Actress Kaye Ballard (b.1925) died on January 21. More recently, he was in Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets. Director John Carl Buechler (b.1952) died on March 18. He also wrote Disney trivia books and was named a Disney Legend in 2007. He was one of the founders of the Science Fiction film club in India. Wright ran the Chicago TARDIS Masquerade and was active in the International Costumers Guild for the Chicagoland chapter. Her costumes were featured in The Costume Makers Art and Thread magazine. His books had a strong influence on the growth of modern Wicca. Actor Dick Miller (b.1928) died on January 30. His genre works included After the Rain, which he also turned into a play, and No Retreat. He attended both Taos Toolbox and Viable Paradise and had stories published in Penumbra and Another 100 Horrors. Harris ran the Asheville, NC bookstore Lin Digs the Book and after retiring toured the country in an RV, working at various local bookstores and attending conventions. Alonso was featured in many sword-and-sandal spectacles and appeared in the fantasy film Atlas Against the Cyclops. German producer Artur Brauner (b.1918) died on July 7. Actor Albert Finney (b.1936) died on February 8. He provided voice work for Mobile Suit Gundam 00, Masters of the Unvierse vs. the Snake Men, X-Men: Evolution, and many more animated films and shows. He also worked on the first two Godfather films and was nominated for an Oscar as the producer of Chinatown. Nguyen is a stunt performer and actor who has appeared in The Walking Dead, Banshee, and The Originals. and published seven additional stories throughout the 90s. Publisher Robert S. Friedman died on January 9. Actor Michael Lamper (b.1958) died on December 8. in 1964 from Hardin Simmons University in Abilene, Texas, then did graduate work at the University of California, Berkeley, from 1965-67. Fan Carl Slaughter (b.1958) died in a car accident on August 11. Fan Adrian Masters (b.1981) died on April 3. Actor David Hedison (b.1927) died on July 18. He attended and graduated from Forest Hills Central High School in 1976 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Actor John Wesley (b.1947) died on September 8. Screenwriter D.C. Fontana (b.1939) died on December 2. Glen Mehn died on May 15. Filker Zanda Myrande (b.1955) died on July 24. CONTRARY BRIN: Science Fiction roundup and predictive milestones! June 3, 2022 . Actor Max Arthur (b.1939) died on May 2. McKeon is best known for his role as Tommy on the sitcom Alice, but also appeared in an episode of Amazing Stories, and the films 976-Evil II, Sandman, and Return to Horror High. No. In 2011, he wrote The History of Modern Japanese Fantastic Fiction: Meiji Edition. Author Marjorie Weinman Sharmat (b.1928) died on March 12. NASA Director of Flight Operations Chris Kraft (b.1924) died on July 22, just after the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing. Comics historian Bill Schelly (b.1951) died on September 12. Brown is best known for writing The Wiz, based on The Wizard of Oz. Artist Nigel Dobbyn (b.1963) died on August. Author Milan Asadurov (b.1949) died on June 8. Karina appeared in The Time to Die, Alphaville, Morels Invention The Magus, and Treasure Island. He directed the science fiction film Kin-dza-dza! Arizona fan Curtis Stubbs (b.1948) died on September 14. Other appearances include Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed, Adam Adamant Lives!, and Terrahawks. He played MR. Mxyzptlk on Superboy, Jahn on Star Trek, and has appeared on Toxic Crusaders and Lost in Space. New Zealand author Jack Lasenby (b.1931) died on September 27. Holums short story The 3rd Party appeared in If in 1955. Andersson made thirteen films with Ingmar Bergman. Mark was born on June 18 of 1918 in Salt Lake City to parents Daniel and Johanna Heyrend. Other appearances included Knightriders and The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. Stuntman Bronco McLoughlin (b.1938) died on March 26. He played Captain Potter in Quatermass and the Pit and appeared as Dino Moretti in The Punisher. He illustrated several works by Elizabeth Levy, including Frankenstein Moved In On the Fourth Floor and Gorgonzola Zombies in the Park. Kobayashi translated numerous English works of science fiction into Japanese using the name Takashi Ogawa. He also published the short stories Inheritance and Grimers.. Actor Rutger Hauer (b.1944) died on July 19. MARK MCFARLAND OBITUARY. Lepovetsky begane publishing work of genre interest in 1985 with her short story Along Came a Spider and her poem The Old Dragons Song. She continued to publish short fiction and poety and in 2016 released the collection Voices from Empty Rooms. Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov (b.1934) died on October 11. Tibn has only appeared in a few genre films, including Rat, Lovespell Miss Morisons Ghosts, and Rawhead Rex. Heater was a longtime employee at Borderlands Books in San Francisco, and according to her biography, she had no actual physical existence outside of Borderlands. Heater began working at the bookstore in 2002. Etchisons short stories have been collected in several volumes. Sargent worked on the scnreeplays for Spider-Man 2, Spider-Man 3, and The Amazing Spider-Man. Author Gene Wolfe (b.1931) died on April 14. MARK CAREY OBITUARY. Actress Valerie Harper (b.1939) died on August 30. Author: Mark Greyland Author Record # 210487; Birthdate: unknown Deathdate: 1 May 2019 Language: English Note: Son of Marion Zimmer Bradley. He would go on to portray Felix Leiter opposite Roger Moore and Timothy Dalton and also appeared in the 1958 film The Fly. Ballantine has received a Presidents Award from SFWA and a special committee award from L.A.con IV. Actor John Clarke (b.1931) died on October 16. Chamberlain was a frequent Worldcon, World Fantasy Con and Nebula Conference attendee who could often be found browsing for rare first editions and getting them signed. Musician Neil Innes (b.1944) died on December 29. Miller was part of Beyond the Fringe with Allan Bennett, Dudley Moore, and Peter Cook. His own science fiction writing has focused on stories in Larry Nivens Man-Kzin Wars series, and he has written numerous non-genre works. Cortese appeared in The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, Juliet of the Spirits, and The Big Scare. In 2018, he was nominated for a Golden Issue Award. Staley portrayed Okie Annie in two episodes of Batman and also appeared in an episode of The Munsters. She won the Stoker Award four times, for her novel Dread in the Beast and for three of her poetry collections, Sineater, Vectors, and Four Elements. Author and artist Alasdair Gray (b.1934) died on December 29. Axelrod appeared in The Blob, The Transformers, Tales of Frankenstein, and Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. Born in the 1960s and blessed with full spectrum synesthesia, Mark Greyland is an artist and musician with a singular vision. OBITUARY Greyland Marvin Gantt 20 April, 1951 - 16 February, 2023. Smith created the Walt Disney Archives and was the editor the Disney A to Z, the official encyclopedia for the Disney Company. Pitts began publishing short fiction in 2006 with There Once Was a Girl from Nantucket (A Fortean Love Story), co-written with Ken Scholes. She was a guest of honor at the 1990 Eastercon in Liverpool and served on the 1987 Brighton Worldcon committee. Mehn served as the administrator of the Kitschie Awards. Actor Clive Swift (b.1936) died on February 1. Berg was the recipient of numerous Charles S. Roberts Awards and was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1987. Actor Nicky Henson (b.1945) died on December 15. Author Raven Grimassi (b.Gary Charles Erbe, 1951) died on March 10. Best known for his roles as Hoffy in Stalag 17 and Leonard on the television show Community, Erdman appeared in episodes of The Twilight Zone, The Six Million Dollar Man, The Bionic Woman, and provided voice work for The Jetsons, The Amazing Spider-Man, and Batman: The Animated Series. Foster served as producer on Caveman, Short Circuit, both the 1982 and 2011 versions of The Thing, The Core, and many other films. Comic book artist Tom Lyle (b.1953) died on November 19. He also ran Ferret Fantasy publishing. Magasiva played the Red Wind Ranger in Power Rangers Ninja Storm and Power Rangers DinoThunder. Most of her work was not fantastic in nature. Kill!, but she also appeared in the horror films The Killing Kind, Necromancy, and The Witchmaker. Actress Virginia Leith (b.1925) died on November 4. Alsatian author and artist Tomi Ungerer (b.1931) died on February 9. Fan Martin Hoare (b.1952) died on July 26. Taves co-edited The Jules Verne Encyclopedia and wrote Hollywood Presents Jules Verne: The Father of Science Fiction on Screen. Actor Peter Fonda (b.1940) died on August 16. Although primarily an author of gay fiction, some of Baniss writings, such as The Gay Haunt, The Devils Dance, and The Vampire Women had speculative fiction elements. Spinney famously played the roles of Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch on Sesame Street from 1969 through 2018, making appearances as both on a variety of other shows and movies, including Supernatural and Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian. Composer Ben Johnston (b.1926) died on July 21. He ran the gaming company Reality Cheque. Actor Morgan Woodward (b.1925) died on February 22. Author Michaelene Pendleton (b.1947) died on January 21. Author Sam Savage (b.1940) died on January 17. He appeared in The Meteor Man, Killer Tomatoes Stroke Back!, and an episode of The Incredible Hulk. Anime writer and director Yasuhiro Takemoto (b.1972) was killed in the Kyoto Animation fire on July 18. Greg Porter created the card game Killing Lee Garvin in his honor and to help raise funds for him. MARK BURGESS OBITUARY. Producer Edward Lewis (b.1919) died on July 27. Archivist Dave Smith (b.1940) died on February 15. Actor Bruno Ganz (b.1941) died on February 15. Mark Alan Nelson was born on December 27, 1956 in Billings, MT, the son of Marvin and Gladys (Jacobson) Nelson. Actress Peggy Stewart (b.1923) died on May 29. Conway did voice work for Batman: The Brave and the Bold, Dreamworks Dragons, and other animated works. Pendleton began publishing in 1989 with the short story Sardines in. Art designer Philip Gips (b.1931) died on October 3. Hudnall began his career in 1986, writing Espers. Whitehead wrote the novel The Rison and published the short story Tonite Lets Make Love in London (or The Case of the Purloined Soundtrack). His films include Terrorism Considered as One of the Fine Arts. Jeppson. Heitz appeared in the film Just Visting and episodes of Moonlight and Early Edition. Kill! Richerson was a two-time Campbell Award