Tag: obituary
Groundbreaking animator Richard Williams passed away on Friday, August 16, 2019, at his home in Bristol, England, at the age of 86. Mr. Williams' most widely-known work was as the animation director for Robert Zemeckis' Who Framed Roger Rabbit,...
Voiceover actor Russi Taylor passed away on Friday, July 26, 2019, in Glendale, CA, at the age of 75 due to colon cancer. Ms. Taylor was the voice of Minnie Mouse for over 30 years, winning the role in...
The Hollywood Reporter reports that actor Luke Perry died on Monday due to complications of a massive stroke last Wednesday. He was 52.
Perry was best known to TV audiences as Dylan McKay on Beverly Hills, 90210, a show that...
Stephen Hillenburg, creator of Nickelodeon's hit animated series SpongeBob SquarePants, passed away on Monday, November 26, 2018, at the age of 57. He died of complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), which he was diagnosed with last year.
Hillenburg moved...
Marvel Comics icon Stan Lee passed away on November 12, 2018, at the age of 95. Born as Stanley Martin Lieber on December 28, 1922, Lee's work in the then-nascent comic book industry began in 1939 as a gofer...
Award-winning stop-motion animation pioneer Will Vinton passed away on October 4, 2018, in Portland, OR, at the age of 70 due to multiple myeloma. Born in 1947, Mr. Vinton experimented with animation using clay figures while working in advertising...
The Hollywood Reporter states that legendary artist Steve Ditko was found dead on June 29 in his New York apartment. He was 90.
Ditko achieved fame as the co-creator of Spider-Man along with writer Stan Lee in Amazing Fantasy #15 ...
The Los Angeles Times reported that legendary science fiction writer Harlan Ellison died on Wednesday in his sleep at his home in Sherman Oaks. He was 84.
Ellison was best known for his works in science fiction and fantasy with...
The Hollywood Reporter has reported that actor Ronald Lee Ermey died early on April 15, 2018, due to complications of pneumonia. He was 74.
Ermey was best known for playing military officers mainly because of his real life expertise as...
Prolific voiceover actor and pioneering early kids TV host Chuck McCann passed away on Sunday, April 8, 2018, in Los Angeles at the age of 83 due to congestive heart failure. While he began his acting career doing voiceover...