ALL THINGS: We Hardly Knew Ye?

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RIP, Mr. Slate (and a bunch of other characters, too.) Fortunately, we got to "knew ye" for quite a long time.

John Stephenson, voice of Fred Flintstone's boss, Mr. Slate, and many other Hanna Barbera characters, dies at 91. I had the great pleasure of meeting him several times, and he was one of the nicest, most gracious gentlemen I ever met.
http://www.newsfromme.com/2015/05/17/john-stephenson-r-i-p/
 
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John Stephenson, voice of Fred Flintstone's boss, Mr. Slate, and any other Hanna Barbera characters,

I think you mean many other Hanna Barbera characters

Let us not forget the late great Daws Butler who contributed greatly to the HB cannon .

RIP John Stephenson
 
Robert Drasnin (1927 – 2015)

The composer is best known for scoring numerous TV show episodes between the 1950s and 1980s, including Mission: Impossible, The Twilight Zone, Hawaii Five-0, Lost in Space, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., I Spy, The Wild Wild West, Mannix, Cannon, The Streets of San Francisco, Police Story and CHiPs. His feature film credits include the 1970 thriller The Kremlin Letter directed by John Huston, the 1973 horror thriller The Candy Snatchers and 1966 western Ride in the Whirlwind starring Jack Nicholson. He also composed the music for numerous TV movies and served as a director of music for CBS Television from 1977 to 1991. He was inducted into the West Virginia Music Hall of Fame in 2008. In recent years, he was teaching classes at the film scoring program of UCLA Extension.
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Writer-Director Gill Dennis Was 74, Credits Include Walk The Line , Return To Oz

Dennis also wrote the screenplays for Walter Murch’s “Return to Oz” (1985) and Judy Davis’ drama “On My Own” (1991), in addition to penning and directing Angelina Jolie’s thriller “Without Evidence” (1995) and the 1973 film “Intermission.” On the TV front, he did the teleplay for the 1996 TNT Western “Riders of the Purple Sage” and wrote the Showtime miniseries “Home Fires.”
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Among too many page of these farewells already, this one hits close to home. Eric Caidin was a Hollywood maniac, a legend, and a great friend. There are almost certainly some on this board who knew him or met him as well. I'm pretty sure he had as many memorable moments in life as he provided for others, which is to say an immeasurable number. Still, at a time like this, you always long for one more. Rest in peace, Eric.

Eric Caidin, we hardly knew ye
 
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Among too many page of these farewells already, this one hits close to home. Eric Caidin was a Hollywood maniac, a legend, and a great friend. There are almost certainly some on this board who knew him or met him as well. I'm pretty sure he had as many memorable moments in life as he provided for others, which is to say an immeasurable number. Still, at a time like this, you always long for one more. Rest in peace, Eric.

Eric Caidin, we hardly knew ye
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Never actually met the man, but I did shop there. Shame he didn't get to bring the store to 'monsters row' in Burbank as the article spoke of.
 
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From the Golden Apple newsletter/email

I need to take up some of this blog with sad news. One of my Dad's close friends and compatriot, Eric Caidin of the famous Hollywood Book & Poster Co. died recently. He was a staple at every convention, Grindhouse movie marathon and underground wrestling match.When my Dad was alive, he fullfilled both of their childhood dreams of being drawn into Archie Comics. To read more about him, please click on the image below.
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Eric Caidin dies at 62; movie memorabilia maven, grindhouse connoisseur
http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-eric-caidin-20150525-story.html

HERE'S TOMORROW'S MEMORIAL INFO:
Tuesday, June 2nd, 2015, from 4:30pm until 6:30pm at the:
NEW BEVERLY CINEMA
7165 Beverly Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90036
Casual dress, Grindhouse double feature to follow. In lieu of flowers, they are asking for donations to help keep HOLLYWOOD BOOK AND POSTER CO. running at this difficult time.
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If you go to the New Bev website you can find a link to donate.
 
RIP: Hiroshi Koizumi
http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/104966/rip-hiroshi-koizumi/

The Kaiju universe has lost another cherished star as Hiroshi Koizumi has passed on at age 88 due to pneumonia. Koizumi was probably one of the most recognizable faces working in the industry throughout the Sixties, and he’s left behind a cornucopia of giant monster memories.

In 1955 Koizumi played Shoichi Tsukioka, the lead role in Godzilla Raids Again; he was also Dr. Shinichi Chujo in Mothra (1961) and Professor Miura in both Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964) and Ghidorah: The Three Headed Monster (1964). Outside of the Godzilla universe, Hiroshi appeared in Atragon (1963), Matango (1963), and Dogora (1964) as well as in Eiji Tsuburaya’s Ultra Q (1966).

At this time we here at Dread Central would like to take a moment to extend our deepest condolences to Hiroshi’s friends, family, and constituents. Domo arigato.
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RIP: Author Tanith Lee
http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/104842/rip-author-tanith-lee/

We have some rather sad news to share today as word has come that fantasy/horror novelist Tanith Lee has passed away at the all too young age of 67. Lee, who couldn’t read until she was 8 but started writing when she was 9 and went on to compose more than 90 science fiction, fantasy, and horror novels, died this past May 24, 2015, at her home in East Sussex, England.

Per The New York Times, the cause of death was breast cancer, said her husband, John Kaiine, an artist and writer, who is her only immediate survivor.

In 1980 Lee was the first female recipient of the British Fantasy Award for best novel, Death’s Master, and last month she received the Bram Stoker Lifetime Achievement Award from the Horror Writers Association. She wrote erotic Gothic chillers for adults and modern myths for children, and she reinterpreted fairy tales with even more frightful twists.

“Writers tell stories better, because they’ve had more practice, but everyone has a book in them,” Lee said in a 1998 interview. “We need the expressive arts, the ancient scribes, the storytellers, the priests. And that’s where I put myself: as a storyteller. Not necessarily a high priestess, but certainly the storyteller. And I would love to be the storyteller of the tribe!”

A farewell to Lee’s readers appeared on her website shortly after she died: “Though we come and go, and pass into the shadows, where we leave behind us stories told — on paper, on the wings of butterflies, on the wind, on the hearts of others — there we are remembered, there we work magic and great change — passing on the fire like a torch — forever and forever. Till the sky falls, and all things are flawless and need no words at all.”

Our condolences to Tanith’s friends and family members. And farewell to one of the best storytellers of her generation!
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Game of Thrones, Captain America visual effects editor mauled by lions in Africa
http://www.ew.com/article/2015/06/0...in-america-visual-effects-editor-lion-mauling

An American tourist who was recently mauled and killed by lions in South Africa was Hollywood visual effects editor Katherine Chappell, according to People.

Chappell has done work for both TV and film, including several episodes of Game of Thrones, as well as Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Divergent.

Chappell was reportedly attacked while riding in an SUV. Her family has announced plans to lay her to rest on Sunday, and members of her family have thanked the public for their support during this time.
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Mary Ellen Trainor, 62, Acted In Goonies , Lethal Weapon , Scrooged , Romancing The Stone

She started a career in television and film, beginning with the role of Elaine in “Romancing the Stone” and Mrs. Walsh in “The Goonies.” She also appeared in all four “Lethal Weapon” movies, “Die Hard,” “Scrooged,” “Ghostbusters II,” “Back to the Future Part II,” “Forrest Gump,” the 2003 “Freaky Friday” and racked up scores of television appearances, including leading roles in “Parker Lewis Can’t Lose” and “Relativity.”
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