yes it make you feel a part of your child hood is gone! and you know 1 day it will be your turn!
I've been dead before. Didn't care for it, so i came back a few days later. Decided to throw a yearly party too.
RIP - Recent loses
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I've been dead before. Didn't care for it, so i came back a few days later. Decided to throw a yearly party too.
No wonder you move in a mysterious way...
For Australians: James Dibble (1923-2010, ABC newsreader 1953-1986) and Ruth Park (author, 'Harp In the South', 'The Muddle Headed Wombat') in the last week.
Dibble was really good at his job and very professional. I remember him as the voice telling me all the big events through the 60s and 70s.
While I haven't read much of her stuff, I'm aware Ruth Park was an important author.
From Wikipedia:
She also wrote Playing Beatie Bow, in effect a kid's time travel story, it was pretty good and made a good movie. Wikipedia again:
For Australians: James Dibble (1923-2010, ABC newsreader 1953-1986) and Ruth Park (author, 'Harp In the South', 'The Muddle Headed Wombat') in the last week.
Dibble was really good at his job and very professional. I remember him as the voice telling me all the big events through the 60s and 70s.
While I haven't read much of her stuff, I'm aware Ruth Park was an important author.
From Wikipedia:
I never discovered the MHWombat when I was a kid, but discovered a tape of the radio series for my kids, and they really loved it, very funny.
She also wrote Playing Beatie Bow, in effect a kid's time travel story, it was pretty good and made a good movie. Wikipedia again:
Both of them are a loss.
A few more, from Ansible:
• Graham Crowden (1922-2010), UK actor who refused the starring role in Doctor Who after Jon Pertwee quit, died on 21 October aged 87. Genre credits include Catweazle, The Amazing Mr. Blunden, The Final Programme, The Little Prince, Star Maidens, Jabberwocky, 1990, Doctor Who/'The Horns of Nimon' (all 1970s), Britannia Hospital (1982), Delta Wave (1996), Soul Music (1997) and The 10th Kingdom (2000). [SG]
• Bob Guccione (1930-2010), US publisher best known for Penthouse, and of sf relevance for launching its glossy sister magazine Omni (1978-1995; web only to 1998), died on 20 October aged 79. [GVG]
• Dino De Laurentiis (1919-2010), famed Italian producer of more than 500 films, died on 10 November aged 91. His genre work included Barbarella (1968), the dire King Kong remake (1976), Flash Gordon (1980), Halloween II (1981), Conan the Barbarian (1982) and Dune (1984) with David Lynch. [GW]
• Leslie Nielsen (1926-2010), Canadian-born actor who played Commander J.J. Adams in Forbidden Planet (1956) but became better known for comedy with Airplane! and The Naked Gun, died on 28 November aged 84. Genre spoof credits include Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995), 2001: A Space Travesty (2000), Scary Movie 3 & 4 (2003, 2006), Superhero Movie (2008) and Stan Helsing (2009). [SG/DKMK]
• Ingrid Pitt (1937-2010), Polish-born actress fondly remembered for Hammer's sexy-vampire productions The Vampire Lovers (1970) and Countess Dracula (1971), died on 23 November; she was 73. Other films included The House That Dripped Blood (1971), Doctor Who (1972, 1984) and The Wicker Man (1973). [SG]
• William Self (1921-2010), US tv producer who was executive i/c production for several 1960s genre series – The Green Hornet, The Time Tunnel, Lost in Space, Batman, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, The Ghost and Mrs Muir and Land of the Giants – died on 15 November aged 89. [SG]
• Graham Crowden (1922-2010), UK actor who refused the starring role in Doctor Who after Jon Pertwee quit, died on 21 October aged 87. Genre credits include Catweazle, The Amazing Mr. Blunden, The Final Programme, The Little Prince, Star Maidens, Jabberwocky, 1990, Doctor Who/'The Horns of Nimon' (all 1970s), Britannia Hospital (1982), Delta Wave (1996), Soul Music (1997) and The 10th Kingdom (2000). [SG]
• Bob Guccione (1930-2010), US publisher best known for Penthouse, and of sf relevance for launching its glossy sister magazine Omni (1978-1995; web only to 1998), died on 20 October aged 79. [GVG]
• Dino De Laurentiis (1919-2010), famed Italian producer of more than 500 films, died on 10 November aged 91. His genre work included Barbarella (1968), the dire King Kong remake (1976), Flash Gordon (1980), Halloween II (1981), Conan the Barbarian (1982) and Dune (1984) with David Lynch. [GW]
• Leslie Nielsen (1926-2010), Canadian-born actor who played Commander J.J. Adams in Forbidden Planet (1956) but became better known for comedy with Airplane! and The Naked Gun, died on 28 November aged 84. Genre spoof credits include Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995), 2001: A Space Travesty (2000), Scary Movie 3 & 4 (2003, 2006), Superhero Movie (2008) and Stan Helsing (2009). [SG/DKMK]
• Ingrid Pitt (1937-2010), Polish-born actress fondly remembered for Hammer's sexy-vampire productions The Vampire Lovers (1970) and Countess Dracula (1971), died on 23 November; she was 73. Other films included The House That Dripped Blood (1971), Doctor Who (1972, 1984) and The Wicker Man (1973). [SG]
• William Self (1921-2010), US tv producer who was executive i/c production for several 1960s genre series – The Green Hornet, The Time Tunnel, Lost in Space, Batman, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, The Ghost and Mrs Muir and Land of the Giants – died on 15 November aged 89. [SG]
I just watched Horns of Nimon this morning--he was great in that. Sad that he's gone. I was thinking he would have made a good doctor--interesting that he was offered the part.
One I didn't know about until I read a review of the year on a mystery book blog was Jon Cleary - Australian author of the Scobie Malone series. He died back in the summer. He was 92 so definitely had a good life, but still... 
Scobie was a favourite of mine.
Scobie was a favourite of mine.
A coincidence, yes. Ironic, no.
And now Blake Edwards. Best known, of course, for the Pink Panther series, but I think his S.O.B. is one of the most personal and scathingly funny satires of the movie business ever made.
And, of course, Steve Landesberg.
That's understating it a bit. He's known as the father of fractals, and the Mandelbrot set (there's a pretty example here) is named for him (I'm not sure if he actually developed the equation for this particular one or not).
I'm pretty sure the M-Set is trying to tell us something about the fundamental nature of reality. Or maybe trying not to tell us.
