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Truth Seeker · May 7, 2012

'Star Trek V' Alum George Murdock Dies At 81

What does God need with a starship? That's what Capt. Kirk asked the creature living in the center of the universe in 1989's "Star Trek V: The Final Frontier" played by longtime character actor George Murdock.

Murdock, who also made appearances in "The X-Files" and the original "Battlestar Galactica," died April 30 in Los Angeles. He was 81.

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Artur Hawkwing · May 7, 2012

Truth Seeker said:
What does God need with a starship? That's what Capt. Kirk asked the creature living in the center of the universe in 1989's "Star Trek V: The Final Frontier" played by longtime character actor George Murdock.

Murdock, who also made appearances in "The X-Files" and the original "Battlestar Galactica," died April 30 in Los Angeles. He was 81.

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Oh, bleah. Now I'm going to have to haul out STTNG:Best of Both Worlds tonight to see him as Admiral Hansen. Great, flexible actor, Mr. Murdock was.

Truth Seeker · May 7, 2012

Cancer kills beloved Daily News Editor Robert Heisler, 60

Daily News Managing Editor for Features Robert A. (Bob) Heisler, long known in city journalism circles for his wide breadth of knowledge, enthusiasm and bemused sense of humor, died Saturday at Calvary Hospital after a long struggle with cancer. He was 60.

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GrayLinnorm · May 8, 2012

Children's author Maurice Sendak, best known for Where the Wild Things Are, died today from complications of a stroke. He was 83.

Truth Seeker · May 8, 2012

Arthur M. Lieberman, 1935-2012

Arthur M. Lieberman, a key intellectual property lawyer who brought together the warring factions to unite the Robert E. Howard library of characters and thus paved the way for the Conan the Barbarian movies, has died from lung cancer at the age of 76. More recently Lieberman, in conjunction with Gil Champion and Stan Lee helped form POW! Entertainment.

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Truth Seeker · May 9, 2012

Violin instructor Totenberg dies in Mass. at 101

Roman Totenberg, a violin instructor from Poland whose nine-decade career featured concert performances before kings and presidents and helped produce dozens of accomplished musicians, has died at age 101.

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Truth Seeker · May 9, 2012

Buzz Potamkin, Animation Producer, 1945 - 2012

Cartoon Brew reports that longtime animation producer Buzz Potamkin passed away on April 22, 2012, from pancreatic cancer. Potamkin's animation career began in 1968, when he founded Perpetual Motion Pictures in 1968, producing television commercials including a famous Hawaiian Punch campaign and, in 1981, the "I Want My MTV" ad campaign

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