1924) died on January 11. Pelmear appeared in the Doctor Who serial “The Time Warrior.” He also appeared in Counterstrike, The Day of the Triffids, and UFO.

Author Jay Halpern (b.1951) died on January 12. Halpern published the novels The Jade Unicorn and Gris-Gris. 

Actor Kim Yaroshevskaya (b.1923) died on January 12. Yaroshevskaya appeared in the films La lantern magique and Simon les nuages.

Actor Tony Slattery (b.1959) died on January 14. Slattery appeared in episodes of Jackanory, Behind the Bike Sheds, Red Dwarf, Jake’s Journey, and the 2007 series Robin Hood.

Actor Christopher Benjamin (b.1934) died on January 15. Benjamin appeared in the Doctor Who serial “The Talons of Weng-Chiang” and the spin-

off audio drama series Jago & Litefoot.

Actor Diane Langton (b.1944) died on January 15. Langton appeared in episodes of Lexx and Ashes to Ashes. She got her acting start in Carry On films.

Cartoonist Patricia Lyfoung (b.1977) died on January 15. Lyfoung worked on Un prince à croquer and Les Mythics. In 2005, she published the first of the YA series La Rose écarlate. 

Comic artist Turtel Onli (b.1952) died on January 15. Only founded the “Black Age of Comics” movement and created the superhero NOG. In 2006, he received the Glyph Comics Pioneer Award.

Director Jeannot Szwarc (b.1939) died on January 15. Szwarc directed the films Somewhere in Time and Supergirl, as well as 14 episodes of Smallville and 6 of Heroes.

Actor Paul Danan (b.1978) died on January 16. Best known for Hollyoaks, he appeared in episodes of The Queen’s Nose and Adventure Inc. as well as the films Doll House and Are We Dead Yet.

Author and editor Howard Andew Jones (b.1968) died on January 16.  Jones served as editor of Flashing Swords and Tales from the Magician’s Skull. He published several novels, including the Dabir & Asim stories, the Ring-Sword Trilogy, and the Chronicles of Hanuvar.

Director David Lynch (b.1946) died on January 16. Lynch wrote and directed Dune, Twin Peaks, Eraserhead, and many other films and television episodes. 

Actor Joan Plowright (b.1929) died on 16. Plowright voiced Baylene in Din appeared in Last Action Hero, Back to the Secret Garden, George and the Dragon, and The Spiderwick Chronicles.

Actor Bob Uecker (b.1934) died on January 16. Baseball player turned sports announcer and actor, Uecker’s genre credits include Monsters at Work, Teen Titan’s Go!, and Futurama.

Cinematographer Shoji Ueda (b.1938) died on January 16.Ueda worked on The Last Dinosaur, Esupai, Midare karakuri, and Dreams. Ueda often worked with Akira Kurosawa, including the film Ran.

Cartoonist Jules Feiffer (b.1929) died on January 17. Feiffer’s artwork was used on the cover and for interior illusrations for Norton Juster’s The Phantom Tollbooth. He also provided art for Oz: The Hundredth Anniversary Celebration. 

Actor Jan Shepard (b.1928) died on January 17. Shepard appeared on Captain Midnight, Land of the Giants, Science Fiction Theatre, and in the film Attack of the Giant Leeches. 

Bibliographer Georgy Kuznetsov (b.1946) died on January 18. Kuznetsov was the founder of Amalthea, an sf club based in Novosibirsk. He published the bibliography Soviet Science Fiction of Siberia and the Far East. 

Author Geoff Nicholson (b.1953) died on January 18. Nicholson wrote the novel Flesh Guitar as well as seven short stories, including “Time Travel for Fun and Profit” and “England’s Shame.”

Author John Brunas died on January 19. Brunas was one of the co-authors, along with his brother, Michael, and Tom Weaver, of Universal Horrors: The Studio’s Classic Films, 1931-1946. He had prebiously written for Famous Monsters and Fangoria.

Author Laurel Amberdine (b.1970). died on January 21 from cancer. Amberdine worked as an assistant editor and web editor at Locus since 2015. She published her first story, “Airship Hope” in 2013. She conducted numerous author spotlight interviews for Lightspeed and her essay “Science Fiction Saved My Life” ran in Uncanny.

Fan Katja D. Paule (b.1972) died on January 21. Paule was an active attendee at FenCon and P-Con. She worked registration for FenCon.

Author Jack Mulcahy (b.1951) died on January 23. He started publishing with “Birthright” in 1995 and published six additional stories over the years. He was the recipient of several honorable mentions from Writers of the Future.

Fan Wally Weber (b.1929) died on January 23. A member of Seattle’s Nameless Ones from 1949, Weber co-edited Cry of the Nameless and won a Hugo in 1960. Weber Chaired Seacon, the 1961 Worldcon and in 1963 was voted TAFF delegate 

Actor Gloria Romero (b.1933) died on January 25. Romero appeared on the television show Kokey and the films Ang Panday, Mirror, Mirror on the Wall¸ and Tarot. Although born in Colorado, most of her career was in the Filipino film industry.

Actor Alma Rosa Aguirre (b.1929) died on January 27. Aguirre appeared in El sexo fuerte, El fantasma de la casa roja, and Los diablos del terror.

Actor Horst Janson (b.1935) died on January 28. Janson starred in Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter. He also appeared in Tears of Kali, The Privele, and Terreur et glamour: Montée et déclin du studio Hammer.

Editor and author Al Sarrantonio (b.1952) died on January 28. Sarrantonio worked . He wrote the horror novels Campbell Wood, House Haunted, and The Boy with Penny Eyes. He edited several anthologies, including Redshifts, Flights, and 999, the last of which won a Stoker Award. He won a Shirley Jackson Award for the anthology Stories.

Actor Marianne Faithfull (b.1946) died on January 30. Best known as a singer, Faithfull did voicework for Villeneuve’s Dune and appeared in Lucifer Rising. And Ghost Story.

Author Todd Grimson (b.1952) died on January 30. Grimson was the pen name for Todd Spillum. He wrote the noir vampire novel Sainless and Brand New Cherry Flavor. His short fiction was collected in Stabs at Happiness.

Author Angelo Thomas Crapanzano (b.1927) died on January 31. Crapanzano published the novel A Different Time, a Different Earth and Back to Ground Zero, with his first novel published when he was 79 years old.

February

Artist Mort Künstler (b.1927) died on February 2. Mostly known as an historical artist, Künstler was also hired to be the official artist for the space shuttle Columbia.

Actor Barbara Hsu (b.1976) died on February 2. Hsu appeared in the films Silk, Croczilla, Future X-Cops, and Eternity: A Chinese Ghost Story.

Actor Lee Joo-Sil (b.1944) died on February 2. Lee appeared on Squid Game, Mystic Pop-up Bar, and Oh, My Ghost. She was in the film Train to Buson.

Actor P.H. Moriarty (b.1939) died on February 2. Moriarty appeared in Jaws 3-D and, Outland,  He plaed Gurney Halleck in Dune and Children of Dune.

Actor Brian Murphy (b.1932) died on February 2. Murphy appeared in episodes of The Avengers, Wizadora, This Is Jinsy, and Doctor Who: The Early Adventures. 

Author and artist Thomas Rabenstein (b.1963) died on February 2. Rabenstein wrote Perry Rhodan short fiction and created cover and interior art for various German works.

Artist David Byrd (b.1942) died on February 3. Byrd designed several movie posters, including for The Little Shop of Horrors. He went on to design the American covers for the first three Harry Potters novels. 

Steve Ratzlaff died on February 3. Ratzlaff provided technical support for SFF.net until the service, which provided websites and forums to science fiction authors, shut down in 2017.

Author Emma Popik (b.1949) died on February 4. Popik published the debut collection Tylko Ziemia and the anthology Almanach literacki. Her novels included The Golden Moth, Genetics of Gods 2.0, and Queen of Salvatore.

Actor Angélica Infante (b.1976) died on February 5. Infante’s genre work includes Ataca el chupacabras and El vampire enamorado.

Actor Anthony Dileo, Jr. (b.19??) died on February 7. Dileo appeared in Day of the Dead and Night of the Living Dead. Other appearances were in Knightriders, Monkey Shines, and Passed Away.

Actor Bruce French (b.1945) died on February 7. French appeared in episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Voyager, Star Trek: Enterprise, and the film Star Trek: Insurrection. He also appeared in Jurassic Park III and Martians Go Home.

Artist Chris Moore (b.1947) died on February 7. Moore created cover art for Orion’ SF Masterworks series, and various record albums. He was nominated for Chesleys, BFAs, and BSFAs and won the Asimov’s Reader Poll.

Actor Tony Robbins (b.1939) died on February 7. 

Roberts genre roles included Amityville 3-D,  Night Gallery and The Million Dollar Duck. Roberts appeared in the Broadway musical Xanadu. He narrated the audio books of the original Star Wars trilogy.

Comics editor KC Carlson (b.Patric Alan Carlson, 1956) died on February 8. Carlson edited Superman and The Legion of Super-Heroes as well as V for Vendetta and the first Sandman collection. Carlson served as the first editor of Comic Retailer. 

Actor Mara Corday (b.1930) died on February 9. Corday appeared in Tarantula, The Giant Claw, Sons of Ali Baba, and The Black Scorpion.

Game designer Jon Giordano  (b.1985) died on February 9 from cancer. Giordano worked for Triphammer Games on Tasty Tales of the Seven Skies for Spelljammer and accessories for Warbeasts & Wyrms.

Author Tom Robbins (b.1932) died on February 9. Generally considered a mainstream author, many of Robbins’ works, such as Jitterburg Perfume and Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas included fantasy elements.

Actor Oleg Strizhenov (b.1929) died on February 9. Strizhenov appeared in the film Evo Zvali Robert. 

NASA director William R. Lucas (b.1923) died on February 10. The director of NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, he was responsible for the design and building of shuttle boosters. Following the Challenger explosion, Lucas bore the brunt of blame for not heeding warnings that the O-rings migh fail.

Fan Anthony Lewis (b.1941) died on February 11. Lewis was a member of MITSFS, BoSFS, and a founder of NESFA. He chaired Noreascon, the 1971 Worldcon, and helped organize WSFS, possibly coining the term NASFIC. Lewis organized Smofcon 0. He published zines and was nominated for two Hugo Awards. Lewis was active in NESFA Press. In 2021, he received the Skylark Award.

Fan Nick DiMasi died on February 11. DiMasi worked on DucKon as head of Gophers and served on the board of SuperConDuckTivity. He was also active in Worldcon fandom and was a deputy head at MidAmeriCon II. DiMasi was married to Chicago fan Jan DiMasi.

Actor Norma Mora (b.1943) died on February 11. Mora appeared in Santo in the Wax Museum and Los astronautas.

Actor Nike Arrighi (b.1944) died on February 12. Arrighi appeared in Countess Dracula and episodes of Out of the Unknown and The Prisoner.

Actor Geneviève Page (b.1927) died on February 14. Page appeared in the film Girl in His Pocket. Her non-genre films include The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes and El Cid.

Actor Julian Holloway (b.1944) died on February 16. Holloway appeared in an episode of Doctor Who and provided voicework for Star Wars: The Clones Wars as Prime Minister Almec. He appeared in The Great Rock ‘n’ Roll Swindle and provided voicework for several video games.

Actor Kim Sae-ron (b.2000) committed suicide on February 16. Kim appeared on the shows Excellent Shaman Ga Doo Shim and Kiss Sixth Sense. She stopped acting after a 2022 drunk driving incident that led to online abuse.

Comic writer James R. Silke (b.1931) died on February 16. Silke wrote the screenplays for the gilms King Solomon’s Mines and The Barbarians. He wrote several novels in Frank Frazetta’s Death Dealer series, and he drew the comic Rascals in Paradise.

Actor Tongolele (b.Yolanda Móntez, 1932) died on February 16. Tongelele appeared in The Panther Women, Isle of the Snake People, and El Fantástico mundo de Juan Orol.

Cinematographer Juan Mariné (b.1920) died on February 17. Mariné worked on The Rift, Extra Terrestrial Visitors, Supersonic Man, and Island of the Doomed. His career spanned nearly fifty years from 1942 to 1990.

Actor Gene Hackman (b.1930) died in mid-February. Hackman portrayed Lex Luthor in the Christopher Reeves Superman films, an astronaut in Marooned, and appeared in the film Shadow on the Land. He had a small role in Young Frankenstein. Hackman won Oscars for The French Connection and Unforgiven.

Actor Tony Isbert (b.1950) died on February 19. Isbert appeared in The Rift, Wtches from Heaven, Garum, and Historias para no dormer.

Fan Peter Mabey (b.1926) died on February 19. Mabey was an early member of the Cheltenham Circle and BSFA and was a founder of the Order of St. Fantony. In 1963, he won the first Doc Weir Award.

