Guards! She ran Windycons childcare and was involved in multiple Chicago Worldcons. He published novelizations of the Halloween films as by Jack Martin. Author Terrance Dicks (b.1935) died on September 2. Croatian actress Nadja Regin (b.1931) died on April 7. He was one of the founders of the Science Fiction film club in India. Learn how your comment data is processed. Metcalf published the fanzines Tightbeam, Idle Hands, New Frontiers, and RPSF as well as The Index of Science Fiction Magazines, 1951-1965. Donbavand was both a comic and prose author, writing for The Beano as well as the Doctor Who novel Shroud of Sorrow. Producer David V. Picker (b.1931) died on April 20. Screenwriter Peter Allan Fields died on June 19. Berglund edited the magazine From Beyond the Dark Gatewayin 1972, 1974, and 1977. She may have been best known for her starring role on The Mod Squad. Winters began as a dancer in the Broadway production of West Side Story and also appeared in the film. Actor Paul Barrett (b.1940) died on January 20. I have always been drawn to the powerful images that are found in nature but as time went on I found that what drew me was often either invisible or irrelevant to the other artists, much less the people looking at the early pictures I was . Actor Arte Johnson (b.1929) died on July 3. Anderson was a frequent attendee and participate at Windycon and Capricon and served as the official photographer at Windycon 20, taking class pictures for each year of Windycons existence. Actor Isaac Kappy (b.1977) committed suicide on May 13. Other genre appearances include Fear the Walking Dead, Roswell, and My Favorite Martian. With Bill Fawcett, Bromley designed Empire Builder and was associated with CWAcon. Hoag appeared in episodes of the The Incredible Hulk, Highway to Heaven, Time Express, and Good Heavens, as well as the film The Incredible Shrinking Woman. Best known for his poetry and plays, Merwin wote a handful of short stories of genre interest. Nuttall was a member and former chairman of the Liverpool Science Fiction Society as well as a member of the British Interplanetary Society. Actor Shane Rimmer (b.1929) died on March 29. Actor Brian Turk (b.1970) died on September 13. Mehta oversaw the initial publication of The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy and revived the Picador imprint. Artist Mordicai Gerstein (b.1935) died on September 24. Williams who appeared in the Doctor Who serial Ark in Space, in Z-Cars, and other British television series. Junya Yokota (b.1945) died on January 4. Achmanov published the novels Farther than the Farthest Star, The Scythians Feast at Sunset, and Habitat. Game designer Richard Berg (b.1943) died on July 29. Baker was best known as a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and the host of. Case Details Dockets. McGahan published two books in the Ships Kings series as well as the stand alone novels Underground and Wonders of a Godless World. He tried his hand at writing with Come Away from the Water, Shirley and The Magic Bed., died on January 4. Cartoonist Jack Enyart died on October 13. Actor Jan Merlin (b.Jan Wasylewski, 1925) died on September 20. He also appeared in Damnation Alley, based on Roger Zelaznys novel. Innes played with the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band and collaborated with various members of Monty Python, particularly Eric Idle, with whom he wrote many songs for the Pythons and other project. She also appeared in From Russia with Love and Goldfinger. Actress Sue Lyon (b.1946) died on December 26. Wright ran the Chicago TARDIS Masquerade and was active in the International Costumers Guild for the Chicagoland chapter. Polish translator Andrzej Polkowski (b.1939) died on his birthday, September 5. Author Alex J. Geairns (b.1964) died on October 20. Musician and author Clark Dimond (b.1941) died on February 19. Heitz appeared in the film Just Visting and episodes of Moonlight and Early Edition. Best known as the founder of DRG Records, he produced Broadway Original Cast records, including for Little Shop of Horrors. Jerry L. Wanninger April 25, 1934 - February 28, 2023 Overland Park, Kansas - A Memorial Service at 11am on Monday, March 6, 2023, at Atonement Lutheran Church, 9948 Metcalf Ave, Overland Park, KS. MARK BURGESS OBITUARY. He also wrote Disney trivia books and was named a Disney Legend in 2007. He worked as an actor, choreographer, director, and producer. . Author Taku Mayumura (b.1934) died on November 3. Actress Jane Galloway Heitz (b.1941) died on November 13. Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov (b.1934) died on October 11. Alonso was featured in many sword-and-sandal spectacles and appeared in the fantasy film Atlas Against the Cyclops. Henson appeared in episodes of The Avengers, Arthur of the Britons, and Whoops Apocalypse as well as the film Narcopolis. Actor Ron Liebman (b.1937) died on December 6. He also provided voice work for the video game Privateer 2: The Darkening. Author Andrew Clements (b.1949) died on November 28. De Havilland desgined the shoes worn by Tim Curry in The Rocky Horror Picture Show and by Angelina Jolie in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider. In 1983, she published the novel Binsteads Safari. He later worked for both Marvel and DC on Alpha Flight, Strikeforce: Morituri, Lex Luuthor: The Unauthorized Biography, and more. Screenwriter D.C. Fontana (b.1939) died on December 2. Fan Lester Cole (b.1926) died in late