José Adolph, Author
Amanda Allen, Fan
Robert Lynn Asprin, Author
Mike Azzi, Fan
Bebe Barron, Composer
Pauline Baynes, Artist
John Berkey, Artist
Alice Borchardt, Author
Algis Budrys, Author
Robert Bussard, Scientist
Roberta "Bert" Carlson, Fan
Susan Chandler, Author
Betty Claar, Fan
Arthur C. Clarke, Author
Nelda Clark (Kennedy), Fan
José Coiro, Author
Sidney Coleman, Fan, Publisher
Chris Cooper, Fan
Hugo Correa, Author
Alexander Courage, Composer
Peggy Crawford, Publisher
N. Robin Crossby, RPG Creator
Al Curry, Fan
Bruce Dane, Fan
Don S. Davis, Actor
Terry Dartnell, Author
Calvin "Biff" W. Demmon, Fan
Lyuben Dilov, Author
Thomas M. Disch, Writer
Will Elder, Cartoonist
Roger Eldridge, Author
Joan Eslinger, Fan
Leslie Flood, Bookseller, Agent
George McDonald Fraser, Author
Steve Gerber, Comic Writer
Jürgen Grasmück, Author
Ann Green, Fan
Joseph (Joey) Grillot, Fan
E. Gary Gygax, Game Designer
Peter Haining, Anthologist
Michael Hall, Fan
Mitchell Harding, Radio Host
Richard Hauptmann, Author
Joseph Louis Hensley, Author
Charlton Heston, Actor
Edward D. Hoch, Author
Max Hodge, Screenwriter
Dave Ish, Fan
Ollie Johnston, Animator
Robert Jordan (James Rigney, Jr.), Author
Robert Justman, Producer
Sherwin "Shevie" J. Kader, Fan
Janet Kagan, Author
Colin Kapp, Author
Ted Keys, Cartoonist
Perry Knowlton, Agent
Verity Lambert, Producer
Raymond Leblanc, Publisher
Robert Legault, Copyeditor
Madeleine L'Engle, Author
Ira Levin, Author
Lois Mangan, Fan
Peter L. Manly, Author
Stephen Marlowe, Author
Mary Martin, Fan
Pat McAdams, Fan
Sandy McDade, Fan
Greg McMillan, Fan
Jim Mooney, Artist
Paul Norris, Artist
Paul Parsons, Fan
Bill Payne, Fan
Steve Pearl, Fan
Joseph Pevney, Director
Derek Pickles, Fan
George W. Proctor, Fan
Hank Reinhardt, Fan
Patrick Roberts, Fan
Rory Root, Fan
Anita Rowland, Fan
Rubens Teixeira Scavone, Author
Roy Scheider, Actor
Jody Scott, Author
Juanita Sharp, Fan
Simeon Shoul, Reviewer
Ken Slater, Fan, Reviewer
Jack Speer, Fan
Dave Stevens, Comic Writer
Ira Stoller, Fan
William Tuttle, Make-up Artist
Greg "Gumdrops" Twyman, Fan
Rick Urdiales, Fan
Marion Van Der Voort, Bookseller
Jim Raymond van Scyoc, Author
Stan Winston, Special Effects/Make-up Artist
Dave Wood, Fan

10/15/1931 - 7/26/2008 He ran the Games Club of Maryland Westminster branch, and he (along with his wife, back when he was married) were regular Balticon attendees.

And he was my friend. It was always nice to go to a community event and see him in his "Tooky the Clown" persona.

Ann Green, 1961-July 29, 2008.

Sympathies to Steve Green, her husband of 25 years, and the rest of her family and friends.

SF writer - Camp Concentration, The Brave Little Toaster

*sigh*

Chris Cooper and his sister Kate at Noreascon IV

Major Hammond in Stargate SG-1

Funny bit of trivial - used to be Dana Eclar's double

Jack Speer, who wrote the first history of fandom, Up to Now, died this morning.

Special Effectsand make-up artist Stan Winston, 4/7/1946-6/15/2008.

Author Lyuben Dilov (b.1927) died on June 10. Dilov was a Bulgarian science fiction author who wrote more than thirty-five books, including The Atomic Man and The Icarus Way. He is considered the father of Bulgarian science fiction. Dilov founded the Graviton Awards, presented for good imagination and goodness of imagination.

Just got word that AJ Budrys died today.

I just read in today's SciFiWire that Alexander courage, the composer of the theme for the original Star Trek, died on May 15 at the age of 88.

Author of the Myth Series, Phule's Regiment, and editor and co-creator of Thieves' World, Robert Lynn Asprin died today.

This comes from filkertom (and I really wish he would join this community). Comics artist Will Elder died yesterday at the age of 86. Tom didn't mention a cause of death, nor was one given on Elder's Wikipedia entry.

I just read a few minutes ago that John Phillip Law, the actor who played the angel Pygar in Barbarella, died Tuesday at the age of 70. I'm not certain as to the COD.

