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R.I.P.: Anton Yelchin has passed away at age 27

Posted 10 years ago

The internet is constantly being flooded with fake news, so often my first reaction when I see a headline claiming that something terrible has happened to a celebrity is, "That has to be a hoax." Often it is. But sometimes...

Troma star Joe Fleishaker has passed away at 62

Posted 10 years ago

Troma fans are in mourning today, as word has come out that Joe Fleishaker, one of the company's most popular stars, has passed away at the age of 62. Fleishaker's first Troma appearance was in 1988's TROMA'S WAR, where he...

R.I.P.: Larry Drake has passed away at age 66

Posted 11 years ago

Avid watchers of film and television are almost certainly familiar with character actor Larry Drake from at least one of the eighty-two acting credits he racked up over the course of a forty-five year career. He's probably best known to...

Original Leatherface Gunnar Hansen has passed away at age 68

Posted 11 years ago

2015 has been an unbelievably tough year for horror fans, we've lost so many of our genre's icons and it has really hurt to see them go. I was saddened to hear over the weekend that we've lost another legend, as...

Horror legend Christopher Lee passes away at age 93

Posted 11 years ago

Christopher Lee may have been 93, but it was shocking to hear this morning that he had passed away. The man had still been going strong, taking acting roles and releasing heavy metal albums. Born on May 27, 1922 in...

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...

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