Actor Peter Jason (b.1945) died on February 20. Jason appeared in the films Mortal Kombat, Escape from L.A., and Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom. He provided voicework for Batman: The Animated Series and appeared in episodes of The Incredible Hulk and Quantum Leap.

Game designer Rodger MacGowan (b.1948) died on February 21. MacGowan was president of RBM Design Studio, VP of GMT Games, and Founder and editor of C3i Magazine.  He designed packaging for Avalon Hill in the 1970s and 80s.

Actor Lynne Marie Stewart (b.) died on February 21. Perhaps best known for her role on Pee-wee’s Playhouse, she also appeared in Here Comes the Munsters, The Running Man, and The Tick. She voiced Aunt Harriet in various animated Batman series.

Fan Sandy Bergeron Casella (b.1980) died on February 22. Casella was a cosplayer and frequent Dragon Con attendee, as well as appearing at RenFairs. She helped rebuild the bikini Leia community at Dragon Con.

Author Thomas Hoobler (b.1942) died on February 22. Hoobler, along with his wife, wrote the Samurai Detective series and the Hunter series with Burt Wetanson. His solo novels included Dr. Chill’s Project and Be Careful What You Wish For.

Fan Mark Leeper (b.1950) died on February 22. Leeper co-edited the fanzine MT Void with his wife, Evelyn, for more than 46 years. He was a frequent convention attendee and panelist and published numerous film reviews and travelogues.

Game designer Randall Lemon (b.1951) died on February 23. A leading role player, Lemon was a frequent contributor to Polyhedron and wrote adventures such as Eye of the Leviathan. He has published some short stories.

Fan Val Conder (b.1942) died on February 25. Conder was a frequent attendee at Confusion and other cons. He was published in issue 14 of the fanzine Knights.

Fan Linda Zielke (b.1948) died on February 25. Zielke co-chaired DeepSouthCon 50 and received the Rebel Award. 

Producer Roberto Orci (b.1973) died on February 25. Orci partnered with Alex Kurtzman in college and they worked on Hercules: The Legendary Adventuresand Xena: Warrior Princess before co-creating Fringe with J.J. Abrams. Orci, along with Kurtzman rebooted the Star Trek film series. 

Actor Michelle Trachtenberg (b.1985) died on February 26. Trachtenberg played Dawn Summers on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and appeared in the films 17 Again and Inspector Gadget. She also provided voicework for animated shows.

Publisher Herman Graf  (b.1934) died on February 27. After working for McGraw-Hill, Doubleday, Arco, and Grove, he co-founded Carroll & Graf in 1982, publishing works by John Sladek, Kim Newman, Mike Ashley, and David Pringle, among others. He later consulted for Skyhorse.

Game designer Ernie Gygax died on February 28. Gygax was an early play tester of Dungeons and Dragons and he played the first magic user, Tensor. More recently, he attempted to resurrect TSR. He also published the magazine Gygax. 

Singer David Johansen (b.1950) died on February 28. Johansen founded the rock group The New York Dolls before turning to acting. He played the Ghost of Christmas Past in Scrooged and his music was used in Kick-Ass

Game designer Gilles Garnier died in February. Garnier worked for Ubik and made the transition to Edge Entertainment and later Edge Studio. He helped distribute Zombiecide, Munchkin, Twilight Imperium, and Discworld throughout Europe.

March

Author Bill Dare (b.1960) died on March 1. Dare mostly wrote for BBC radio and television, including I’ve Never Seen Star Wars and Brian Gulliver’s Travels, the latter of which he turned into a novel.

Actor Eleanora Giorgi (b.1953) died on March 2. Giorgi appeared in the films Cuore di cane, Mia moglie è una strega, Inferno, and The Sex Machine.

Actor George Lowe (b.1958) died on March 2. Lowe provided the voice for Space Ghost on various animated shows. He also worked on Robot Chicken and Aqua Teen Hunger Force.

Artist Bert Tanner (b.Seabourne Herbert Tanner, Jr., 1933) died on March 2. Tanner illustrated the plans for the Lunar Lander and worked on Sesame Street. He created covers for F&SF and Venture.

Fan Edward Beecher (b.1951) died on March 3. Beecher worked Worldcon registration desks for more than a decade.

Car designer Gene Winfield (b.1927) died on March 4. Winfield designed custom vehicles  that appeared in Sleeper, Blade Runner, The Last Starfighter, RoboCop, Batman,  and Star Trek.

Actor Denise Alexander (b.1939) died on March 5. Best known for appearing on General Hospital and Days of Our Lives, Alexander appeared as Betty Corbett on Tom Corbett, Space Cadet and in The Twilight Zone episode “Third from the Sun.”

Actor Pamela Bach-Hasselhoff (b.1963) committed suicide on March 5. She appeared in an episode of Knight Rider with future husband David Hasselhoff. She also appeared in episodes of Superboy and Otherworld.

Scnreewriter David Steven Cohen (b.1958) died on March 5.Cohen wrote episodes of ALF, Weird Science, and Phil of the Future. He also wrote and produced The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss.

Author Brady Allen  (b.1970) died on March 8. Allen began publishing science fiction in 1998 with the story “Horses Impaled.” In 2012, his short fiction was collected in Black Roads & Frontal Lobes. His most recent story, “There Are No Hills” was published in 2023.

Author L.J. Smith (b.1958) died on March 8. Smith was the author of The Vampire Diaries, which was turned into a successful television series. After losing the rights to the characters, Smith published fan fiction novels about them. Her other works included the Dark Visions, Night World, and Forbidden Game series.

Author Birney Dibble (b.1925) died on March 9. Dibble wrote the novels Pan and Brain Child. 

Actor Simon Fisher-Becker (b.1961) died on March 9. Fisher Becker played the Fat Friar in the Harry Potter filmes and appeared as Dorium Maldovar in Doctor Who. 

Artist Robert McGinnis (b.1926) died on March 10. McGinnis painted covers for Otto Binder’s The Avengers Battle the Earth-Wrecker, Harlan Ellison’s Spider Kiss, and several Neil Gaiman novels.

Author and artist Swen Papenbrock (b.1960) died on March 10. Papenbrcok wrote Perry Rhodan—Operation Eastside and artist, providing artwork for the games Midgard: Das Brettspiel, Armalion: Zauberey und Göttermacht, and Pirate’s Cove.

Artist Bill Petras (b.1969) died on March 10. Petras provided covers for several video game tie-in novels, for Diablo, World of Warcraft, and Starcraft.

Author Paul Wheeler (b.1934) died on March 10. Wheeler published the novel The Friendly Persuaders. 

Actor Dave Mallow (b.1948) died on March 11. Mallow provided voice work for My Favorite Martian, Ghosts of Mars, and Dawn of the Dead. He also provided voices for various video games and English version of Digimon.

Actor Clive Revill (b.1930) died on March 11. Revill provided the original voice for the Emperor in The Empire Strikes Back, played the evil wizard Vector in Wizards and Warriors, and John Wellington Wells in a production of The Sorcerer. He played Sir Guy of Gisbourne in an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation.

Author Rainer Schorm (b.1965) died on March 11. Schorm was on the Perry Rhodan Neo series and served as the head writer. He was also a fan who attended many cons.

Actor Robert Trebor (b.1953) died on March 11. Trebor appeared in The Purple Rose of Cairo, Universal Soldier and episodes of Tales from the Crypt, Xena: Warrior Princess, and Hercules: The Legendary Adventures.

Actor Bruce Glover (b.1932) died on March 12. Glover appeared in episodes of The Six Million Dollar Man, Battlestar Galactica, and My Favorite Martian. He also appeared in the films Night of the Scarecrow and Frankenstein Meets the Spacemonster. His son is actor Crispin Glover.

Actor Takashi Inagaki (b.1937) died on March 12. Inagaki provided voicework for The Seven Deadly Sins, Berserk, Blue Exorcist, and the Japanese dubs of the Kingdom Hearts games.

Author Felice Picano (b.1944) died on March 12. Picano’s novels include Smart as the Devil, To the Seventh Power, and the City on a Star duology. His novel Dryland’s End was nominated for a Lambda Award.

Author Jeffrey Klein (b.1948) died on March 13. Klein published the novel The Black Hole Affair.

Fan Guy Thomas (b.1958) died on March 13. Thomas chaired Potlatch 7 and co-chared Potlatch 10. He worked on FOGcon, chairing FOGcons 4 & 5. Thomas worked to make Bay area cons more accessible.

Actor Wings Hauser (b.1947) died on March 15. Hauser appeared in the films Nightmare at Noon, Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time, and Mutant and in episodes of Airwolf, Space Rangers, and 

Comic book seller Frank Marcucci (b.1966) died on March 15.Marcucci worked at Dark Star Books, where he curated the stores collection of more than 30,000 back issues of comics.

Editor Margaret Clark (b.1955) died on March 16. Clark worked as an editor at DC and Marvel, and eventually for Pocket Books. At Pocket, she handled Star Trek novels, editing works in the Enterprise and Next Generation series.

Game designer Jack W. Greene (b.1949) died on March 17. Greene was the designer of Bear Flag Republic, Iron Bottom Sound, and Bismarck. He was the owner of Quarterdeck Games.

Actor Yōko Kawanami (b.1957) died on March 18. Kawanami provided voices for Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z. She also did voicework for Transformers and Sailor Moon.

Actor Nadia Cassini (b.1949) died on March 19. Cassini appeared in the documentary FantastiCozzi and the films Starcrash and lo zombo, tu zombie, lei zomba.

Actor Dave James (b.1939) died on March 22. James portrayed a zombie in the film Night of the Living Dead.

Actor Xavier Serrat i Crespo (b.1947) died on March 22. Serrat appeared in the television series Lalola, as well as the short film Legado and the feature Platillos Volantes.

Artist Angelo Todaro (b.1945) died on March 22. Todaro drew Italian comics based on The Phantom and Mandake the Magician. He drew Star Trek comics for Gold Key Comics.

Filker Patricia Altergott (b.1968) died on March 22. In addition to performing at various conventions, as a member of DI, Altergott also worked security at Conclave, Marcon, and other cons. She was an avid gamer and hosted various gaming parties.

Voice actor Angela Bonatti (b. Angelina dos Santos Pereira, 1939) died on March 23. Bonatti dubbed the Portuguese voices for Lynda Carter’s Wonder Woman, Maligna on Masters of the Universe, and Batgirl for the Brazilian market.

Fan Jameson Quinn died on March 23 after a fall off a cliff in Guatemala. Quinn was on the board of electology.org and working on a doctorate in statistics at Harvard in 2015 when he helped devise the E Pluribus Hugo amendment for Hugo voting.

Actor Denis Arndt (b.1939) died on March 25. Arndt appeared in episodes of Mr Mercedes, Lois & Clark, The Beast, and SeaQuest 2032.

Director Donald Crombie (b.1942) died on March 25. Crombie directed episodes of Time Trax and the films Selkie and Playing Beatie Bow.

Fan Bayazid Rzayev died on March 25. Rzayev was a Russian fan who edited and wrote reviews for the horror zine Darker. Rzayev was responsible for publishing numerous English language authors in Russian.

Director and scriptwriter Andrei Yermash (b.1957) died on March 25. Yermash wrote and directed Lunnaya Raduga and Konets vechnosti, the latter based on Asimov’s The End of Eternity.

Author Kerry Greenwood (b.1954) died on March 26. Best known for Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries, Greenwood also wrote the genre Delphic Women trilogy, “Three Days” Aftermath series, and Stormbringer and Raven series.

Illustrator Hyman Eisman (b.1927) died on March 27. Eisman worked on the comics “Kerry Drake,” “Little Iodine” and was the last artist for “Little Lulu.” He later wrote and drew “The Katzanjammer Kids” and “Popeye.”

Artist Brad Holland (b.1943) died on March 27. Holland provided cover art of Cities in Flight, God-Emperor of Dune, Somewhere in Time, The Girl Who Sand Rose Madder, and other novels as well as interior art.

Editor Paul Sawyer died on March 27. Sawyer co-founded Warlord Games and from 1993 to 2007 served as editor of White Dwarf. 

Artist Virginia Norey (b.1956) died on March 28. Norey provided interior artwork and maps for numerous works, including volumes in The Song and Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin and Stephen King’s Gerald’s Game and Dolores Claiborne..

Fan Ian Williams (b.1948) died on March 28. Williams was a founder of Gannet Fandom and his home served as their initial meeting place. He published fanzines including Chimera, Gannett Science Fiction Review, and Siddartha. IN 1989, he published the novel The Lies That Bind.

Actor Richard Chamberlain (b.1934) died on March 29. Chamberlain played Aramis in the 1973 The Three Musketeers and its sequel. He propovded voicework for an episode of ThunderCats and the video game Justice League: Gods and Monsters. 

Actor Ángel del Pozo Merino (b.1934) died on March 29. Del Pozo portrayed Jussac in the 1973 The Trehe Musketeers and its sequel. He also appeared in Assignment Terror,  Horror Express, and Transplant of a Brain.

