#RIP William Rataczak, 86. He was the co-pilot on the infamous rainy afternoon in November 24, 1971 when 'D B Cooper' hijacked the plane and parachuted into complete disappearance. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...

#RIP Dan McGrath, 61. Wrote 4 classic episodes of The Simpsons in its glory days: "Boy-Scoutz 'n the Hood", "Bart of Darkness", "Time and Punishment", "The Devil and Homer Simpson."

#RIP John Russell Taylor, 90 Gained the trust of Alfred Hitchcock over the course of months, mainly due to Licorice Allsorts, and eventually wrote the only authorised biography of him. www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...

#RIP Ralph Senensky, 102. Directed some classic Star Trek episodes, and the emotional return of Ellen Corby on 'The Waltons' from a stroke. She says 'goodnight, everyone' to end the episode. An honor to write his @thr.com obit. www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/r...

#RIP John Cleary, 74. As a 19-year-old he was shot during the Kent State massacre in 1970. He made the cover of Life magazine at the time as he lay wounded. kentstater.com/133946/top-s...

#RIP Floyd Roger Myers Jr., 42 Played younger versions of Will Smith and Marlon Jackson, respectively, on episodes of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and The Jacksons: An American Dream. www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/f...

#RIP Maria Riva, 100 Actress and daughter of Marlene Dietrich. Played Catherine the Great as a child — Dietrich portrayed the Russian monarch as an adult — in Josef von Sternberg’s The Scarlet Empress (1934). www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/m...

#RIP Prunella Scales, 93. Truly amazing as Sybil in 'Fawlty Towers.' Her laugh “always reminds me of somebody machine-gunning a seal," Basil says in the show. She modeled her Sybil after a lady she met as a child at a seaside hotel. www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/p...

#RIP Björn Andrésen, 70. The film that made him famous was the one that gave him the most hurt. Unforgettable as the eros-like Tadzio in DEATH IN VENICE. "You must never smile like that. You must never smile like that at anyone" www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

#RIP Barbara Gips, 89 She came up with “In space no one can hear you scream” tagline for ALIEN ... while washing dishes. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

#RIP Ed Williams, 98 Absolutely glorious in NAKED GUN, and POLICE SQUAD as the lab scientist with the awkward interactions with youngsters. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

Rescued from being thrown out. It's 3UZ studio footage of John Blackman and Ian Cover breakfast program. Dec 7 1988 youtu.be/jyB1TFBPlQc

New upload now online. From 2006 - Debbie Reynolds makes her first appearance in Australia in 25 years! youtu.be/E75qq6AT760

#RIP Penelope Milford, 77 Oscar nominated for Hal Ashby's COMING HOME. Portrayed a silent film star in VALENTINO. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

#RIP Drew Struzan, 78 Movie Poster artist who designed the iconic "Back to the Future", "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade", "The Thing", "The Goonies", "Star Wars (prequel trilogy)", and Blade Runner (re-release) imagery.

#RIP Richard Ireson, 76. On #DoctorWho he was a clockwork soldier in season 6 "The Mind Robber", and councillor Axus in season 6 "The Krotons". Decades later he tried to help Poirot solve the murder in "Death in the Clouds".

#RIP Alfa-Betty Olsen, 88. The casting director for Mel Brooks 'The Producers'. Collaborated with Marshall Efron on 'The Great American Dream Machine'. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/a...

#RIP Toby Talbot, 96 Across the decades with her husband Don, they ran the New York Theater, Cinema Studio, the Metro Theater, and the Lincoln Plaza Cinemas. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/m...

#RIP D'Angelo, 51 The R&B icon who was uncomfortable with the sex symbol tag thrown on him after a stunning, shirtless music video for 'Untitled (How Does it Feel)'. Entered gaming immortality with his son 'Unshaken' that plays in Red Dead Redemption 2. www.hollywoodreporter.com/music/music-...

It always feels a bit icky to be when outlets report the death of someone as an 'exclusive'. Happy for the obit to read "<insert persons name> told <insert name of outlet>", but tagging the whole thing as exclusive just feels wrong. (I don't think any of the obits Ive written have had that label)

#RIP Charlie Jenkins, 84. Special effects director for The Beatles Yellow Submarine film. His rotoscope work can be spotted at the start of Eleanor Rigby, the time and space montage, and Only a Northern Song's animation. Plus he directed Cat Stevens 'Moonshadow' short film.

#RIP Remo Girone, 76 The Italian actor who starred as the mob boss in Ben Affleck's "Live by Night", and as Enzo Ferrari in James Mangold's "Ford v Ferrari".

"Bucket residence, the lady of the house speaking." #RIP Patricia Routledge, 96. Such a wonderful character on screen, beloved by all (especially my late grandmother Laura). www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

#RIP Geoff Ayling, 85 Jingle-maker extraordinaire who, with his wife, gave Aussie's their advertising songs. 'Go on ya mum, tip top's the one' and 'Berocca Gives You Back Your B-B-Bounce.' He also wrote the themesong to Mr Squiggle - 'the man in the moon' www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

FLASH: Elaine Merk Binder, one of the last surviving 'Munchkins' from "The Wizard of Oz" has died aged 94.