Her husband, Paul Mangan, wrote a nice piece about her at:

http://community.livejournal.com/filk/301805.html

I don't know if he would qualify for mention on the Memorial List, but Albert Hofmann, the scientist who discovered LSD, died on April 29 at the age of 102. According to Wikipedia, the cause of death was a heart attack.

Artist John Berkey died on April 29.

In the latest issue of Alexiad, Carolyn Clowes reports that Janet Kagan died on February 29. Among other things, she won the Hugo in 1993 for The Nutcracker Coup.

As many of you already know, Charlton Heston died Saturday at the age of 84. While his best-known roles are in The Ten Commandements and Ben-Hur, his genre connections are The Omega Man, Planet Of The Apes, and Soylent Green.

And I'm really surprised that I haven't seen anyone make the comment that he is now Soylent Green.

Sir Arthur C. Clarke died today.

I saw this in yesterday's USA Today. Dave Stevens, the creator of The Rocketeer, died March 10 from leukemia. He was 52.

I first saw this on Yahoo! News, and several people have already mentioned it on their LJs, but it definitely needs to be listed here. Gary Gygax, the creator of Dungeons & Dragons, and generally considered the father of the role-playing game, died early this morning at the age of 69.

I haven't seen a definitive listing of the cause of death, but he had been in poor health for several months.

To use a line that several people have already used, Mr. Gygax missed his last saving throw, and has used up all of his hit points.

SF writer

photos

Joan Eslinger died on 7 February. She was a good friend and a companion for many memorable adventures, some in Illinois, where we met, some in California, where she lived for most of the last two decades.

You might know her from Unix hacking, science fiction fandom, belly-dancing, Usenet newsgroups, General Technics, or interpreting the cryptic lyrics to "American Pie."

You might know her as:

wombat@sgi.com
wombat@kilimanjaro.engr.sgi.com
wombat@key.amdahl.com
ihnp4!uiucdcs!ccvaxa!wombat
or nakednosewombat


I will have to write more.



Photos circa 1989, courtesy of Bill Leininger.

I think most of you may have already seen this, but Roy Scheider died from complications from myeloma (some reports say it was from a staph infection). He was 75, and his best known genre connection was starring in the mid-1990s TV series SeaQuest DSV. He was 75.

I saw this on SciFiWire today. Maila Nurmi, who played horror movie hostess Vampira, was found dead on her home on January 10. According to her entry on Wikipedia, cause of death was cardiac arrest.

Derek Pickles, 1950s Brit Fan credited with inventing "The Usual" as the standard method of payment for fanzines.

I don't have Derek's date of death, just an email note received today from his son, Andrew Pickles, saying that Derek died "recently."

Author of the Flashman series.
Died on January 2.

The son of the great director, Frank Capra, Jr. was a Hollywood producer whose films included "Firestarter," "Battle for the Planet of the Apes," "Conquest of the Planet of the Apes," "Escape from the Planet of the Apes," and "Marooned."

Seattle fan Anita Rowland died on December 10, 2007. She was involved in running Potlatch and an active blogger.

Verity Lambert, who was the first producer of "Doctor Who" and also execfutive produced four episodes of "Quatermass," died on November 22, five days before her birthday.

Peter Haining, the anthologist, suffered a fatal heart attack last night (November 19).

Fan and Toni Weisskopf's husband. Hank died this morning at around 11:45.

Local Pittsburgh fan Greg Twyman died on 10/17. We met him over 30 years ago, when Jim was teaching at Central Catholic and started a science fiction club. Greg was one of the club members. He was also an enthusiastic movie music expert, posting online under the name Gumdrops.

Rick Urdiales, popular Kansas City area science fiction fan, passed away Sunday, October 14, 2007.

She was active in pacific northwest fandom and a former vice-chair of Norwescon.

Singer Randy van Horne (b.1924) died of cancer on September 26.

After serving in World War II, van Horne studied music and formed a vocal group. By the mid-fifties, van Horne had assembled an ensemble of session vocalists, which included Thurl Ravencroft (the voice of Tony the Tiger) and Marni Nixon (the voice of Audrey Hepburn, Deborah Kerr, and Natalie Wood).

Van Horne is best known as the singer for the theme songs on “The Jetsons” and “The Flintstones.”

I just read that Lois Maxwell, the actress who played Miss Moneypenny in the James Bond movies from Dr. No through A View To A Kill, died yesterday of cancer, age 80.

I'm sure most of you have already read the news by now, but James Oliver Rigny, Jr., better known as Robert Jordan, died yesterday from complications from primary amyloidosis with cardiomyopathy. He was 58.

Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_jordan

Yahoo! News obituary: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070917/ap_on_en_ot/obit_jordan

According to Publisher's Weekly, Madeleine L'Engle died last night.

Portland-area fan Juanita Sharp has died of cancer.