In Remembrance...2008

Comic book artist Michael Turner (Fathom, Witchblade, and Supergirl) passed away Friday night after an eight year battle with cancer. He was only 37.
 

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Comic book artist Michael Turner (Fathom, Witchblade, and Supergirl) passed away Friday night after an eight year battle with cancer. He was only 37.
I heard yesterday that a bunch of guys from Aspen Comics suddenly left the con in Chicago. My first thought was things had gotten worse for Turner, but I didn't even consider that it would have gotten this bad. :(
 


Don Sinclair Davis, an army veteran turned character actor best known for roles on Stargate SG-1 and Twin Peaks, died Sunday of a heart attack. He was 65.
 



Larry Harmon, who played Bozo the Clown and launched a successful franchise around that character, died today. He was 83.

Although Harmon didn't create Bozo (the original Bozo was Pinto Colvig, who also did the voice of Goofy), he put his own stamp on the character.
 


Stig Olin, who appeared in six films by Ingmar Bergman and went on to be a famous film director himself, died June 28. He was 87.

Stig was the father of actress Lena Olin.
 

Nonna Mordyukova, a Russian actress whose roles earned her the status of the quintessential Soviet woman, died Sunday. She was 82.

Mordyukova appeared in dozens of films, including textbook examples of Soviet propaganda. Most of her characters had to choose between communist dogma and family life.
 

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