A little bit more on McGoohan
Cartoonist Michael Aushenker sent us a link that provides a bit more information on the enigmatic Patrick McGoohan, who died last week. Aushenker is also a staff writer for the Palisadian-Post, the weekly community...
RIP John Updike
Famed novelist John Updike has died at age 76. Besides winning awards and being one of the best prose stylists of recent American letters, Updike was a friend of comics, having planned to be...
RIP: Bob May
After the shocking double dose of death with Patrick McGoohan and Ricardo Montalban the other day, we know you were all wondering who would complete the sad trifecta. Somehow, Andrew Wyeth great as he...
Inside the Secret Agent
I think I must have fallen in love with Patrick McGoohan the first time I saw him. It's not hard to see why a cat-loving kid with no father might have been smitten with...
RIP: Ricardo Montalban
In a day that has sent pop culture fans reeling, we've also lost Ricardo Montalban. Best known as the white-suited smoothie from Fantasy Island, the Mexican-born star had an early career in musicals before...
RIP: Patrick McGoohan
The Beat will surely have more on this later, given her love of the Prisoner. This is just a newsflash until she posts later.
The AP story:
LOS ANGELES – Patrick McGoohan, an Emmy-winning actor who...
RIP Eartha Kitt
Eartha Kitt died yesterday at age 81. Many people are called "legendary," but Kitt truly was, as a singer, dancer, and actress. Julie Newmar may have been the #1 Catwoman on the campy Batman...
RIP: Majel Barrett Roddenberry
Majel Barrett Roddenberry, widow of Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, passed away today at the age of 76.
She had just recently finished voice work for the new STAR TREK movie, reprising her role as...
RIP: Gérard Lauzier
Numerous French-language outlets are reporting the death of Gérard Lauzier, a very well-known cartoonist/satirist who later had even greater success as a film writer and director. According to his Lambiek page, he created...
RIP Forrest J Ackerman
Legendary horror fan and writer Forrest J. Ackerman passed away Thursday night after a lengthy illness. He was 92. As the editor of Famous Monsters of Filmland, and the owner of the famed Ackermansion,...
RIP: Guy Peellaert
Sad news via The Forbidden Planet International Blog:
Belgian rock illustrator and cartoonist Guy Peellaert (previously profiled here) passed away on Monday, November 17th after a serious heart failure. He was 74 and still...
