Oh, God, new book idea: zombie Maya Angelou comes back from the grave to drop some science (and kick a few asses) in Donald Trump's America.
Nelsan Ellis passed today at 39 years of age. If you were a fan of True Blood, he was Lafayette Reynolds.
Director George Romero (Night of the Living Dead), 77, and actor Martin Landau (Mission Impossible TV series and Ed Wood), 89, both died yesterday.
Chester Bennington of Linkin Park sadly hung himself today. I grew up listening to his music when I was feeling suicidal; little did I know it was him all along. RIP, Chester.
Pudsey, the Britain's got talent dog has passed away If his owner needs someone to console her, I could certainly volunteer...
John Heard (who looks, at least in this picture, strangely like Sean Spicer to me, but that's not relevant now)
Deborah Watling died on the 21st. She played the assistant to the second Dr. Who, back in the 60's. something most people don't consider about that show is Dr. Who was the first hero character who wasn't based on physical prowess, but on being the smartest one in the room. Being the sidekick character Deborah Watling was never allowed to eclipse the Dr., but she was also first female active sidekick, as opposed to the Lois Lane types.
You probably didn't know her name, but you knew her voice - June Foray, voice of Rocket J. Squirrel, Natasha Fatale and many, many more, dead at 99. http://variety.com/2017/tv/people-news/june-foray-dead-dies-rocky-natasha-bullwinkle-1202508180/
Patti Deutsch, a comic who was a regular on the last season of Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In, appeared often on the 1970s Match Game and went on to a successful voice-over career, has died. She was 73. Her family said she died Wednesday at her Los Angeles home after a long battle with cancer.
PARIS (AP) — French actress Jeanne Moreau, a smoky-voiced femme fatale who starred in Francois Truffaut's love triangle film "Jules and Jim" and whose award-winning, seven-decade career included work with some of the world's most acclaimed directors, has died. She was 89.
Sad news indeed. I'll remember his Chuck Yeager in The Right Stuff til the day I die. (I might give that movie a watch today, in his honor.)
I'm gonna get smacked for this, but I only knew he was an actor, had no clue he was a playwright, let alone one with a Pulitzer. That classes as multi-talented, RIP.
I have one of his books of plays. Had to look it up to make sure it was the same sam Shepard. I was shocked too. Maybe I'll read it now.
The actor Robert Hardy, known for his role in All Creatures Great & Small and, to a younger generation, for his part in the Harry Potter films, has died at the age of 91.
Many here might not know the name, but journalist and leading conspiracy theorist (especially regarding the JFK assassination) Jim Marrs died this week at 73.
