Joseph Wiseman, who played the evil Dr. No in the first James Bond film of the same name, has died at age 91. While he will likely be best remembered for DR.NO, I will always best remember him for his role as the treacherous revolutionary who led Marlon Brando's Zapata to his death in the film VIVA ZAPATA (written by John Steinbeck). I also had the chance to see Mr, Wiseman on Broadway in 2001 in the stage production of JUDGMENT AT NUREMBERG and he was excellent. A very fine actor.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Wiseman

Goodbye White Fang. And Goodbye White Tooth.
Goodbye Soupy Sales! Dead at age 83 today!
http://www.crazycollege.org/soup.jpg

By all means, a Video of Soupy way back when we were kids!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kP1_F9zEF7o

And Soupy later, in the 90's! Very funny!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...h7yM&feature=related

That is sad, I liked Soupy Sales. He was funny.

Some more sad news. Collin Wilcox, who played Thedy in the Alfred Hitchcock Hour production of Ray's short story, "The Jar", has died at age 74 of cancer. While Bradbury fans will always remember her performance as the unfaithful and doomed Thedy in "The Jar" ("Here, kitty, kitty..."), she is probably best known for her role as Mayella, the accuser in the film TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD.

http://www.latimes.com/news/ob...ct23,0,3644919.story

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Originally posted by Richard:
Some more sad news. Collin Wilcox, who played Thedy in the Alfred Hitchcock Hour production of Ray's short story, "The Jar", has died...

Stephen Bowie's excellent Classic TV History Blog has a nice obituary about Collin, here:

http://classictvhistory.wordpr...m/2009/10/22/collin/

R. I. P. T - H - E - D - Y!

Ray Browne, who started the Department of Popular Culture at Bowling Green State University, in Bowling Green, Ohio, and the man who coined the term "popular culture", has died at age 87. While I was not a full-time student at BGSU, I did take a few summer school courses there in the early 1970's when summer jobs for college students were scarce, and had Professor Browne for a English literature class...he was a fine, interesting instructor.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/...ct25,0,7727503.story

William Nolan also taught a creative writing seminar at BGSU, which ultimately led to the donation, in 1981, of Nolan's incredible Bradbury collection to the BGSU library's Center for Archival Collections.

http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/l...ac/ms/page44699.html

Dean Ellis, who painted the cover for a Bantam paperback edition of THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES (as well as the covers for a number of other science fiction paperbacks) has died at age 88.

http://booksonmars.blogspot.co...ellis-1920-2009.html

Comic-Con Founder Shel Dorf Dies at Age 76

http://abcnews.go.com/Entertai...wireStory?id=8998957

God's Peace Be Theirs, as the 11th hour approaches on 11/11!

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In Flanders Fields
by John McCrae, May 1915

In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsOsdGtBBTg

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Originally posted by jkt:
Comic-Con Founder Shel Dorf Dies at Age 76

http://abcnews.go.com/Entertai...wireStory?id=8998957

The obit from the L.A. Times has quotes from Ray along with a photo of
Ray and Shel.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.co...dorf-remembered.html

Paul Naschy, Spain's first movie werewolf:

http://www.laht.com/article.as...299&CategoryId=13003