Veteran comic actor Henry Gibson, best known for reciting poetry on Laugh-In, died Monday of cancer. He was 73.
Gibson also appeared in several films including Nashville, The 'burbs, and The Long Goodbye, and did voices for cartoons, including King of the Hill, The Wuzzles, and the original Charlotte's Web.
This one is just now hitting the metal press outlets, hence its tardiness...
Former Crimson Glory frontman John Patrick McDonald, Jr. (stage name: Midnight) passed away earlier Wednesday, July 8, from "total kidney and liver failure." He was 47 years old.
Syndicated columnist and astrologer Linda C. Black, who wrote daily horoscopes for Tribune Media Services and whose forecasts were read in newspapers across the world, has died. She was 65.
Black's daughter, Nancy, said her mother died Thursday of ovarian cancer at a hospital in Atascadero.
The creator of Shin-Chan (an anime which ran on Adult Swim some time ago) was found dead.
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The body of 51 year old Crayon Shin-chan creator Yoshito Usui, who was reported missing on September 12, was discovered on the 19th. Usui was discovered 120 meters below the Arafune mountain’s Tomoiwa cliff in the mountains of Gunma prefecture where he’d gone for a personal hiking trip. Usui appears to have accidentally fallen to his death, although police reports state that the established trail is too far from the cliffside for someone to fall. The last photo found on Usui’s digital camera is a shot from the top of the cliff looking down, leading investigators to believe that Usui accidentally fell while taking pictures. Police have confirmed that Usui passed away in the afternoon of September 11th.
Futabasha’s Manga Town magazine will publish the final two completed chapters of Usui’s Crayon Shin-chan manga in its November and December issues. The Crayon Shin-chan anime TV series is presently on a scheduled hiatus until October 16th. Television network TV Asahi has announced that it will not make any decisions about the future of the anime franchise until first holding discussions with relevant individuals, presumably including Usui’s family and the Shinei Douga animation studio that animates Crayon Shin-chan. The anime may continue, as similar popular family shows including Sazae-san and Doraemon have continued after their creator’s deaths.
Futabasha said it was “going through great shock, now that the worst outcome has come to past. There are no words to express the anguish of the surviving family, but we just pray for his happiness in the next world.”
__________________ "I had been looking for copies of Magic or Devil Doll for years, as I had memories of Creature Feature showing them back-to-back on 'Very Special Saturdays'. Later that night I would barricade my room to prevent knife wielding dummies from coming in and murdering me in my sleep." - Scott, Teleport-City.com
Felicia Tang, an actress who appeared mainly in softcore films, but also had bit parts in mainstream films, including Rush Hour 2 and The Fast and the Furious, was found dead at her home, apparently killed by her boyfriend. She was 31.
Actor, writer, director, and producer Robert Ginty passed away from cancer on September 21st. While he did some film work (like The Exterminator), he's probably best known for his tv work, appearing as a regular in "Baa, Baa, Black Sheep" and guesting on pretty much everything else ("CHiPs", "Knight Rider", "Quincy", "Matlock", "Murder She Wrote", etc). Eventually, he turned to directing and did episodes of shows like "Xena", "Lois & Clark", and "Charmed".
__________________ "I had been looking for copies of Magic or Devil Doll for years, as I had memories of Creature Feature showing them back-to-back on 'Very Special Saturdays'. Later that night I would barricade my room to prevent knife wielding dummies from coming in and murdering me in my sleep." - Scott, Teleport-City.com
Retired U.S. District Judge Jerry Buchmeyer, who during his nearly 30 years on the federal bench changed the face of Dallas public housing and the way the city elects its council, died Monday of natural causes at a San Marcos nursing home.
Judge Buchmeyer, 76, was considered a courageous and independent champion of civil and human rights by some, but an ultra-liberal bent on disrupting the status quo by others.
Judge Buchmeyer was also known for his "et cetera" humor column featured in the Texas Bar Journal, which features unintentionally humorous excerpts from trial, hearing, and deposition transcripts around Texas. His corresponding blog is called "Say What?! Classic Humor from U.S. District Judge Jerry Buchmeyer."
William Safire, a Pulitzer Prize winning conservative (although he called himself libertarian) columnist and former speechwriter for Richard Nixon (he came up with Spiro Agnew's "nattering nabobs of negativism"), died today of pancreatic cancer. He was 79.
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