FLASH: Marjorie Latzko, a member of The Chordettes, the vocal quartet who sang the 1954 No.1 hit "Mr Sandman", has died aged 96.

Disney's unreleased 1985 film 'Swabbies' has surfaced online. youtu.be/bh8p1KVGcyc?...

#RIP Marilyn Knowlden, 99 The busy child actress of the 1930s and ’40s who appeared in "Little Women" with Katharine Hepburn, "Imitation of Life" with Claudette Colbert, "Les Misérables" with Fredric March and in three other Oscar best picture nominees. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

#RIP Trax Colton, 96 Starred opposite Jayne Mansfield in "It Happened in Athens" after being discovered (and renamed) by the same talent agent who did the same for Rock Hudson, Tab Hunter and others. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

#RIP Paula Shaw, 84 The veteran character actress who portrayed Jason’s mother in the horror crossover film "Freddy vs. Jason" and appeared in a string of heartwarming Hallmark Channel holiday movies. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

A few lost snippets of Gold Diggers of Broadway has been found. youtu.be/FrqEqbfUmf0?...

Disney's unreleased 1985 film 'Swabbies' has surfaced online. youtu.be/bh8p1KVGcyc?...

#RIP Marilyn Knowlden, 99 The busy child actress of the 1930s and ’40s who appeared in "Little Women" with Katharine Hepburn, "Imitation of Life" with Claudette Colbert, "Les Misérables" with Fredric March and in three other Oscar best picture nominees. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

#RIP Trax Colton, 96 Starred opposite Jayne Mansfield in "It Happened in Athens" after being discovered (and renamed) by the same talent agent who did the same for Rock Hudson, Tab Hunter and others. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

#RIP Paula Shaw, 84 The veteran character actress who portrayed Jason’s mother in the horror crossover film "Freddy vs. Jason" and appeared in a string of heartwarming Hallmark Channel holiday movies. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

A few lost snippets of Gold Diggers of Broadway has been found. youtu.be/FrqEqbfUmf0?...

#RIP Robert Redford, 89 www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

#RIP Rexford L Metz, 88. Second Unit cameraman on BULLITT, THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING, BLACK SUNDAY, CLOSE ENCOUNTERS, INDIANA JONES... But his most famous shot occurred in the swimming pool of JAWS editor Verna Fields. One of the greatest jump scares ever theasc.com/news/in-memo...

All 114 Tom and Jerry short films from 1940-1958 will be released, uncut and remastered. screen-connections.com/2025/09/09/t...

#RIP Stephen Mendillo, 84 Portrayed Jim Ahern in SLAP SHOT. "That man traveled 15 hours by bus to say that?" Even had a minor role in the Oscar winning The Artist.

#RIP Patrick Hemingway, 97 The last surviving child of novellist Ernest. "I would rather fish with you and shoot with you than anybody that I have ever known since I was a boy" the famed novellist once wrote to his son. www.post-gazette.com/news/obituar...

#RIP Ruth Paine, 92 An unwitting figure in the JFK Assassination. Oswald wife and kid had being staying at her house, and Oswald retrieved his rifle from the garage on the morning of the shooting. abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...

#RIP Vivian Ayers Allen 102. Pulitzer-nominated poet, who was the mother of choreographer Debbie Allen, and actress Phylicia Rashad. www.vibe.com/news/enterta...

#RIP Graham Greene, 73 His role as Kicking Bird in the 1990 film "Dances With Wolves" earned him a best supporting actor Oscar nomination. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

#RIP Alain Belmondo, 93 The brother of actor Jean-Paul; he produced Le Professionnel (1981), Chocolat (1988), and Indochine (1992). entrevue.fr/en/people/al...

#RIP Carol Saline, 86 Journo who had the biggest scoop - her impending death. She wanted to die, she wrote, “with a glass of champagne in one hand and a balloon in the other, singing off key, ‘Whoopee, this has been one hell of a great ride.’" www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/b...

#RIP Christopher Bidmead, 84 Doctor Who screenwriter who gave us Tom Baker's regeneration into Peter Davison in LOGOPOLIS. Wrote the Season 19 serial CASTROVALVA and Series 21 FRONTIOS en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christo...

#RIP Rami Heuberger, 61. Portrayed the real-life Joseph Bau in SCHINDLER'S LIST. In the film he secretly marries Rebeka in the women's camp. Oskar deliberately mis-calibrates his machine so he continues employment for him. He's there in the astonishing finale with the real Joseph

#RIP Colin Earl, 82 Played piano on Mungo Jerry's huge hit IN THE SUMMERTIME. youtu.be/qwIj_vuxdrQ?...

#RIP Rex Holman, 89 With his lanky, gaunt look he was the ideal badman in many TV Westerns - Gunsmoke, Bonanza, Rawhide. Also popped up as Morgan Earp in #StarTrek and J'onn in Star Trek V.