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September 9, 1923 – September 10, 2011 American actor Cliff Robertson died at the age of 88 on Saturday September 10 from natural causes. To the younger generation (God…I sound like my Dad!) Cliff Robertson will be best remembered as Uncle Ben in Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man, also seen in flashback in Spider-Man 2 and 3. [...]
Sad news comes to us this morning that comedy legend Leslie Nielsen has passed away from complications from pneumonia, that arose while he was fighting a staph affection. He was 84 years old. Nielsen will likely be best remembered for his appearances in spoof TV and films, including Airplane!, Police Squad and The Naked Gun series. [...]
Dino De Laurentiis, acclaimed producer of many films including the Hannibal Lecter franchise, sadly passed away on Wednesday, surrounded by his family at his Beverley Hills home. He was 91 years old. Earlier in his career, De Laurentiis worked with some of Italy’s most famous directors, including Federico Fellini and Roberto Rossellini, however in the [...]
Having only celebrated his 88th birthday on Monday, director Arthur Penn sadly passed away on Tuesday, his daughter Molly reported. Penn will be best known for his ground-breaking work on Bonnie & Clyde, which at the time was a massive departure from the tone and style of Hollywood’s output, yet still earned him a thoroughly [...]
Although she was well into her 80′s when she appeared in Titanic, Gloria Stuart had to be aged through make-up in order to make her look believable as a survivor of the tragic sinking. Stuart had in fact long since retired from acting in feature films, having last appeared on the big screen in 1946′s [...]
It is of course always sad to lose someone of great and unusual talent, but to lose them in their prime, with so much still ahead of them is especially tragic. News comes today from The LA Times of the death of Sally Menke, who was an acclaimed and gifted editor, having worked with Quentin [...]
It’s being reported tonight that director Satoshi Kon has passed away at the age of 47. Official confirmation is expected to follow but various sources are confirming the sad news. In his short life he wrote, animated and directed some of the most magical, thought provoking and emotionally engaging anime films, which thankfully made their [...]
Sad news to end the long weekend on, it has been announced that actress Lynn Redgrave has died at the age of 67. Part of the Redgrave acting dynasty it is her roles in Georgy Girl and Bill Condon’s Gods and Monsters which will be thought of as her most shining moments, and with good [...]
Sad news to end the week on tonight. The actor and director Lionel Jeffries has died at the age of 83. He’ll be a familiar face to those of us who watched Chitty Chitty Bang Bang endlessly, his role as the eccentric and irrepressible Grandpa Potts was a huge part of the buoyancy and charm [...]
Sad news today that Joseph Wiseman who played the first James Bond villain opposite Sean Connery in Dr. No has died ages 91. Wiseman played the character Dr. Julius No in the 1962 film. The LA Times have reported that Wiseman’s health had recently been deteriorating and that he died at his home in Manhattan. [...]