finalist and her short story Love on a Stick was nominated for the Gaylactic Spectrum Awards. Costume designer Terry de Havilland (b.1938) died on November 27. Showing all translations. Arthur appeared in the fifth Doctor serial Planet of Fire. Mostly a stage actor, he was also a military historian who focused on first-hand recollections of the World Wars. Jaffe began working for Zocchi Distribution and later Mr. Bs Games. I have always been drawn to the powerful images that are found in nature but as time went on I found that what drew me was often either invisible or irrelevant to the other artists, much less the people looking at the early pictures I was . IN THE CARE OF. He was a frequent attendee at the Festival of Fantastic Films. Although not generally a genre writer, Camoins work appeared in Omni and includes the genre stories Some of My Best Friends Are Americans and Centaur, which appeared in The Twilight Zone Magazine. Her most recent novel was the stand alone Windhome. Finney appeared in Looker, Privilege, provided a voice in Corpse Bride, and Big Fish. She was also active in SFWA, creating the organizations first website and serving as webmaster for the first five years. His genre work includes producing and directing Its a BirdIts a PlaneIts Superman, and Damn Yankees. Kramer was a Broadway producer whose shows included The Addams Family, Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, Frankenstein, and Finding Neverland. Author and editor Robert N. Stephenson (b.1961) died on August 15. Loomis founded Flying Buffalo and published Nuclear Destruction and later Nuclear War. Amazing Stories is a Registered Trademark of Steve Davidson and the Experimenter Publishing Company. Salem was an editor at Universal Press Syndicate who worked with Gary Larson on The Far Side and with Bill Watterson on Calvin and Hobbes. Mark lived in Huntley, MT and then moved . Asaduroc founded the Galaxy imprint in Bulgaria, which published works by Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, the Strugatskys, and Ursula K. Le Guin. She may have been best known for her starring role on The Mod Squad. Fujomoto provided voice work for numerous animes, including Metal Gear Solid 2, Ghost in the Shell, Appleseed, and more. Bookseller Bruce Robert MacPhee died on November 13. Fogel appeared in a handful of minor genre roles, including an appearance on the sitcom Good Heavens, an episode of Project U.F.O., and the film Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell. Actor Tim Conway (b.1933) died on May 14. Walter Harris (b.1925) died on May 9. He also appeared in Damnation Alley, based on Roger Zelaznys novel. Mead created the look for many films, including Tron, Blade Runner, Aliens, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, 2010, and Mission to Mars. Burningham won the 1963 and 1970 Kate Greenaway Medals for British childrens book illustration. Fan Mike Raub (b.1951) died on March 19. Torn portrayed Zed in the first two Men in Black films and also appeared in The Man Who Fell to Earth, Defending Your Life, The Beastmaster, Robocop 3, and Airplane II: The Sequel. Some of his works were published under the pseudonyms Carl Dreadstone and E.K. Case Summary. IN 1957, he was made a Knight of Saint Fantony at Cytricon III. Producer Steve Golin (b.1955) died on April 21. Mark Nelson. He provided the artwork for the original novel Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang, by Ian Fleming. And also showed up in episodes of The Time Tunnel, The Invaders, and Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea. In addition to his own work, he translated the works of authors including Anne McCaffrey and James Gleick, winning an Alexander Belyaev Literary Prize for the latter work. Banis also published as Jan Alexander, Victor Samuels, and Don Holliday. Lewis ran Midnight Books and was a frequent dealer at World Fantasy Con and Worldcon. 24. Swedish fan Christian Rosenfeldt (b.1956) died in late July. Best known for writing for The Carol Burnett Show and Laugh-In Siegel also wrote the 1967 short Wonder Woman: Whos Afraid of Diana Prince? In both 1954 and 1956, he won two Tony Awards for Scenic Design. Japanese editor Yoshio Kabayashi (b.1951) died on June 13. Nakamura worked on Alakazam the Great, Space Firebird, and Alice in Wonderland. Romance author Johanna Lindsey (b.1952) died on October 27. Smith chaired Westercon in San Diego in 1966 and created the art for the first progress report for the first San Diego Comic-Con. Browning appeared at the Silver Power Ranger in Power Rangers Dino Charge and as Damrod in The Lord of the Rings. Her 1991 collection The Start of the End of It All and Other Stories won the World Fantasy Award and in 2005, the World Fantasy Con presented Emshwiller with a lifetime achievement award. Read Syracuse Herald Journal Newspaper Archives, Nov 3, 1940, p. 1 with family history and genealogy records from syracuse, new-york 1939-2002. In 1983, she published the novel Binsteads Safari. Author Carol Emshwiller (b.Carol Fries, 1921) died on February 2. Best known for his roles in Do the Right Thing and Moonstruck, Aiello appeared in The Purple Rose of Cairo, Tales from the Darkside, Jacobs Ladder, and UnConventional. He appeared as Sheldon the Sea Genie in several episodes of Sigmund and the Sea Monsters. Artist Leslie Ann Sternbergh Alexander (b1960) died on March 27.