Actor László Miske (b.1935) died on March 29. Miske played the role of Jözsef Vincze in the video game Miasma: Or the Devil’s Stone. 

Author Barbara Frischmuth (b.1941) died on March 30. Frischmuth wrote the novel Die Mystifikationen der Sophie Silber, which kicked off the Sternwieser trilogy. She also wrote the Demeter trilogy and other novels.

Actor Lee Montague (b.Leonard Goldberg, 1927) died on March 30. Montague made his stage debut in The Legacy of Jekyll and Hyde. He appeared in episodes of Jackanory, Space 1999, and The Invisible Man.

Stuntman Richard Norton (b.1950) died on March 30. Norton was the stun coordinator for The New Adventures of Robin Hood and Kingdom of War. He was the fight coordinator for Mad Max: Fury Road, Suicide Squad, and X-Men: Dark Phoenix.

Actor Inas Al-Najjar (b.1983) died on March 31. Al Najjar appeared in the fantasy film Mafish Faydah.

Actor Sian Allen (b.1946) died on March 31. Allen appeared in episodes of The Incredible Hulk and Darkroom, as well as the film Scarecrow.

Director Yves Boisset (b.1939) died on March 31. Boisset wrote and directed The Prize of Peril, Coplan sauve sa peau, and an episode of Les redoutables.

Author Nancy Kilpatrick (b.1946) died on March 31. Kilpatrick published the Darker Passions series, the Thrones of Blood series, and the Power of the Blood World series. She edited Tesseracts 13 and several other anthologies and was the recipient of the Arthur Ellis Award.

Actor Patty Maloney (b.1936) died on March 31. Maloney appeared on Dar Out Space Nus and played Lumpy in The Star Wars Holiday Special. She appeared in episodes of Buck Rogers in the 25th Century and did voicework for the animated Lord of the Rings and The New Adventures of Batman. 

Author Lyn Venable (b.1927) died on March 31. Venable wrote the story “Time Enough at Last,” which was adapted for The Twilight Zone. Other genre stories included “Homesick,” “Punishment Fit the Crime,” and “Doppelganger.”

April

Actor Val Kilmer (b.1959) died on April 1. Kilmer portrayed Batman in Batman Forever and Madmartigan in Willow. He voiced K.I.T.T. in the reboot of Knight Rider and was nominated for two Saturn Awards for Heat and Kiss Kiss Bang Bang.

Author Daniel Kluger (b.1951) died on April 3. Perhaps best known as a mystery author, Kluger also wrote genre work, including Mystery of Captain Nemo and The Cruel Sun.

Comic author and artist Joanne Kwan (b.1990) died on April 3. Kwan wrote Secunda, Shifting Lanes and the graphic novels Demon House, and Erie Waters. Kwan also did freelance work, designing covers for other independent authors.

Comic artist Tod Smith (b.1952) died on April 4. Smith worked for DC and Marvel on titles including Wolverine, The Green Hornet, The Punisher, Spider-Man, and Omega Men.

Actor Colin Fox (b.1938) died on April 5. Fox played Professor Anton Hendricks on PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal. He also did voice work for X-Men, and appeared in epsiodes of RoboCop, Relic Hunter, and The Dead Zone.

Actor Jay North (b.1951) died on April 6. Best known for playing the title role in Dennis the Menace, North turned to voice acting and voiced characters on Here Comes the Grump and Arabian Nights. 

Publicist Marvin J. Levy (b.1928) died on April 7. Levy had a lengthy association with Steven Spielberg and helped promote Close Encounters of the Third Kind, E.T., Jurassic Park, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, and Back to the Future. He is the only publicist to receive an Oscar.

Actor Nicky Katt (b.1970) died on April 8. Katt appeared in Gremlins, Batman  Robin, Strange Days, and episodes of V, Voyagers!, and Fantasy Island.

Actor Mel Novak (b.1934) died on April 9. Novak appeared in Ark II, Space Sharks, Future War, and Sword of Heaven.

Translator Taras Boyko (b.1962) died on April 10. Boyko translated works by Philip K. Dick, H.P. Lovecraft, and Thomas Pynchon into Ukrainian.

Director Ted Kotcheff (b.1931) died on April 10. Perhaps best known for the films First Blood and Weekend at Bernie’s, he also directed the SF short War Game.

Producer David Lazer (b.1936) died on April 10. Lazer produced The Muppet Show, The Muppet Movie, The Dark Crystal, Labyrinth, and several other Muppet-based projects.

Cinematographer Bruce Logan (b.1946) died on April 10. Logan worked on visual effects for 2001: A Space Odyssey, Star Wars, and Batman Forever. He worked as a cinematographer on Tron, Dracula’s Dog, and The Incredible Shrinking Woman.

Author Peter Lovesey (b.1936) died on April 10. Lovesey directed the Tales from the Unexpected episode “A Man with a Fortune” and the film Goldengirl.

Actor Pilita Corrales (b.1939) died on April 12. Corrales appared in Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, Darna! Ang pagbabalik, and and episode of Love Spell.

Actor Jean Marsh (b.1934) died on April 13. Marsh portrayed Queen Bavmorda in Willow and Mombi in Return to Oz. She played Sara Kingdom (among other roles) on Doctor Who. 

Artist Joseph Csatari (b.1929) died on April 14. Csatari provided the cover art for several books including Letters to Star Trek, I Am Not Spock, Spock’s World, Ben Bova’s Millennium, and Marion Zimmer Bradley’s Firebrand.

Actor Jadwiga Jankowska-Cieslak (b.1951) died on April 15. Jankowska-Cieslak appeared in an episode of the miniseries Spellbinder.

Actor Vladimir Gerasimov (b.1950) died on April 16. In addition to appearing in several films, Gerasimov also dubbed roles in Star Wars, Back to the Future, Babylon 5, and other English language science fiction and fantasy films and series into Russian.

Fan Kate Soley-Barton died on April 17. Soley-Barton was a filker who regularly attended Eastercon and Filkcon. She was a founding member of the N’Early Music Consort and part of the Klingon Male Voice Choir.

Actor Rudolf Pankov (b.1937) died on April 18. Pankov dubbed Russian versions of Jumanji, Contact, Men in Black, the Harry Potter films. Pankov also appeared in Tayna zheleznoy dveri, First Squad: The Moment of Truth, and Dunnon on the Moon.

Actor Damien Thomas (b.1942) died on April 18. Thomas appeared in episodes of Blake’s 7, Journey to the Unknown, and The Adventures of Don Quick. He played Kassim in Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger.

Artist George Barr (b.1937) died on April 19. Barr won the Best Fan Artist Hugo in 1968 and 1969. He was the fan GoH at MidAmeriCon and the artist GoH at ConAdian. In addition to painting covers for several novels, he also wrote short stories.

Author Damien Broderick (b.1944) died on April 19. Broderick wrote the novels The Dreaming Dragons and The White Abacus and edited two anthologies of Australian science fiction. He won 4 Ditmars and 4 Aurealis Awards.

Artist David Schleinkofer (b.1951) died from ALS on  April 20. His art appeared on the cover of several books, including the art book Tomorrow and Beyond and the novels A World of Difference, Highway to Eternity, and many Robotech novels.

Author Sergey Alekseyev (b.1952) died on April 21. Alekseyev wrote the series Treasure of the Valkyrie, which was heavily influenced by neopagan beliefs.

Actor Will Hutchins (b.Marshall Lowell Hutchason, 1930) died on April 21. Hutchins appeared in The Horror at 37,000 Feet and episodes of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour and Mainee Theatre.

Actor Gerard Kennedy (b.1932) died on April 21. Kennedy appeared on episodes of The Lost World, Glitch, and Thunderstone, where he portrayed Dr. Pretorius. 

Engineer Robert Edwin Smylie (b.1929) died on April 21. While working for NASA, he led the team that figure out how to connect the Lunar Module air scrubbers to the Command Module system.

Actor Lar Park-Lincoln (b.Laurie Hill Park, 1961) died on April 22. Lincoln appeared in Space: Above and Beyond, Black Easter, and Friday the 13th: New Blood.

Comic artist and writer Jacob Katz (b.1927) died on April 24. Katz wrote and illustrated The First Kingdom. He also worked on Out of the Shadows, Journey Into Mystery, Sub-Mariner, Zangar, and Creepy.

Actor Svetlana Kharlap (b.1940) died on April 26. Kharlap dubbed Gremlins, The Last Action Hero, and Contact into Russian. She also appeared in Dunno on the Moon, Vanyusha and the Space Pirates, and The Imp N13.

Actor Cora Sue Collins (b.1927) died on April 27. As a child actor, Collins appeared in The Spectacle Maker, Black Moon, and Mad Love. She appeared in 45 films between the ages of 5 and 18, when she retired from acting.

Fan Mollie Gilliam (b.1923) died on April 27. Gilliam was the partner of George Hay, who co-founded the SF Foundation. She remained active in fandom for many years.

Author Jane Gardam (b.1928) died on April 28. Gardam published the novel Through the Dolls’ House Door as well as numerous short stories, most aimed at young adults. Her stories were collected in Going Into a Dark House, Missing the Midnight, and The People on Privilege Hill.

Actor Priscilla Pointer (b.1924) died on April 28. Pointer played Nora Allen in the pilot for the 1990’s The Flash. She appeared in episodes of Amazing Stories and the films The Twilight Zone Movie, Rumpelstiltskin, and Death Takes a Holiday. Her daughter is actress Amy Irving. 

Fan Dennis McCunney died on April 29. McCunney chaired Philcon in 1974 and 1975 and Lunacon 34. He was also on the committee to bring the Worldcon to Philadelphia in 1977 and an active conrunner and attendee.

Fan Jim Walker died on April 30. Walker participated in Eurocons, Festival of Fantastic Films, and Eastercon. He was a frequent contributor to SF2 Concatenation. 

Author Kathleen Bartholomew (b.1953) died in April. Bartholomew was author Kage Baker’s sister and after Baker’s death completed the manuscripts for Nell Gwynne’s On Land and Sea, “Hollywood Ikons,” and “Paraidolia.”

Director Kimball Rendall (b.1957) died in April. Kimball worked as a second unit director on I, Robot, The Matrix Reloarded, and Gods of Egypt. He directed Hayride to Hell, Cut, and 7 Guardians fo the Tomb.

Academic G. Peter Winnington (b.1944) died in April. Winnington wrote Vast Alchemies: The Life and Work of Mervyn Peake, Mervyn Peake: The Man and His Art, and The Voice of the Hear: The Working of Mervyn Peake’s Imagination. 

May

Actor Ruth Buzzi (b.1936) died on May 1. Buzzi appeared in the film Freaky Friday and the tv series Legends of the Superheroes and The Lost Saucer.  She provided voicework for several cartoons, including The Rescuers and Plastic Man.

Comic book artist Dominique Legeard (b.1960) died on May 1. Legeard, who used the pseudonyms Lidwine and Marcel de la gare, got his start working on Métal Hurlant and went on to illustrate La Quete de l’oiseau, Ou vont les hommes?, and Paroles de Poilus.

Artist Jackson “Butch” Guice (b.1961) died on May 1. Guice worked on The Flash, The Amazing Spider-Man, Supergirl, and Secret Avengers, among many other titles for DC, Marvel, and other publishers.

Actor Charley Scalies (b.1940) died on May 1. Scalies often played gangsters, but had an early genre appearance in the film 12 Monkeys.

Director Jean-Francois Davy (b.1945) died on May 2. Davy produced the film Le secret de Sarah Tombelaine and directed Le seuil du vide.

Animator Jim Smith (b.1954) died on May 2. Smith worked on Dinosaucers, The Real Ghostbusters, Cool World, and Ice Age.

Author Kaki Olsen (b.Kathryn Olsen, 1980) died on May 3. Olsen published the novel Swan and Shadow and published Miracle on Deck 34 and Other Yuletide Tales which contained stories written by Olsen and written by Scott Ashby. 

Screenwriter Steve Pepoon (b.1956) died on May 3. Pepoon wrote a two-part episode of Dinosaurs and wrote for ALF.

Artist Paul Van Hoeydonck (b.1925) died on May 3. Van Hoeydonck’s sculpture “Fallen Astronaut” was carried to the moon by Apollo 15 and left there as the only piece of art specifically created and placed on the Moon.

Author Michael Allaby (b.1933) died on May 4. Allaby co-wrote The Greening of Mars and Great Extinction with James Lovelock. Allaby also had a career as an actor, appearing in the Doctor Who serial “The Keys of Marinus.”

Fan Race Mathews (b.1935) died on May 5. Mathews was a founder of the Melbourne Science Fiction Club and was a member of the Amateur Fantasy Publications of Australia. He gave the opening address at Aussiecons 1 and 2. Mathews served in the Australian Parliament and government for many years.

