A brief tribute to some of the cartoonists and pop-culture related deaths during the last 12 months:
Bob May
Ricardo Montalban
Patrick McGoohan
John Updike
John Carbonaro
Rod Gilchrist
Andrew “Test” Martin
José González
Anne Cleveland
Frank Springer
Bea Arthur
David Carradine
Patrick Swayze
Ric Estrada
Dave Simons
Mitsuharu Misawa
Jaime Diaz
Michael Jackson
Ellie Frazetta
Heinz Edelmann
Captain Lou Albano
Bernie Fuchs
Yoshito Usui
Rusty Haller
Rich Hafstead
George Tuska
Shel Dorf
Ken Krueger
Sonny Trinidad
Irving Tripp
David Levine
Roy Disney
Dan O’Bannon
Andrew Wyeth
Brittany Murphy
So for Bea Arthur you had to go with the Star Wars Christmas Special? Ha! :)
Very touching to see them listed all in one place. I was especially saddened by the death of Ric Estrada on a personal level, as he had been very kind to me at the 2003 San Diego Comic-Con.
One note: I believe the Lost in Space B-9 Robot actor was Bob May, not John May.
Nobody seems particularly worked up over John Keel dropping.
Dan O’Bannon left us in December. He wrote the screenplays for ALIEN and TOTAL RECALL.
I never knew test died.
Old school wrestler Steve “Dr. Death” Williams passed away the other day to Cancer as well
That’s Jean Anderson’s work, not Anne Cleveland’s. It doesn’t even look like Anne Cleveland’s work.
Farrah Fawcett’s death really was lost in the shadow of Michael Jackson’s.
In fact, it was lost from this list entirely. Tsk tsk, Heidi.
the Alvin comic book drawing attributed to Irv Tripp, seems to be the work of Bill Williams.
…and my resolution to stop thinking Spurgeon just comments to be relentlessly critical is broken already.
What about Roy E. Disney?
Thanks for the tributes. One note regarding Roy Disney. The image being used is a statue of his father, Roy O. Disney, who passed away in the early 70s.
A tough year for the entertainment industries…
This and other such lists have certainly given me pause and brought me face to face with my own mortality.
I will certainly cherish each day just a little more in 2010…
I can’t believe you omitted Shel Dorf and Ken Krueger!
Darci – they’re there. You didn’t click on to read the rest of this story link.
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