In Remembrance--2011

[GrayLinnorm]

Artist Gilbert "Magu" Lujan, known for his whimsical and often politically themed works based on Mexican American life, died July 24 of cancer. He was 70.

 

[Truth Seeker]

Hollywood producer Polly Platt dies at 72

Hollywood producer Polly Platt, who was nominated for an Oscar for art direction, for Terms of Endearment, has died aged 72 in New York.

Platt, who was formerly married to film director Peter Bogdanovich, produced a string of successful movies including Broadcast News and War of the Roses.

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[Truth Seeker]

Author Sakyo Komatsu Dead at 80

Acclaimed Japanese sci-fi novelist Sakyo Komatsu passed away on Tuesday, July 26, due to pneumonia.

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[Truth Seeker]

Toyoo Ashida Dead at 67

Anime director and character designer Toyoo Ashida passed away on Saturday, July 23, at the age of 67. Ashida may be most fondly remembered among American otaku as the director of the Fist of the North Star television series and first movie, and director of the 1985 Vampire Hunter D movie. More recently, Ashida directed Madhouse’s 2009 television anime series Souten Koro.

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[Truth Seeker]

Tom Aldredge, Character Actor, Dies at 83

Tom Aldredge, an Emmy-winning actor who for five decades was ubiquitous on stage and screen, seen in everything from Sondheim to “The Sopranos,” died on Friday in Tampa, Fla. He was 83.

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[GrayLinnorm]

Elmer Staats, comptroller general of the United States from 1966 to 1981, died July 23. He was 97.

 

[Truth Seeker]

Linda Christian, Actress and Tyrone Power’s Wife, Dies at 87

Linda Christian, a Hollywood starlet of the 1940s and ’50s who was in Johnny Weissmuller’s last Tarzan movie and the first adaptation of a James Bond novel, but who was probably best known for her marriage to her fellow heartthrob Tyrone Power, died here on Friday. She was 87.

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[Truth Seeker]

'Grandia' creator Takeshi Miyaji dies, aged 45

Game Arts co-founder Takeshi Miyaji has died at the age of 45.

Developer G-Mode issued a statement today that its CEO passed away on July 29.

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[Dannyalcatraz]

NFL legend and actor "Bubba" Smith dead of natural causes at age 66.

Legendary NFL defender Bubba Smith passes away at age 66 - Shutdown Corner - NFLBlog - Yahoo! Sports

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Rudolph Brazda, believed to be the last surviving person who was sent to a Nazi concentration camp because of his homosexuality, has died, a German gay rights group said Thursday. He was 98.


Man interned for homosexuality by Nazis dies at 98 - Yahoo! News