Author Marilia Mykytsei (b.1965) died on May 5. Mykytsei wrote the novella Wishes of Othersas well as surreal poetry and other prose works. In the early 2010s, she was a co-organizer of the Carpathian Manticore convention.

Author Gregory Norris died on May 5. Norris published Endangered Love as by Jo Atkinson and the novels Desperate Housewolves, Ex Marks the Spot, and The Lost City of Book. He edited three anthologies and co-edited two others. His short fiction was collected in three volumes.

Author Sofia Prokofieva (b.1928) died on May 5. Prokofieva wrote children’s books, including Raggity and the Cloud, Adventures on Captain’s Island: A Fairy Tale, and The Wizard’s Apprentice.

Artist Stephen Fabian (b.1930) died on May 6. Fabian’s work has been collected in Ladies & Legends and Women & Wonders. He was a 9 time Hugo nominee, twice for fan artist, 7 times for professional artist. In 2006, he received the World Fantasy Award for Lifetime Achievement.

Director James Foley (b.1953) died on May 6. Foley directed one episode each of Wayward Pines and Twin Peaks.

Author Barry B. Longyear (b.1942) died on May 6. Longyear published the novels City of Baraboo, Kill All the Lawyers, and Elpehant Song. His novella Enemy Mine won a Hugo and Nebula and was turned into a film.

Actor Joe Don Baker (b.1936) died on May 7. Baker appeared in Mars Attacks!, Congo, The Shadow of Chikara, and Cowboys from Hell, as well as three James Bond films.

Costume designer Rosanna Norton (b.1944) died on May 7. Norton received a Saturn award and Oscar nomination for her work on Tron. She also worked on Innerspace, Robocop 2, and The Flintstones.

Makeup artist Greg Cannom (b.1951) died on May 9. Cannom won Saturn Awards for Hannibal and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. He won four Oscars, including one for Bram Stoker’s Dracula. He also worked on Blade, The Mask, and Bicentennial Man.

Actor Samuel French (b.1980) died on May 9. French appeared Fear the Walking Dead, The Ladybug Files, and Blood Dried Hands. He produced Monsters Within.

Author Yevgeny Klyuyev (b.1954) died on May 9. Klyuyev was an absurdist author who translated Alice in Wonderland into Russian and wrote his own fantasy novels, such as Between Two Chairs.

Author Peter Morwood (b.1956) died on May 9. Morwood published the Horse Lord series the Tales of Old Russia trilogy. He also wrote several novels with wife Diana Duane, including the Space Cops series. 

Fan Jim Morley died the weekend of May 10. Morley was the membership secretary for the Birmingham SF Group

Screenwrighter Robert Benton (b.1932) died on May 11. Benton wrote the libretto for It’s a Bird…It’s a Plane…It’s Superman! And also worked on the screenplay for Superman. 

Author Aidan Chambers (b.1934) died on May 11. His YA and childrens books include Cycle Smash, The Ghost Book, and several anthologies. With his wife, he founded Thimble Press. In 2002, he won the Hans Christian Andersen Award.

Comics author and artist Eric Charles McConnell (b.1972) died on May 12. McConnell drew for DC, Marvel, and Perna Studios. He was also the creator, author, and artist for Remnant. 

Actor Lorna Raver (b.1943) died on May 12. Raver appeared in episodes of Star Trek: Voyager, The Pretender, and Charmed and the films Drag Me to Hell and Sinbad: The Fifth Voyage.

Actor Taina Elg (b.1930) died on May 15. Elg appeared in Hercules in New York and The Bacchantes. 

Fan David Ratti (b.1955) died on May 15. Ratti began attending Worldcons in 1983 and volunteered at many subsequent Worldcons. He was a founding member of the Orlando Area Science Fiction Society and worked on OASIS and the Magicon bid and con.

Composer Charles Strouse (b.1928) died on May 15. Strouse wrote the musicals It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s Sumeran and Charlie and Algernon. He won Tony Awards for Bye Bye Birdie, Applause, and Annie.

Actor Gawn Grainger (b.1937) died on May 17. Grainger appeared in the Doctor Who serial “The Mark of the Rani” and and episode of Crime Traveller. He also appeared in the miniseries Labyrinth and Growing The Queen’s Nose.

Author David R. Slavitt (b.1935) died on May 17. Writing as Henry Sutton, he published the novels Vector and The Sacrifice. He also published the novel The Outer Mongolian under his own name.

Fan Tom Robert (b.1966) died on May 18. Robert was active in Cincinnati and Kansas City fandom and was an avid collector of books and films.

Actor Aurora Clavel (b.1936) died on May 19. Clavel appeared in the films Dr. Satan y la magia negra, Auandar Anapu (el que cayo del cielo), and Chanoc contra el tigre y el vampiro.

Actor Kathleen Hughes (b.1928) died on May 19. Hughes appeared in It Came from Outer Space, Cult of the Cobra, The Golden Blade, and The Spell.

Actor Eric Legrand (b.1958) died on May 19. Legrand dubbed the French versions of Dragon Ball Z, 

Author J.T. Sharrah (b.1947) died on May 19. Sharah sold his first story to Disney in 1956. In 1993, he published the short story “The Acquisitions” in Analog, which is where all 11 of his science fiction stories appeared.

Art director Leslie Dilley (b.1941) died on May 20. Dilley worked as art director on the first two Star Wars films, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Superman, Alien, and the Richard Lester The Three Musketeers films.

Author Jayant Narlikar (b.1938) died on May 20. Narlikar wrote The Return of Vaman and The Message from Aristarchus, as well as other novels, textbooks, and popular science books. He was also an astrophysicist researching alternative cosmology. 

Director Michael Roemer (b.1928) died on May 20. Best known for his work as a director, Roemer appeared in a handful of films, including Exorcist Chronicles.

Actor George Wendt (b.1948) died on May 20. Best known for playing Norm on Cheers, Wendt appeared in Space Truckers, Airplane II: The Sequel, Forever Young, and episodes of The Twilight Zone and Tales from the Crypt.

Actor Ella Mae Smith (b.1932) died on May 21. Smith appeared as a zombie in the film Night of the Living Dead.

Cinematographer Billy Williams (b.1928) died on May 21. Williams worked on Saturn 3, Tam Lin, The Manhattan Project, and The Exorcist.

Actor Pippa Scott (b.1934) died on May 22. In addition to appearing in Auntie Mame, Scott appeared in The Twilight Zone, Kolchak: The Night Stalker, and Meet the Hollowheards.

Actor Barbara Ferris (b.1939) died on May 23. Ferris appeared in Children of the Damned, “Making the Play,” and Tom Thumb.

Author Yuri Nikitin (b.1939) died on May 23. Nikitin was a prolific Russian science fiction and fantasy novelist, who wrote The Three from the Forest, which earned him the title “The founder of Slavic fantasy.” He founded the Speculative Fiction Fan Club and mentored younger authors. 

Author Peter David (b.1956) died on May 25. David wrote for comics and numerous media tie-ins including Star Trek, Babylon 5, Alien Nation, Battlestar Galactica, as well as original work like Sir Apropos of Nothing. In 2011, he won the Faust Award for Lifetime Achievement from the Scribe Awards.

Producer Frances Doel (b.1942) died on May 26. Doel wrote the films Deathsport, Supergator, and Dinocroc and produced Alien Avengers and Starship Troopers. 

Actor Choi Jung-woo (b.1957) died on May 27. Choi appeared in Sisyphus: The Myth, Legend of the Blue Sea, and the time-travel series Alice.

Actor Ed Gale (b.1963) died on May 27. Gale made his debut as the title character in Howard the Duck. He went on to appear in Spaceballs, Child’s Play, Land of Lost, and The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle.

Actor Peter Kwong (b.1952) died on May 27. Kwong appeared in Big Trouble in Little China, The Golden Child, and episodes of Man from Atlantis, Wonder Woman and The Greatest American Hero.

Fan Curt Steindler (b.1962) died on May 28. Steindler was a frequent attendee of Worldcon, ICFA, and other cons and helped clear the legalities to screen films at ICFA. 

Fan John Boardman (b.1932) died on May 29. Boardman was a founder of the University of Chicago Science Fiction Club. He was a member of CCNY Sci-Fi and the Lunarians. Boardman served as treasurer for NYCon 3 and was fan GoH at Lunacon 41. He also founded Postal Diplomacy and published its first fanzine.

Actor Beans Morocco (b.Dan Barrows, 1934) died on May 29. A member of “The Committee,” Morrocco appeared in episodes of Star Tretk” Voyager, Charmed, Voyagers!, and Mork and Mindy. 

Actor Prentis Hancock(b.1942) died on May 30. Hancock played Paul Morrow on Space: 1999. He also appeared in the Doctor Who serial “Planet of the Daleks,” “Planet of Evil,” “The Ribos Operation,” and “Spearhead from Space.”

Actor Valerie Mahaffey (b.1953) died on May 30. Mahaffey had a recurring role on Northern Exposure. She also appeared in the series Night Visions, The Man in the High Castle, Quantum Leap, and the film Witch Hunt.

Actor Loretta Swit (b.1937) died on May 30. Best known for her appearance in the television version of M*A*S*H, Swit also appeared in the tv version of It’s a Bird…It’s a Plane, 14 Going on 30, and voicework for Batman: The Animated Series.

Actor Renée Victor (v.1938) died on May 30. Victor provided voicework for Coco, Futurama, and the Elder Scrolls series. She also appeared in Witches of East End, Snowpiercer, and The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit.

Academic Simon J. James (b.1950) died in mid-May. James specialized in Victorian and Edwardian fiction, especially H.G. Wells and was the editor of The Wellsian. He also wrote Maps of Utopia: H.G. Wells, Modernity and the End of Culture.

Author, artist, and fan Andrew M. Stephenson (b.1940) died in mid-May. Stephenson’s first published story was “Holding Action” in 1971 and his debut novel was Nightwatch in 1977. He also published The Wall of Years. He published a few more short stories, but most of his focus was on illustration. 

June

Actor Roland Curram (b.1932) died on June 1. Curram appeared in episodes of Out of the Unknown and The Avengers and the films Artemis 81 and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

Editor Ann Harris (b.1926) died on June 1. Harris worked at Harper & Row and was the editor of William Peter Blatty’s The Exorcist.

Actor Jonathan Joss (b.1965) was shot on June 1. Joss appeared in Charmed, Abduction of the Fourth Kind and provided voicework for Justice League Unlimited and various videogames. He may be most recognizable as Ken Hotate on Parks and Recreation.

Author Edmund White (b.1940) died on June 3. White was an author who occasionally published genre works, including the novel Caracole and the stories “E Vero” and “The Hermaphrodite.” He received the Lambda Literary’s Vision Award and the PEN/Saul Bellow Award.

Actor Clifton Jones (b.1937) died on June 4. Jones played David Kano on Space: 1999 and Henry Tasker on 1990. He also appeared in episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation

Fan Jill Mitchell died on June 4. Mitchell served as the Treasurer on the Phandemonium Corporate staff, which helped run Capricon.

Set designer José Luis Galicia (b.1930) died on June 5. He worked on ses for Satanik, The Mysterious Island of Captain Nemo, Murders in the Rue Morgue, The Case of the Scoprion’s Tale, and Perseo l’invincibile.

Marketer Allan Freeman (b.1937) died on June 6. Freeman introduced film title testing and research strategies while working on The Silence of the Lambs, Splash, Star Wars, and The Omen, which had originally been title Birthmark. He also worked on Superman, Capricorn One, Monty Pyhon’s Life of Brian, and Silent Movie.

Actor Peter Henry Schroeder (b.1935) died on June 7. Schroder appeared in the 1988 Journey to the Center of the Earth, Argo, and episodes of Star Trek: Enterprise

Author Marilyn “Mattie” Brahen died on June 9. Brahen wrote the novel Baby Boy Blue and her short fiction was collected in Seastruck and Other Fantasies. She also worked as a bookseller alongside her husband, Darrell Schweitzer.

Author Frederick Forsyth (b.1938) died on June 9. Best known for his thrillers, Forsyth published genre books The Devil’s Alternative and The Negotiator.

Actor Pik-Sen Lim (b.1943) died on June 9. Lim appeared in Maleficent: Mistress of Evil and epsiodes of Vmapire Academy, Arabian Nights, Jackanory, and Doctor Who.

Actor Chris Robinson (b.1938) died on June 9. He appeared in Like Father, Like Son, Barely Dreaming, and  Legends from the Sky and episodes of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea and The Invaders. 

Fan and author Leanne Frahm (b.1946) died on June 10. Frahm entered fandom publishing letters in the fanzine Paragon Papers and later pubbed in Anzapa. She won the Ditmar for Best Fan Writer in 1980, the same year she began publishing fiction, which was eventually collected in Borderline.

Actor Harris Yulin (b.1937) died on June 10. Yulin appeared in the films Multiplicity and Ghostbusters II and in episodes of The X-Files, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and Wonder Woman. 