September. She was also on the show Halt and Catch Fire about the early days of personal computers. He later became known as the creator of the television series Saved by the Bell. Schmerer worked on The Secrets of Isis, Fantasy Island, Logans Run, Star Trek: The Animated Series, and The Six Million Dollar Man. McCann appeared in Possible Worlds, Starship Invasions and episodes of The Listener and Haven. Brunton also worked on the Total War videogame franchise. Archivist Dave Smith (b.1940) died on February 15. Need help? Axelrod appeared in The Blob, The Transformers, Tales of Frankenstein, and Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. IN THE CARE OF. Smith chaired Westercon in San Diego in 1966 and created the art for the first progress report for the first San Diego Comic-Con. Actor Rene Auberjonois (b.1940) died on December 8. He illustrated several works by Elizabeth Levy, including Frankenstein Moved In On the Fourth Floor and Gorgonzola Zombies in the Park. He ran the Dream Factory chain of comics stores in New York and Connecticut. Mark was preceded in death by his grandparents, uncle Keith Mickelson, aunt and uncle Linda and Bill Hanson. Mendel has worked as the producer for Rick and Morty and The Simpsons. Mark was born on September 20, 1960, in La Porte, Indiana, the son of George and Donna (Schultz) Carey. Pugmire wrote horror fiction and often paid homage to Lovecraft. During Skylab 3, he orchestrated the stowaway prank. Actor Seymour Cassel (b.1935) died on April 7. Artist Tom Adams (b.1926) died on December 17. Actor David Hurst (b.1926) died on September 15. She also wrote the script for the Out of the Unknown episode Thirteen to Centaurus.. Jaffe began working for Zocchi Distribution and later Mr. Bs Games. Producer Michael Lynne (b.1941) died on March 24. Author Raven Grimassi (b.Gary Charles Erbe, 1951) died on March 10. Cohens directorial work includes the films Q, Its Alive III: Island of the Alive, and A Return to Salems Lot. In 2015, he received a special Tokyo Anime Award. He was also one of the organizers of the RPG convention Nordcon. Burningham won the 1963 and 1970 Kate Greenaway Medals for British childrens book illustration. Puppeteer Caroll Spinney (b.1933) died on December 8. New England fan Ralph Calistro died on November 19. Garrison got his start in Starship Invasions and also appeared in Human Error and an episode of The Munsters Today. Author Timothy Wade Huntley (b.1939) died on June 13. Colin Smith. Australian fan Susan Evans (b.1961) died on July 25. Emshwillers novels included Carmen Dog, Mister Boots, The Secret City, and the Philip K. Dick Award winning The Mount. Actress Verna Bloom (b.1938) died on January 11. Actor Niall Tibn (b.1929) died on November 13. He did voice work for the cartoon Gadget and the Gadgetinis and the film Strange Magic. Coln worked on Joe Palooka, Casper the Friendly Ghost, and Richie Rich. Myrandes filk albums included On the Battlements, Blood on Bookwalk, Return to ArgenthomeThe Rough Cuts, and more. Mark Roland passed away 2020-8-7 in Valdosta, Georgia. Plato appeared in Day of the Dead and Dawn of the Dead. Actress Mya-Lecia Naylor (b.2002) died on April 7. Polkowski translated C.S. Estonian author Nikolai Baturin (b.1936) died on May 17. McIntyre won the Nebula Award for her short story Of Mist, and Grass, and Sand and the novels Dreamsnake and The Moon and the Sun. Makeup artist Matt Rose (b.1965) died on January 25. Author Sam Savage (b.1940) died on January 17. Animator Richard Williams (b.1933) died on August 16. He won Academy Awards for his scripts for Paper Moon, Julia, and Ordinary People. Subsequent novels included Getting Near the End and Boulevard des disparus, the latter only published in French. His genre projects included The Island of Dr. Moreau, The Star Wars Holiday Special, and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Cosmonaut Valery Bykovsky (b. Brand wrote and directed an adaptation of The Masque of the Red Death and wrote the screenplay for Halloween: Resurrection. His fiction was nominated for the Aurora and BSFA Award. Pavlov wrote Moon Rainbow, which was made into a film, and founded the Moon Rainbow Awards. Johnson edited The Comic Reader beginning with issue 26 and ending with issue 40. Gao had appeared as Magnus Bane in The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones. Jacobs works included Soma, The Myth of Falling, and Dark Moods. Screenwriter Alvin Sargent (b.1927) died on May 9. Beginning with her novel Lanark, Gray designed his own books, which included Poor Things and A History Maker. Wolfe has won the World Fantasy Award for his novels The Shadows of the Torturer and Soldier of Sidon and for his collections The Best of Gene Wolfe and Storeys from the Old Hotel. This is the first. Lynne was an executive producers on The Lord of the Rings trilogy as well as The Mortal Instruments The Golden Compass, and A Nighmare on Elm Street. Petersons son, George, is also a fan. Turk appeared in A.I. Japanese editor Yoshio Kabayashi (b.1951) died on June 13. Taylor provided voice work for numerous animated series, including The Addams Family and The Flintstones. Mark Roland | Obituary | Valdosta Daily Times He went on to write several short stories on his own and in 2010 began publishing novels under the name J.A. Greyland loved the outdoors. Comic colorist James Rochelle (b.) Actor Cameron Boyce (b.1999) died on July 6. Comics writer Tom Spurgeon (b.1968) died on November 13.