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Richard Johnson, star of The Haunting and Zombie, has died at age 87

Posted 11 years ago

We haven't even reached the midway point and 2015 has already been an exceptionally rough year when it comes to losing great actors with connections to the horror genre. Just a week after Betsy Palmer passed away, the acting world...

Betsy Palmer passes away at age 88 – R.I.P., Mrs. Voorhees

Posted 11 years ago

There's very sad news to report this morning, news which I was devastated to hear. Last night, Betsy Palmer's longtime manager Brad Lemack announced that the actress, best known to genre fans for her iconic performance as Mrs. Voorhees in...

R.I.P. The Devil’s Rejects’ Geoffrey Lewis passes away at age 79

Posted 11 years ago

They say celebrity deaths come in threes, and today we have some more sad news to share as the great character actor Geoffrey Lewis has passed away at age 79. His passing is the third death we've written about in...

R.I.P. Genre fave Tom Towles passes away at age 65

Posted 11 years ago

Tom Towles, the fantastic character actor whose credits included HENRY: PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL KILLER, THE BORROWER, 1990's NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD remake, HOUSE OF 1000 CORPSES, and THE DEVIL'S REJECTS just to name a few, has passed away...

R.I.P. Maniac Cop star Robert Z’Dar has passed away

Posted 11 years ago

We have some sad news to share as it has been reported that MANIAC COP star Robert Z'Dar has passed away at the age of 64. The Pensacola News Journal reports that Z'Dar died Monday night in Pensacola after being...

R.I.P. American Horror Story: Freak Show actor Ben Woolf dies at 34

Posted 11 years ago

We have some sad news to share as it has been reported that "American Horror Story: Freak Show" actor Ben Woolf, who memorably played the character of Meep, died Monday from a head injury he sustained last week. Woolf was...

R.I.P. Billie Whitelaw, The Omen’s Mrs. Baylock, passes away at 82

Posted 12 years ago

Acclaimed actress Billie Whitelaw, who memorably portrayed the role of the nefarious Mrs. Baylock in the original THE OMEN, has died at the age of 82. The Coventry-born star died in the early hours of Sunday at a nursing home...

R.I.P. Ken Weatherwax, Pugsley from TV’s The Addam’s Family, dead at 59

Posted 12 years ago

Sad news to share with you as we have learned that Kenneth Patrick "Ken" Weatherwax, who is best known as Pugsley Addam's from the classic 60's television series "The Addam's Family", passed away from an apparent heart attack Sunday at...

R.I.P. Mike Nichols, director of Wolf, has died at age 83

Posted 12 years ago

Celebrated director Mike Nichols, whose vast filmography includes WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?, THE GRADUATE, SILKWOOD, and 1994's Jack Nicholson-starring WOLF, has died at age 83 from cardiac arrest. Nichols, who was born Michael Igor Peschkowsky in Berlin in 1931,...

R.I.P. Jacob’s Ladder actress Elizabeth Pena dies at 55

Posted 12 years ago

Actress Elizabeth Pena, who co-starred in LA BAMBA and Adrian Lyne's disturbing classic JACOB'S LADDER, has passed away at the age of 55 in Los Angeles after suffering from a brief illness, according to Variety. Pena has appeared in many...

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