Fan Craig McDonough (b.1952) died on June 12. McDonough was active in NEFSA and worked on Readercon. He was one of the co-editors of the first NESFA Hymnal with Joe Ross.

Fan Alan Huff (b.1947) died on June 16. Huff served as the president of the Washington SF Association in the late 70s and mid 80s. He chaired Disclaves 23 and 27.

Fan Rodger Turner (b.1947) died on June 16. Turner was a longtime World Fantasy Con board member and administered the award. He was also one of the forces behind SF Site, one of the first SF review sites on the internet.

Fan Christina Schulman (b.1970) died on June 17. Schulman was active in Pittsburgh fandom, working on Confluence and creating Pittsburgh Geek Night. 

Actor Manuel Zarzo (b.1932) died on June 17. Zarzo appeared in Nightmare City, Encounters of the Deep, and I Hate My Body. Zarzo also worked as an assistant director on The Adventures of Baron Munchausen. 

Actor Jack Betts (b.1929) died on June 19. Betts appeared in Batman Forever, Spider-Man, and Power Rangers Lost Galaxy.

Actor Lynne Hamilton (b.1930) died on June 19. Hamilton appeared in episodes of Knight Rider, The Powers of Matthew Star, and Highway to Heaven.

Actor Gailard Satrain (b.1943) died on June 19. Satrain appeared in Wishman, All of Me, RocketMan, and Existo, as well as the TV series The Pretender.

Author Helen De Cruz (b.1978) died on June 20. De Cruz began publishing fiction in 2019 with the short story “A Boy’s Shadow.” She published four more stories. She also published several non fiction academic books and co-edited Avatar: The Last Airbender: Weisdom from Aang to Zuko.

Actor Valentina Talyzina (b.1935) died on June 21. Talyzina appeared in Za pyat sekuund do katastrofy, Koltsa Almanzora, After the Rain, on Thursday, and the mini-series Guest from the Future 

Author Dimitar Zapryanov (b.1992) died on June 21. Zapryanov wrote the novel Krastopat.

Actor Aki Aleong (b.1934) died on June 22. Akeong appeared in episodes of V, SeaQuest 2032, Roswell, and Babylon 5. He played the Dalai Lama in Superhero Movie.

Singer Rebekah Del Rio (b.1967) died on June 23. Del Rio’s sang in Sin City  and played herself in an episode of Twin Peaks.

Author Susan Beth Pfeffer (b.1948) died on June 23. Pfeffer wrote young adult fiction, including Life as We Know It and sequels, and Rewind to Yeserday. She wrote short stories about Sara Kate and published the collection Ghostly Tales.

Theatre designer John Conklin (b.1937) died on June 24. Conklin did set design for the Ring Cycle for both the San Francisco Opera and Lyric Opera, and for the world premiere of The Ghosts of Versailles.

Costumer designer Martin Izquerido (b.1942) died on June 25. In addition to designing for the stage, his work featured in a 1993 film of The Nutcracker and a 2010 adaptation of The Tempest.

Actor Rick Hurst (b.1946) died on June 23. Hurst appeared in the films The Cat from Outer Space and Earth Girls are Easy and episodes of The Six Million Dollar Man, and Starman.

Composer Lalo Schifrin (b.1932) died on June 26. Schifrin may be best known for writing the theme music for Mission: Impossible. He also worked on the scores for THX 1138, The Four Musketeers, The Amityville Horror, and Return from Witch Mountain. He won five Grammy Awards.

Screenwriter Daniel Postgate (b.1964) died on June 27. Postgate was an executive producer and writer for Clangers.

Comic store owner Helgi Davis (b.1949) died on June 29. Davis took over Myth Adventures in McAllen, Texas in 1991. Davis worked to turn the store into a center for the gaming and comics community.

Actor Kenneth Colley (b.1937) died on June 30. Colley played Admiral Piett in The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. He also appeared in Relic Hunter, Jabberwocky, and A for Andromeda. He portrayed Jesus in Monty Python’s Life of Brian.

Editor Jim Shooter (b.1951) died on June 30. He began writing for Superman and Supergirl when he was 14 and created many characters for The Legion of Super-Heroes. After college, he worked for Marvel and became editor-in-chief before launching Valiant, Defiant, and Broadway Comics.

July

Game designer Scott Haring (b.1957) died on July 1. Haring worked at TSR on Empires of the Sands, Top Secret/S.I., and Marvel Super Heroes. He later was an editor for The Gamer magazine and was the Car Wars line editor.

Fan Bruce Newrock (b.1941) died on July 1. Newrock was a gamer, occasionally playtesting games. With his wife, Flo, he organized Akon 2 and III. He was part of the 7 in 77 bid committee and was active in BRUNSFFA and ESSFSCCNY.

Actor Gerald Harper (b.1929) died on July 2. Harper appeared in episodes of The Avengers, Out of This World, and played the title roles in Adam Adamant Lives!

Actor Julian McMahon (b.1968) died on July 2. McMahon played Victor von Doom in two Fantastic Four films, and appeared on the television series Charmed and Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency.  

Actor Michael Madsen (b.1957) died on July 3. Madsen appeared in Quantum Leap, WarGames, Species and the television series The Hitchhiker and Powers. He voiced Maugrim in The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.

Author Jan Thie died on July 3. Thie’s No Other Season contains short stories, sketches, and other works inspired by the art of Lisa Snellings. 

Composer Mark Snow (b.1946) died on July 4. His work appeared in X-Files, Smallville, The New Mutants, Birds of Prey, and The Twilight Zone.

Filker Quentin Long (b.1962) died on July 6 from cancer. Long recorded the album King of Filk and wrote a column for The Filking Times and Philk Fe-Nom-Ee-Non. He organized the Totally Tasteless and Tacky Revue at ConChord.

Author Paulette Jiles (b.1943) died on July 8. Jiles’ genre works included the novels The Late Great Human Road Show and Lighthouse Island.

Author Martin Cruz Smith (b.1942) died on July 11. Mostly known for political thrillers, he occasionally wrote genre novels, including The Analog Bullet, Nightwing, and the Gypsy in Amber series. Some of his works appeared under the names Martin Smith and Nick Carter.

Director Aleksandr Mitta (b.1933) died on July 14. Mitta directed the film The Story of the Voyages and also wrote the novel The Martians Have Arrived.

Producer Yuri Moroz (b.1956) died on July 14. MOroz produced Dark World, Wolfhound, and Molodoy Volkodav.

Screenwriter Andrey Sokolov (b.1974) died on July 14. Sokolov directed and wrote for the Russian TV series Gora samotsvetov.

Art director Andy Watkins (b.1977) died on July 14 following an accident. Known as Cosmo Joe, Watkins and Studio 6d6 hosted RPEX, a live action role play at conventions. Prior to Studio 6d6, he founded Cosmo Joe Entertainment.

Actor Judy Loe (b.1947) died on July 15. Loe appeared on the series Space Island Oneand in the films Doomwatch: Winter Angel, Ace of Wands,  and Absolutely Anything. 

Fan Jeffrey Smith (b.1978) died on July 15. Smith was the co-founder of the Chicago Nerd Social Club, which helped form an on-line and in-person community for fans outside of local conventions.

Author and editor Tess Williams (b.1954) died on July 15. Williams published the novels Map of Power and Sea as Mirror and co-edited the anthology Women of Other Worlds with Halen Merrick.

Director Yuri Kara (b.1954) died on July 16. Kara directed a Russian adaptation of The Master and the Margarita called Master I Margarita. 

Actor Jimmy Hunt (b.1939) died on July 18. He appeared in the original Invaders from Mars and had a cameo in the remake. He also appeared in Close Encounters of the 4th Kind: Infestation from Mars and an episode of Horror Hotel.

Director Velu Prabhakaran (b.1957) died on July 18. He made the films Nalaya Manithan, Adisaya Manithan, and Weapon. 

Actor Kenneth Washington (b.1936) died on July 18. Washington appeared in an episode of Star Trek: The Original Series and an episode of I Dream of Jeannie, as well as the film Westworld 

Chereeographer Charles Augins (b.1943) died on July 19. Augins choregraphed sequences for Red Dwarf, Labyrinth, and also appeared in those projects and Blake’s 7. 

Author Peter Seidel (b.1926) died on July  20. An architect by profession, Seidel wrote the novel 2045: A Story of Our Future as a dystopian extrapolation of the trends he was witnessing.

Actor Malcolm-Jamal Warner (b.1970) died on July 20. Best known for appearing on The Cosby Show, his genre work included episodes of Sliders, American Horror Story, and Carol & the End of the World.

Actor Tom Troupe (b.1928) died on July 20. Troupe appeared in episodes of Star Trek, Planet of the Apes, Voyagers!, and Night Gallery. He was also in the film PSI Factor and the short Time Out.

Singer Ozzy Osbourne (b.John Michael Osbourne, 1948) died on July 22. Best known for his work with Black Sabbath and as a solo artist, he provided voicework for Trolls World Tour, Sherlock Gnomes, and Gnomeo and Juliet. He also played a version of himself in the 2016 Ghostbusters. 

Author E. Rose Sabin (b.1936) died on July 22. Sabin Wrote the School for Sorcery and sequels, as well as The Power and the Poison, Seduction of the Scepter and To the Far Side of the Forest. She won the Andre Norton Gryphon Award in 1992.

Wrestler Hulk Hogan (b.Terry Bollea, 1953) died on July 24. Hogan parlayed his wrestling career into a minor acting career, which included Suburban Commando, Gremlins 2: The New Batch, and voicework for Gnomeo & Juliet and Robot Chicken. 

Composer Tom Lehrer (b.1928) died on July 26.  Lehrer was a mathematics teacher whose satirical songs became popular in the 1960s and influenced numerous filkers. Many of his earliest songs, such as “There’s a Delta for Every Epsilon,” “s Is One Half Gt2,” and “The Elements” were scientific in nature.

Fan John Novak (b.1950) died on July 26. Noval was a Worldcon attendee and a participant in the Hogu Ranquets. He also espoused the fannish religion of Herbangelism, based on the comic book character Herbie Popnecker.

Academic Brian McHale (b.1952) died on July 27. McHale was the author of Postmodernist Fiction. He was the editor of Poetics Today and was the cofounder of Project Narrative. 

Publicist Enrico Lucherini (b.1932) died on July 28. Lucherini promoted Italian films such as Medea, The Humanoid, Yor: The Hunter from the Future, and Queens of Evil.

Author Allan Ahlberg (b.1938) died on July 29. Ahlberg wrote the the supernatural short stories My Brother’s Ghost and The Improbable Cat.

Actor Alon Aboutboul (b.1965) died on July 29. He appeared in The Dark Knight Rises and the tv series Pantheon and 3Below.

Actor David Argue (b.1959) died on July 30. Argue appeared in On the Beach, The Return of Captain Invincible, Pandemonium and the tv series Halfway Across the Galaxy and Turn Left and The Beast.

August

Actor James Whale (b.1951) died on August 3. He appeared in the film Cold and Dark.

Actor Norman Eshley (b.1945) died on August 2.  Eshley appeared in episodes of Thriller, My Partner the Ghost, 1990, and Goodnight Sweetheart.

Actor Kelley Mack (b.1992) died on August 2. Mack did voice work on Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse,  worked as a PA for The Treehouse, and an intern on Maximum Ride.  

Actor Loni Anderson (b.1945) died on August 3. Best known for her role on WKRP in Cincinnati, she appeared in episodes of The Incredible Hulk, Amazing Stories, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, and The Invisible Man. 

Actor James Whale (b.1951) died on August 3. He appeared in the film Cold and Dark.

Author Tor Åge Bringsværd (b.1939) died on August 4. Bringsværd is considered to be one of the first Norwegian SF authors. His works included Minotauros, the Gobi series, Pinocchio-papierene, and others. He received the Ibsen Prize and the Norwegain Critics Price for Literature. 

Actor Stanley McGeagh (b.1936) died on August 5. McGeagh appeared in episodes of Haunted, UFO, Doctor Who, and he film The Land That Time Forgot.

Script editor Christopher Bidmead (b.1941) died on August 6. Bidmead served as the script editor for the 18th series of Doctor Who and wrote the serials “Logopolis,” “Castrovalva,” and “Frontios.” He went on to write for the Doctor Who audio series.

Filker Tom Jeffers died on August 6. Jeffers was part of Prairie Wind and later Dandelion Wine. Eventually he formed Stone Dragon, with his wife. A member of the FilkOntario committee, he was named to the Filk Hall of Fame in 2012.

Astronaut James Lovell (b.1928) died on August 7. Lovell flew on Gemini 7 and 12 as well as Apollo 8 and 13. Although he flew to the moon twice, an explosion on Apollo 13 prevented him from landing. Lovell served as Commander of Gemini 12 and Apollo 13.

Collector Terry A. Murray (b.1953) died on August 7. Murray published Science Fiction Magazine Story Index, 1926-1995. He donated a massive collection of books, comics, fanzines, and games to Duke University’s Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library.

Actor Ray Brooks (b.1939) died on August 9. Brooks appeared in Daleks’ Invasion Earth 2150A.D., Doomwatch, Jackanory, and My Partner the Ghost.

Actor Ivan Krasko (b.1930) died on August 9. Krasko appeared in Master i Margarita, Gospodin oformitel, and Gora samtsvetov, as well as a Soviet television adaptation of The Hobbit.

Fan Sheila Clark died on August 10. Clark was the co-ediror of the zine Enterprise—Log Entries from 1983 to 1990 and published various Star Trek stories through the Star Trek Action Group.

Author Marc Estrin (b.1939) died on August 10. Estrin’s genre novels include Insect Dreams: The Half Life of Gregor Samsa, Golem Song, and The Lamentations of Julius Marantz.

Screenwriter David Ketchum (b.1928) died on August 10. Ketchum wrote for Lancelot Link: Secret Chimp, the Funky Phantom, The Six-Million Dollar Man, and Wonder Woman. He also appeared as Agent 13 on Get Smart.

Stuntman Ronnie Rondell, Jr. (b.1937) died on August 12. Rondell appeared in The Matrix Reloaded, Sphere, Batman & Robin¸and Star Trek: First Contact. 

Screenwriter Michael Sloan (b.1946) died on August 13. Sloan wrote and produced Battlestar Galactica, The Outer Limits, and various Six-Million Dollar Man and Bionic Woman reunion movies.

Author David Gullen died on August 14. Gullen published the novel Shopocalypse and edited the anthologies Mind Seed and Once Upon a Parsec: The Book of Alien Fairy Tales. His short fiction was collected in Open Waters.

Author Ru Emerson (b.1944) died on August 15. Emerson, who also wrote as Roberta Cray, wrote the Night Threads series, the Tales of Nedao, and tie-in novels for Greyhawk, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, and Bard’s Tale.

Author Greg Iles (b.1960) died on August 15. Best known for publishing thrillers, his genre work includes the novels Sleep No More and The Footprints of God.

Actor Tristan Rogers (b.1946) died on August 15. Rogers provided voicework for The Rescuers Down Under and Batman Beyond and appeared in episodes of Tales from the Crypt and Babylon 5. 

Graphic designer Joe Caroff (b.1921) died on August 17. Caroff created the 007 logo used for Dr. No and subsequent James Bond films. He also worked on Stardust Memories and West Side Story.

Actor Terence Stamp (b.1938) died on August 17. Stamp played General Zod in the Superman films and later played Jor-El on Smallville. He played Chancellor Valorum in Star Wars: Episode 1—The Phantom Menace, and appeared in His Dark Materials.

Cinematographer Eduardo Serra (b.1943) died on August 19. Serra worked on What Dreams May Come, the final two Harry Potter films, Unbreakable, and Glass.

Science writer Michael Kenward (b.1945) died in mid August. Kenwood wrote and editor New Scientist from 1979-1990. In the late sixties, he had reviews appear in BSFA’s Vector.

Stuntman Brandy (b.Ildebrando José Rodríquez Rosetti, 1940) died on August 22. Brandy appeared in Night of the Howling Beast, Murders of the Rue Morgue, and Dracula, Prisoner of Frankenstein

Fan Guy H. Lillian III (b.1949) died on August 23. Lillian was the editor of the fanzine Challenger, which was a finalist for the Hugo 12 times, and was a two time Hugo Fan Writer finalist. In 2003, he and wife, Rose-Marie, were DUFF delegates. Lillian was active in southern fandom.

Actor Floyd Levine (b.1932) died on August 24. Levine appeared in Bablyon 5: Thirdspace, Meet Dave, and episodes of The Powers of Matthew Star, Wonder Woman, and Knight Rider.

Comic artist Mort Todd (b.Michael Femine, 1961) died on August 24. Todd servced as editor-in-chief of Cracked and later was responsible for the Marvel Music line, featuring comics about rock bands. He founded Comicfix and Sationa A before relaunching ACE Comics.

Producer Frank Price (b.1930) died on August 25. Price worked as a production manager on Back to the Future, Ghostbusters, Howard the Duck, Dracula, and Groundhog Day.

Actor Franklin Dominguez (b.1931) died on August 26.  Dominguez appeared in Raiders of the Magic Ivory, Killer Crocodile, and Rat Man. 

Actor Takaya Hashi (b.1952) died on August 27. He has provided voicework for Attack on Titan, Naruto: Shippuden, One Piece, and Fist of the North Star.

Fan Christina O’Halloran died on August 27. O’Halloran helped masquerades run smoothly  and worked as Stage Director at Costume Cons and also worked Worldcons. She occasionally appeared on stage in costume. In 2023, she was honored with a ICG Lifetime Achievement Award.

Actor Eusebio Poncela (b.1945) died on August 27. Poncela appaeard on the tv series The Ministry of Time and the films Arrebato, Intacto, Sleepwalker, and  Querida voy a comprar cigarillos y vuelvo.

Author Leonid Smirnov (b.1960) died on August 28. In addition to writing nearly twenty science fiction novels, Smirnov also published a 7-volume bibliography of Russian science fiction.

Author Harri Kumpulainen (b.1948) died on August 29. Kumpulainen, who wrote as Harri Erkki, was one of the first professional science fiction authors in Finland, publishing Hokkus pokkus, Scifistä, and Loput. He also worked as an editor, publisher, and music producer.

Author Chelsea Quinn Yarbro (b.1942) died on August 31. Yarbro was best known for the Saint-Germain Chronicles and associated novels. She was the World Fantasy Con GOH in 2015 and TM in 1985. She was the first World Horror Con GoH in 1991 and was named a WHC Grandmaster. She also received a Stoker Lifetime Achievement Award and an IHG Living Legend.

Poet David Lunde (b.1941) died in August. Lunde published more than 150 SF poems, beginning in the 1960s. His poems “Song of the Martian Cricket” and “Pilot, Pilot” won Rhysling Awards.

September

Actor Joe Bugner (b.1950) died on September 1. Bugner was a boxer who appeared in the Journey to the  Center of the Earth mini series, Time Trax, and The Lost World.

Fan Tony Edwards died on September 1. Edwards was part of the Manchester and District Froup and co-edited Alien. He co-founded the Festival of Fantastic Films and in 1970 was inducted as a Knight of St. Fantony. 

Actor Graham Greene (b.1952) died on September 1. Greene appeared in numerous films and television series, many with fantastic elements, including Northern Exposure, American Gods, The Twilight Saga and The Outer Limits. 

Actor Scott Spiegel (b.1957) died on September 1. Spiegel appeared in and wrote the Evil Dead films and From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money, and appeared in Darkman, the Spider-Man films, and provided voicework for Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. 

Marketer David Weitzner (b.1939) died on September 1. Weitzner oversaw the ad campaigns for Star Wars, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, and Cocoon.

Actor Jean-Pierre Bouyxou (b.1946) died on September 2. Bouyxou appeared in Le masque de Méduse, Satan bouche un coin, and Les vamps fantastiques. Bouyxou was also a critic, writing Frankenstein and La Science-fiction au cinema.

Producer Ted Mann (b.1953) died on September 4. Mann wrote for the TV series Andromeda, Millennium, Space: Above and Beyond, and Total Recall 2070. He produced Space Truckers.

Actor Ron Roccia (b.1950) died on September 4. Roccia wrote and starred in Mad Ron’s Prevues from Hell.

Stuntman Neil Summers (b.1944) died on September 4. Summers performed stunts for RoboCop, Quantum Leap, Mars Attacks!, Howard the Duck, and Harry and the Hendersons.

Script supervisor Amy Blanc Lacy was killed in an hit-and-run on September 5. She worked on Loki, Halt and Catch Fire, Resurrection, and From the Earth to the Moon. 

Actor Derry Power (b.1935) died on September 5. Power appeared in Warlords of the Deep and Mission Top Secret.

Production designer Stuart Craig (b.1942) died on September 7. Craig was nominated for Oscars for four Harry Potter films as well as Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. He also worked on The Legend of Tarzan, Shadowlands, and Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan. He won three Oscars for work on non-genre films.

Author Vasili Golovachyov (b.1948) died on September 7. He began publishing in 1969 with “Evolution” and published the Beast’s Gospel series, the Forbidden Reality series and the Saviors of the Fan series. He won the Aelita Award in 2004.

Academic Phillippe Goddin (b.1944) died on September 8. Goddin wrote Hergé—Chronologie d’une oeuvre and was one of the foremost scholars on Tintin.

Actor Salli Sachse (b.1943) died on September 8. She appared in the films Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine, Pajama Party, and Sergeant Dead Head. After her acting career she was the photographe for Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. 

Author Stefano Benni (b.1947) died on September 9. Benni wrote the novels Terra! And Baol: una tranguilla note di regime. 

Producer Michael Dryhurst (b.1938) died on September 9. Dryhurst produced The Terminal Man, Never Say Never Again, and Excalibur and worked as a second unit director on Superman. 

Actor Polly Holliday (b.1937) died on September 9. Holliday is best known for appearing as Flo on the television show Alice and her own spinoff. Her genre credits included Gremlins, the Amazing Stories episode “The Pumpkin Competition,” and Konrad.

Actor Paula Shaw (b.1941) died on September 10. Shaw appared on the series Supernatural, The Outer Limits, The Twilight Zone, The X-Files, and Ven Helsing. 

Screenwriter John Masius (b.1950) died on September 13. Masius produced and wrote the tv series Dead Like Me as well as writing for Touched by an Angel and The Visitor.

Actor Pat Crowley (b.1933) died on September 14. Crowley appeared on episodes of The Twilight Zone, Charmed, The Inner Sanctum, and Tales of the Unexpected.

Fan Margaret Jean Goddin died on September 14. Goodin was active in Arizona fandom and worked as a guest liaison for LepreCon. In 1991, she coedited Fantasy Cookbook: The Favorite Recipes of Your Favorite Fantasy Authors with Doreen Webbert for the World Fantasy Con. She was married to con-runner Mike Willmoth.

Actor Frank Lazarus died on September 14. Lazarus wrote the music for A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine and appeared in the show. He also appeared in the 1978 Superman and an episode of Crime Traveller.

Author Edward Ormondroyd (b.1925) died on September 14. Ormonroyd published the novel David and the Phoenix in 1957 and also published The Tale of Alain, Castaways on Long Ago, and the Time at the Top duology. 

Screenwriter Ron Friedman (b.1932) died on September 15. Friedman wrote for the animated tv series Fantastic Four: The Animated Series and Iron Man and the live action series Wonder Woman. He also wrote the 1986 film The Transformers: The Movie.

Actor John Christopher Jones (b.1948) died on September 15. Jones appeared on Broadway in Beauty and the Beast and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. His tv work includes Amazing Stories and Monsters.  

Actor Marilyn Knowlden (b.1926) died on September 15. Knowlden appeared in films from the age of 5 until 18, including the vampire film Condemned to Live.

Artist Antony Maitland (b.1935) died on September 15. Maitland’s work appeared on the covers of A Wrinkle in Time, The Ghost of Thomas Kempe, and The Quest for Orion.

Author Thomas Perry (b.1947) died on September 15. Best known as a mystery author, he strayed into the science fiction field with his short story “Sherlock Holmes in the Electrified City.”

Author Shulamith Oppenheim (b.1928) died on September 16. Oppenheim began publishing genre work in 1975 with the short story “The Selchie’s Seed” and in 1984 published the novel The World Invisible.

Actor Robert Redford (b.1936) died on September 16. Redford appeared in Captain America: The Winter Soldier, the remake of Pete’s Dragon, and The Natural. He was nominated for four Oscars and one one for directing Ordinary People.

Cinematographer Sergio Salvati (b.1938) died on September 17. Salvati worked on Zombie, Puppet Master, Medea, and Spellcaster.

Cinematographer Yuri Shaygardanov (b.1954) died on September 20. Shaygardanov worked on the film Heart of the Dog, based on a novel by Mikhail Bulgakov.

Author Jon Lasser (b.1975) died on September 23. Lasser began publishing in 2014 with “Saviors” and published twenty stories. His story “Wreckwalkers” was nominated for the James White Award. He also served as a board member for Clarion West.

Author S.L. Bhyrappa (b.1931) died on September 24. Among his novels was the science fiction work Yanna,

Author Gregorio C. Brillantes (b.1932) died on September 26. Brillantes wrote several short stories, many included in his collections The Distance to Andromeda and Other Stories, and The Apollo Centennial: Nostalgias, Predicatments & Celebrations.

Makeup artists Michèle Burke (b.1949) died on September 26. Burke worked on The Minority Report, Interview with a Vampire, Vanilla Sky, and the tv series Alien Nation. Burke won the Oscar in 1993 for her work on Dracula.

Author Dan Semyonovich Markovich (b.1940) died on September 26. Markovich wrote the sytopian novel LChK.

Author Alexander Bushkov (b.1956) died on September 29. Bushkov wrote numerous science fiction novels, including Svarog, Pu tu storonu Ida, and Ashkhabadskij vor. 

Artist Renato Casaro (b.1935) died on September 29. Casaro worked on posters for the more than 2,000 films, including Solaris, Conan the Barbarian, Red Sonja, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, and the Dino de Laurentiis Dune.

Actor Patrick Murray (b.1956) died on September 29. Murray appeared in Vikingdom, Zanussi—The Appliance of Sience, and Haunters of the Deep.

Actor Gennady Nilov (b.1936) died on September 29. Nilov appeared in the Russian miniseries Captain Nemo and the films Snegurochka and Prodavetz vozdukha.

Author Brian Patten (b.1946) died on September 29. Patten published the novels Mr. Moon’s Last Caseand The Story Giant. In additional to short stories, he also published poetry and edited the poetry anthology The Mersey Sound.

Producer Samuel M. Sherman (b.1940) died on September 29. Sherman wrote Raiders of the Living Dead and produced Blood of Ghastly Horror and Beyond This Earth.

October

Comic book artist Eric De Rop (b.1954) died on October 1.de Rop worked on Spike and Suzy, Jommeke, and Anne et Peter.

Actor Jerry Leggio (b.1935) died on October 1. Leggio appeared in Mothman, Scream Queens, The Terror Experiment, and American Horror Story.

Actor Patricia Routledge (b.1929) died on October 3. Routledge appeared in several episodes of Jackanor, Egghead’s Robot, and The Curse of King Tut’s Tomb.

Artist Cheri Streimikes died on October 4. Streimikes was a digital artist whose work appeared in On Spec.

Actor Ron Dean (b.1938) died on October 5. Dean played a detective on several episodes of Early Edition and Special Unit 2, and appeared in the film Chain Reaction.

Actor Lotte Ledl (b.1930) died on October 5. Ledl appeared in the films Liliom and Lissi und der wilde Kaiser.

Author Terry A. Garey died on October 6. Garey began publishing poetry in 1978 with “For the Women of Science Fiction” and fiction in 1985 with the story “As Lovely as a Tree.” Most of her fiction appeared in Tales of the Unanticipated, and her poetry was collected in The Cat Star and Other Poems. She edited two poetry anthologies.

Fan Lou Hoffman (b.1958) died on October 6. Hoffman worked on Wiscon and was a board member of the Bisexual Organizing Project and co-chair of BECAUSE.

Actor John Woodvine (b.1929) died on October 6. Woodvine appeared in the Doctor Who serial “The Armageddon Factor,” and episodes of The Tripods, Fatherland, The Musketeers, and The Champions.

Author James Hetley (b.1947) was killed in a bicycle accident on October 8. Hetley was the author of The Summer Country and the Stonefort series, the first two of which were nominated for the Gaylactic Spectrum Award. He wrote the Bladesmith novels under the name James A. Burton. 

Fan Darlene Maldonado (b.1959) died in early October. Maldonado was active in Chicago fandom.

Author Ronald T. Jones (b.1967) was killed in a hit-and-run on October 11. Jones began publishing science fiction in 2010 with the story “The Shrien” in the anthology Genesis and had his fiction appear in several different anthologies over the years.

Actor Diane Keaton (b.1946) died on October 11. Keaton appeared in the Hugo and Nebula Award winning film Sleeper. She also appeared in an episode of Night Gallery and did voice work for Finding Dory. She won an Oscar for her role in Annie Hall.

Casting director Jackie Burch (b.1951) died on October 12. Burch worked on Forbidden World, Psycho II, Real Genius, and Judge Dredd. She cast three of John Hughes’ films, including Weird Science.

Fan Toni Korlee (b.1975) died on October 12. Korlee worked many local Finnish conventions, and also volunteered for Worldcons in Finland, Dublin, and Glasgow.

Game designer Rob Wieland (b.1978) died on October 12. He worked on Shadowrun, Star Wars Saga Edition, Firefly, and Vampire: The Masquerade. Wieland hosted the Theatre of the Mind Players livestream and wrote for Geek & Sundry, Dicebreaker, and Forbes.

Podcaster Subrina Wood (b.1956) died in mid-October. Wood was founder and co-host of the Syfy Sistas podcast and a fan of Star Trek and golden age comics. 

Actor Tony Caunter (b.1937) died on October 13. Caunter played Friar Tuck on The Legend of Robin Hood, appeared in an episode of Q.E.D. and appeared on Doctor Who opposite William Hartnell, Jon Pertwee, and Peter Davison.

Artist Drew Struzan (b.1947) died on October 13. Struzan worked on posters for E.T. the Extraterrestrial, Back to the Future, Star Wars, Harry Potter, How to Train Your Dragon, and more than 100 more movie posters. 

Fan Marilyn Victor (b.Marilyn Johansen) died in mid-October. Victor co-produced the fanzine Spin Dizzie in the 1980s and was also an artist. She went on to write mysteries with co-author Michael Allan Mallory, including Death Roll and Killer Instinct. 

Actor Samantha Eggar (b.1939) died on October 15. Eggar starred in Doctor Dolittle and voiced Hera in Disney’s Hercules. She played Picard’s sister-in-law on an episode of Star Trel: The Next Generation and appeared in the film The Phantom.

Author Flora Speer (b.1933) died on October 15. Speer wrote Venus Rising, which kicked off the “Dulan’s Planet” series, as well as the Charlemagne Time Travel series. Her standalone novels included Love Just in Time and Timestruck.

Publicist Barbara Gips (b.1936) died on October 16. Gips worked createing tag lines for films, with one of her first being “In space no one can hear you scream.” for Alien.

Author and actor Martine Brochard (b.1944) died on October 18. Brochard appeared in several horror films, including Murder Syndrome, The Nun and the Devil, Eyeball, and Il medium.

Artist Ron Tiner (b.Ronald Tickner, 1940) died on October 18. In addition to art and illustrations in comics, he also worked on The Encyclopedia of Fantasy & Science Fiction Art, The Encyclopedia of Fantasy, and wrote the text for Mass: The Art of John Harris.

Actor Mark Redfield died on October 19. Redfield, has worked as a voice actor, actor, and in various behind the scenes roles. He provided voicework for the video game Callahan’s Crosstime Saloon, was an assistant director for The Photon Effect, and appeared in the title roles of a version of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

Author Robert R. Chase (b.1948) died on October 20. Chase published the novels Shapers, The Game of Fox and Lion, and Crucible, as well as 45 short stories, mostly in Analog and Asimov’s. The Game of Fox and Lion was nominated for the Crook Award and his story “The Wellness Plague” was a Sturgeon finalist.

Fan Grant Canfield died on October 21. Canfield was a long-time fan and cartoonist, whose art appeared in zines published by Taral Wayne and Dave Nee. His work appeared on many of the early issues of Locus and in Science Fiction Review. 

Editor Keith “Doc” Raymond died on October 21. Raymond was a co-founder of the e-zine SavagePlanets and served as its fiction editor. 

Actor June Lockhart (b.1925) died on October 23. Lockhart played Maureen Robinson on Lost in Space and also appeared in She-Wolf of London. She made appearances on Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, The Greatest American Hero, Babylon 5, and Amazing Stories. Her last role was a voice cameo in the rebooted Lost in Space.

Author Ingmar Knutsen (b.1944) died on October 24. Knutsen began as a Norwegian fan and in 1975 published the collection Dimension S. In the years since, Knutsen published about 30 novels, mostly within genre.

Actor Tony Adams (b.1940) died on October 25. Adams appeared in the Doctor Who serial “The Green Death” and a film versio of Aladdin.

Actor Bjorn Andresen (b.1955) died on October 25. Andresen appeared in the tv series Jordskott and Världarnas bok and the films Midsommar and Shelley.

Actor Nabil Shaban (b.1953) died on October 25. Shaban wrote, directed, and starred in Morticia. He also appeared in Children of Men and the Doctor Who serials “Vengeance on Varos” and “The Trial of a Time Lord.”

Actor Aleksey Zolotnitsky (b.1946) died on October 25. Zolotnitskyappeared in The Big Space Traveland V Aldebaran!, as well as a production of The Tale of Tsar Saltan.

Actor Alicia Bonet (b.1947) died on October 26. Bonet appeared in The Scapular, The Wind of Fear, Los jinetes de la bruja, and Even the Wind Is Afraid.

Actor Prunella Scales (b.1932) died on October 27. Scales may be best known for portraying Sybil Fawlty, but she also appeared in episode of Jackanory and the film The Boys from Brazil, Helix, and My Friend Walter.

Artist Pete Knifton (b.1959) died on October 29. Knifton’s work appred on various works published by Games Workshop, as well as in Omni and New Worlds. He also did artwork for the Transformers comic.

Actor Maria Riva (b.1924) died on October 29. Riva appeared in Scrooged, episodes of Suspense, and the short film All Aboard, which was made by her grandson. Riva’s mother was Marlene Dietrich.

Author Celeste Rita Baker (b.1958) died on October 30. Baker’s fiction appeared in Lightspeed, F&SF, Strange Horizons, and Genesis: An Anthology of Black Science Fiction. She won the World Fantasy Award for her short story “Glass Bottle Dancer.”

Cinematographer Adam Greenberg (b.1937) died on October 30.Greenberg worked on the first two Terminator films, Ghost, First Knight, and Inspector Gadget, among others. He was nominated for an Oscar for Terminator 2: Judgment Day.

Director Peter Watkins (b.1935) died on October 30. Watkins directed the films Privilege, The Gladiators, Fällan, Aftenlandet, and The War Game.

Actor Tchéky Karyo (b.1953) died on  October 31.Karyo appeared in The Core, Mermaid in Paris, Babel, and the tv series Kaamelott and Section Zéro.

November

Academic Colin Duriez (b.1947) died on November 1. Duriez published A Field Guide to Narnia and several other books about C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, and the Inklings. 

Director Ralph Senensky (b.1923) died on November 1. Senensky directed 7 episodes of the original Star Trek and an episode of The Twilight Zone, Night Gallery, and Planet of the Apes.

Actor Diane Ladd (b.1935) died on November 3. Ladd appeared in Something Wicked This Way Comes, Kingdom Hospital, and Living with the Dead. She was a three-time Oscar nominee.

Fan Roger C. Hill (b.1941) died on November 4. Active in LASFS, Hill was an expert on 3D movies and imaging. A musician, he loved Medieval, Renaissance music and Tuva throat singing. 

Bookseller Manolo Molero died on November 4. Molero founded the Futurama bookstore in Valencia in 1981, which was the largest comic book shop in Valencia.

Artist Amaia Otaduy (b.1984) died on November 5. Otaduy illustrated El Meteorito and Tototo y yo.

Fan Cheryl Storm died on November 5. Storm was a frequent con-goer and costumer. She was an artist who crafted colorful miniature dragons, which were often featured in art shows.

Actor Pauline Collins (b.1940) died on November 6. Collins appeared as Samantha Briggs in the Doctor Who serial “The Faceless Ones” and as Queen Victoria in Tooth and Claw. She also appeared in From Time to Time, The Last Dragonslayer and an episode of Merlin.

Artist and author Alexander Okun (b.1949) died on November 6. Okun is primarily known as an artist, but also wrote and translated. His young adult novel Placebo has elements of the fantastic.

Cinematographer and director Gerry Lively (b.19) died on November 7. Lively directed the Dungeons & Dragons films Wrather of the Dragon God and The Book of Vile Darkness. He worked as a cinematographer on Waxworks II: Lost in Time and Hellraiser: Bloodline.

Director Lee Tamahori (b.1950) died on November 7. Tamahori directed Next, xXx: State of the Union, and episodes of The Ray Bradbury Theater. He worked as assistant director on The Quiet Earth and Bridge to Nowhere.

Actor Tatsuya Nakadai (b.1932) died on November 8. Nakadai did voice work for Final Yamato, The Tale of the Princess Kaguya, and Kwaidan, and appeared in The Wicked City and The Face of Another.

Bookseller Jim Hamilton (b.1958) died on November 9. Hamilton was the co-owner of Forbidden Planet Scotland and Forbidden Planet International. He recently relaunched Forbidden Planet Glasgow. 

Actor Sally Kirkland (b.1953) died on November 11. Kirkland appeared in episodes of The Incredible Hulk, The Hunger, and The Ray Bradbury Theatre. She also was in the films Brave New World and The Incredible Shrinking Woman.

Fan Ken Smookler (b.1929) died on November 11. An avid reader and con attendee, Smookler co-founded the Ontario Science Fiction Club and served as its first president.

Fan Freddie Baer (b.1952) died on November 12. Baer was a fan artist who worked in beads, gems, and collage. Baer was a two-time Hugo finalist for Best Fan Artist, in 1999 and 2000. 

Artist J.D. King (b.1951) died in the first half of November. King was involved in the alternative comics scene and his art appeared in many publications.

Screenwriter Dan McGrath (b.1964) died on November 14. McGrath wrote for Gravity Falls, as well as The Simpsons and Muppets Tonight. 

Author Mary Caraker (b.1929) died on November 15. Caraker;s genre novels included Water Song, The Faces of Ceti, and the Seven Worlds series.

Author and academic Jean-Louis Trudel (b.1967) died on November 16. Trudel wrote the series Les mystères de Serendib and Les îles du Zodiaque, the latter in collaboration with Yves Meynard. He received the Grand Prix de la Science-Fiction et du Fantastique Québécois and multiple Prix Aurora.

Programmer Rebecca Heineman (b.1963) died on November 17. Heineman worked on the video games Robin Hood, The Bard’s Tale III: Thief of Fate, and Dragon Wars. She was an early transgender activist.

Reviewer and fan Sue Granquist (b.1966) died on November 18. Granquist began writing for Black Gate with the third print issue and eventually wrote the “Goth Chick” column for the online version of the zine for 16 years.

Stuntman Carl Ciarfalio (b.1953) died on November 19. Cuarfakui portrayed the Thing in the unreleased 1994 The Fantastic Four. He also performed stunts in Beetlejuice, Bruce Almighty, Charmed, The Flash, and Total Recall.

Actor Sergey Desnitsky (b.1941) died on November 19. Desnitsky played the title role in Pilot PIrx’s Inquest and also appeared in Curse of Snakes Valley, Moon Rainbow, and Zaveshchaniye professora Douelya.

Actor Johnny Eimen (b.1949) died on November 21. As a child, Eimen appeared in an episode of The Twilight Zone. His other credits were in comedies and westerns and he retired from acting in 1967.

Actor Jonathan Farwell (b.1932) died on November 22. Farwell appeared on Star Trek: The Next Generation, The Haunting of Morella, C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud, and Vampire Sheriff.

Fan Cindy Smith died in mid-November. Smith co-edited the fanzine Inside with Ron Smith and later Inside and Science Fiction Advertiser, which finally became Inside Science Fiction. 

Actor Udo Kier (b.1944) died on November 23. Kier appeared in Armageddon, Blade, Johnny Mnemonic, and SeaQuest 2032. He often played vampires.

Actor Jill Freud (b.1927) died on November 24. Freud appeared in Torchy, the Battery Boy as well as King Dithers and Daffy, The Toys Get the Collywobbles, and Worst Fears. She was the bases for Lucy in the Narnia novels.

Actor Jorga Kotrbová (b.1947) died on November 24. Kotrbová appeared in Almost King, Princess Goldilocks, and Beauty and the Beast. 

Critic John McCarty (b.1944) died on November 25. McCarty focused his attention on horror films, publishing John McCarty;s Official Spalltter Movie Guide and Psychos: Eighty Years of Mad Movies, Maniacs, and Murderous Deeds. He also published the novel Deadly Resurreciton.

Actor Jack Shepherd (b.1940) died on November 25. Shepherd appeared in the 2007 version of The Golden Compass, episodes of Jackanory, and Count Dracula.

Bookseller Penny Syber died on November 25.  Syber owned a bookstore in Victoria, Australia, which closed in August of 2025.

Actor Ingrid van Bergen (b.1931) died on November 28. Van Bergen appeared in The Vampire Happening, Horror Vacui, and Sharknado 5: Global Swarming. 

Filker Leslie Fish (b.1944) died on November 29. Fish wrote the songs “Banned from Argo,” “Hope Eyrie,” and “Carmen Miranda’s Ghost.” She recorded the first commercial filk album and won 10 Pegasus Awards and a Prometheus Award. She was an inaugural inductee in the Filk Hall of Fame.

Screenwriter Tom Stoppard (b.1937) died on November 29. Stoppard provided uncredited work on Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade and Revenge of the Sith. He wrote Brazil, Hook, and Sleepy Hollow. Stoppard won an Oscar for Shakespeare in Love. His plays included Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Travesties, and The Real Thing.

Author Angel Torres Quesada (b.1940) died on November 30. Writing under the name A Thorkent, Quesada wrote Wyharga, Los vientos del olvido, and Un paraiso llamado Ara, as more than fifty other novels. He won the Premio Ignotus in 2004.

December

Actor Epy Kusnander (b.1964) died on December 3. Kusnander appeared in The 3rd Eye, The ABCs of Death, and The Returning Dead, among other horror films.

Actor Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa (b.1950) died on December 4. Tagawa appeared in episodes of Heroes, The Man in the High Castle, Stargate SG-1, Babylon 5, and Star Trek: The Next Generation. He also provided voicework for many animated series.

Fan Charmaine Parnell (b.1972) died on December 6. Parnell was active in Convergence and Minicon. She worked in a variety of areas, including Con Suite, Operations, and Hotel Liaison.

Actor Tiit Härm (b.1946) died on December 7. Härm studied ballet and appeared in the horror film Dead Mountaineer’s Hotel and the fantasy film Blistayushchiy mir.

Author Aleksey Ustimenkob (b.1948) died on December 7. Ustimenko was an Uzbeki author aho wrote historical fiction in addition to genre work. He wrote the science fiction novel Za kolsami dalekogo Saturna.

Fan Arthur Hlavaty (b.1942) died on December 9. Hlavaty was an active fanwriter and zine publisher, responsible for numerous fanzines and apazines over the years, including Nice Distinctions, The Airfoiled Yarmulka, and The Diagonal Relationship. He was nominated for Best Fan Writer Hugo each year from 1980-1991.

Author John Varley (b.1947) died on December 10. Varley began publishing in 1974 with the stories “Picnic on Nearside” and “Scoreboard.” His first novel was The Ophiuchi Hotline. Varley won the Hugo and Nebula for the novellas “The Persistence of Vision” and “Press Enter []” and a Hugo for “The Pusher.”

Actor Anthony Geary (b.1947) died on December 10. Geary is best known for playing Luke on General Hospital, but he appeared in episodes of The Six Million Dollar Man, Project U.F.O, and the film Teacher’s Pet.

Author Sophie Kinsella (b.1969) died on December 10. Kinsella wrote the novel Twenties Girl as well as the the Fairy Mom and Me series of picture books.

Director Rob Reiner (b.1947) was murdered on December 10. Reiner directed Stand by Me and The Princess Bride. As an actor, he appeared in the tv series Batman, Good Heavens, and Wizards of Waverly Place. He won the Hugo Award for The Princess Bride.

Actor Jim Ward (b.1959) died on December 10. Ward’s voicework appears in numerous video games, including Superman: Red Son, Red Dead Redemption II, and Destroy All Humans!. He also provided voicework for Wall-E, Shrek 2, and Finding Nemo. 

Actor Stanley Baxter (b.1926) died on December 11. Baxter appeared in The Thief and the Cobbler and had the title role in the series Mr. Majeika.

Actor May Britt (b.1934) died on December 11. Britt appeared in an episode of Probe and the movie Haunts.

Actor Francoise Brion (b.1933) died on December 12. Brion appeared in episodes of Les hordes and the films Cartes dur table, Les soleils de l’ile de Paques, Kill by Inches, and as one of the title characters in She Is Conann.

Casting director Susie Figgis (b.1948) died on December 12. Figgis worked on Interview with the Vampire, Sleepy Hollow, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and the Pirates of the Caribbean series. She championed the casting of Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter.

Actor Peter Greene (b.1965) died on December 12. Greene appeared in Earthling, The Mask, Time Travel Hills, and episodes of Life on Mars. 

Author Yevgeny Drozd (b.1947) died on December 13. Drozd wrote the novel Vampiry tozhe lyudi. His stories were collected in three volumes. He also translated Brian W. Aldiss’s Malacia Tapestry into Russian.

Fan Bill Burns III (b.1935) died on December 16. Burns worked as an actor and collected props, including the last known armature model from King Kong and the original time machine. Burns was often consulted based on his knowledge of props, costumes, and other paraphernalia.

Actor Gil Gerard (b.1943) died on December 16. Gerard starred in Buck Rogers in the 25th Century. He also appeared in Star Trek: Phase II, Reptisaurus, and E.A.R.T.H. Force and provided voicework for Transformers: Robots in Disguise. 

Actor Juli Erickson (b.1939) died on December 17. Erickson has down voicework for the English versions of numerous anime, including Fullmetal Alchemist, My Hero Academia, and Evangelion.

Actor Helen Siff (b.1937) died on December 18. Siff appeared in the films Earth Girls Are Easy, Android Love, and I Dream of Jeannie…Fifteen Years Later, and the series Josh Kirby: Time Warrior! and Taken.

Fan John L. Waggott (b.1964) died on December 18. Waggott, widely known as Wag, began attending conventions in the UK in the late 70s.

Director Amanda Brotchie (b.1968) died on December 19. Brotchie directed two episodes of Doctor Who during the Gatwa era: “Lux” and “The Well.” She also worked on Queen of the Damned and episodes of Renegade Nell.

Author Terence M. Green (b.1947) died on December 19. Green began publishing in 1978 with the story “The Night Above the Dingle Starry” and wrote the novels Barking Dogs, Shadow of Ashland, and St. Patrick’s Bed. He was a multiple Aurora and World Fantasy finalist.

Actor James Ransone (b.1979) committed suicide on December 19. Ransone appeared in It: Chapter Two, V/H/S/85, Jericho, The American Astronaut, and the Sinister and Black Phone series.

Composer Sergey Banevich (b.1941) died on December 21. Banevich scored the Russian SF film Zaveshchaniye professor Douelya. 

Translator Natalia Rakhmanova (v.1930) died on December 21.Ralhmanova translated numerous works of science fiction and fantasy from English to Russian. Her most famous translation is the first Russian translation of The Hobbit, but she also translated works by Asimov, Simak, and H.G. Wells.

Videogame designer Vince Zampella (b.1970) died in a car accident on December 21. Zampeblla co-created Call of Dutyand worked on Apex Legends and Titanfall. He had served as studio head at Infinity Ward, head of Respawn Entertainment, ad CEO of Ripple Effect Studios.

Actor Pat Finns (b.1965) died on December 22. Finn appeared in episodes of 3rd Rock from the Sun and The Wizards of Waverly Place and the films Space Buddies and Dude, Where’s My Car?, and 

Agent Patrick Delahunt (b.1953) died on December 23. Delahunt worked as an agent representing Karen Joy Fowler and Kim Stanley Robinson. Before retiring, Delahunt helped his clients from appropriate new agents. 

Fan Pat Vandenberg died on December 23.Vendenberg chaired Boskone 20 and was a Fellow of NESFA. She edited several early issues of The Mad 3 Party. She organized the mini golf course at MagiCon.

Fan Steven Bond died on December 25. Bond was an active convention attendee, focusing on comic and Star Trek conventions. A comic collector and the owner of Moldy Collectibles, he was active in the Minnesota Science Fiction Society and the inspiration for Kragar in Steven Brust’s Dragaera series.

Author Pierre Bordage (b.1955) died on December 26. Bordage began published the Rohel the Conqueror series in 1992. He won the Prix Cosmos 2000 for the novel La Citadelle Hyponéros and the Cezam Prix Liitéraire Inter CE for Porteur d’âmes.

 Author Anatoly Korolyov (b.1946) died on December 29. Korolyov wote the novels Blyustiteli neba, Instinkt # pyat, and Dom bliznetsov

Fan Karen Herkes died on December 30. Herkes was active in Australian fandom and received the Double Gamma Award in 1986 for excellence in Doctor Who fandom. In 1988, she was a finalist for Best Australian Media Fanwriter and she was a GoH at Whovention 2000.

Editor Tim Kask (b.1949) died on December 30. Kask was the first employee hired by TSR and served as the editor of The Strategic Review and The Dragon.  After leaving TSR in 1980, he published Adventure Gaming magazine before leaving the industry in 1983. In 210, he founded Eldritch Enterprises.

Actor Isiah Whitlock, Jr. (b.1954) died on December 30. Whitlock appeared on Gotham, Limitless, New Amsterdam and the films Europa Report and Lightyear.

Actor Dean Williams died on December 30. Worked as a still photographer in Hollywood on films including Starman, The Day After, Freejack, Rocketman, The Beast Within, and Poltergeist III.

Actor Candy Raymond (b.1950) died on December 31. Raymond had a bit role in Shirley Thompson versus the Aliens and also appeared in The Plumber and  Freedom.

Author Shoshana Edwards died in December. Edwards is the author of the novels Seath Lives in the Water, Deathly Waters, and The Madness of Trees, as well as short fiction, some set in Eric Flint’s Assiti Shards universe.Edwards was Emma Randall in the SCA.

Editor’s Note:  Our thanks to Steven H Silver for performing this unenviable task every year.

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