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Robin Sachs has passed away.

Raise a glass for Ethan Rayne and Zaeed Massani, people.

Dammit.  Always liked this guy.

Jessie weeps tonight.

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Originally Posted by The Dark Shape 

Robin Sachs has passed away.

Raise a glass for Ethan Rayne and Zaeed Massani, people.

Man, 2013 can get fucked already. Today was his birthday as well.

Here's to you, you big, guddamn hero.

Reg Presley of The Troggs dies aged 71

The frontman died at his home in Hampshire surrounded by his family, his daughter Karen said.

The Troggs had a number of hit songs, including Wild Thing and Love Is All Around.

Presley had announced his retirement from music a year ago after being taken ill during a concert in Germany and being diagnosed with lung cancer.

He did a bunch of voices in the DRAGON AGE games as well.  Very cool.

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Man, 2013 can get fucked already. Today was his birthday as well.

 

 

Here's to you, you big, guddamn hero.

Yep, 2013 is building up to be a whole lot of suck.

From a recent rewatch, I saw that he was the Wealthly father chilling on the beach at the beginning of The Lost World: Jurassic Park, whose daughter gets attacked in the opening.

A celebrity? To some of us, certainly.

Stuart Freeborn dies.

Peter Sellers' 3 makeups in Dr. Strangelove, Yoda, Chewbacca, Jabba, the apes in 2001.

He made his mark in film history and lived till 98 years old. R.I.P.

Freeborn was a true genius-- completely self-taught-- of makeup, and of what would come to be known as animatronics.

RIP.  He put so much humanity into his creations. 

http://www.tvguide.com/News/Robin-Sachs-Dies-1060419.aspx?rss=breakingnews

One of the Buffy's most under utilized villains. So long.
 

I'm a huge Buffy fan and it was sad to hear that Sachs died.

Innovative jazz trumpeter Donald Byrd dies at 80

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmfEbgoovQ8

Mindy McCready, apparent suicide.

Richard Briers (aged 79).

At least he had 'A Good Life'....salut!

Sad times, guy was a comedy legend and a gent.

Lakers owner Jerry Buss.

R.I.P. Soft Machine's Kevin Ayers.

Doctor Who Dalek designer exterminated.

Former BBC designer Ray Cusick died of heart failure in his sleep on Thursday.

Bonnie Franklin at 69.

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Bonnie Franklin at 69.

I just can't bring myself do it, but anyone who's seen her recent TV commercials for CVS has already had a horribly tasteless joke pop into their head.

http://www.wwe.com/inside/paul-bearer-passes-26096670

Cue the "Rest in Peace" jokes in 5.....4.....3........

Are we supposed to mention Hugo Chavez (no relation) here, or in the Politics forum? 

Stompin' Tom Connors, a Canadian music icon. Dead at 77.

I have no words.

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Stompin' Tom Connors, a Canadian music icon. Dead at 77.

 

I have no words.

My mother (who is from Canada) used to play Big Joe Mufferaw for me all the time when I was growing up. I still get it stuck in my head from time to time.

Not-dead celebrity: John Waters. (A hoax is going around saying he's dead.)

"He never sleeps. He says that he will never die. He dances in light and in shadow and he is a great favorite. He never sleeps, the Prince of Puke. He is dancing, dancing. He says that he will never die."

RIP, Alvin Lee. Posting a clip in the Classic Rock Thread now.

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My mother (who is from Canada) used to play Big Joe Mufferaw for me all the time when I was growing up. I still get it stuck in my head from time to time.

 

A classic. Of course there's this one that can be heard in pretty much any hockey arena in Canada on a given night:

Clive Burr, the original drummer for Iron Maiden, dead of MS at 56.

http://www.harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=60

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Clive Burr, the original drummer for Iron Maiden, dead of MS at 56.

Fucking sucks. Amazing drummer and from all accounts a really sound guy who suffered a lot in his final years. But at least that suffering's over now.

actor Malachi Throne,  passed away on March 13 at the age of 84.

OK, this one is painful..

Frank Thornton, who played Captain Peacock in BBC comedy Are You Being Served?

and Truly in Last of the Summer Wine

has died in his sleep at the age of 92.

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actor Malachi Throne,  passed away on March 13 at the age of 84.

"Al, I'm not asking you to spy... just asking you to steal."

Henry Bromell, writer on Homeland and Carnivale and creator of Rubicon, of a heart attack.

65 ain't young, but it's not old enough, either. That's a shame.

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 and creator of Rubicon

Live with that, AMC, you bastards!

Jason Molina of Songs:Ohia and Magnolia Electric Company. At 39. Thirty-fucking-nine. Some truly great albums.

Famed UK Horror Author James Herbert, writer of The Rats & The Fog dies at the age of 69

Big part of my early teen years, and an author who kept a loyal fanbase throughout a 30 year career

Legendary porn star Harry Reems:

http://movies.msn.com/movies/article.aspx?news=797168

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Famed UK Horror Author James Herbert, writer of The Rats & The Fog dies at the age of 69

 

Big part of my early teen years, and an author who kept a loyal fanbase throughout a 30 year career

"No cause of death was given."

Probably nailed to a dining room table.

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"No cause of death was given."

 

Probably nailed to a dining room table.

Or castrated by garden shears.

I didn't keep up with his career, but his run in the 70's-80's of ultra-graphic apocalyptic novels were must-reads in my teens.

I'd like to think that on the other side Harry Reems is delivering a pizza to Marylin Monroe.

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Originally Posted by Martin Blank 

 

"No cause of death was given."

 

Probably nailed to a dining room table.

I'd put money on eaten by previously insignificant rodent-like or similar creatures, probably in the middle of illicit outdoor sex.

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Originally Posted by Love Machine 

Famed UK Horror Author James Herbert, writer of The Rats & The Fog dies at the age of 69

 

Big part of my early teen years, and an author who kept a loyal fanbase throughout a 30 year career

Yet Guy N. Smith still lives?

The author of...

 Werewolf series

• Werewolf by Moonlight (1974)
• Return of the Werewolf (1976)
• The Son of the Werewolf (1978)

 Crab series

• Night of the Crabs (1976) ^[6]
• Killer Crabs (1978)
• The Origin of the Crabs (1979)
• Crabs on the Rampage (1981)
• Crabs' Moon (1984)
• Crabs: The Human Sacrifice (1988)
• Killer Crabs: The Return (2012)

 Crab short stories

• Crustacean Vengeance (from Scare Care ed. Graham Masterton, Tor 1989)
• The Decoy (from Fear #13, 1990)
• The Crabs (from Peeping Tom, 1992)
• Crabs' Armada (from The Cadaver Chapbook)

 Truckers series

• The Truckers 1: The Black Knights (1977)
• The Truckers 2: Hi-Jack! (1977)
• Blood Circuit (1983)

 Sabat series

• Sabat 1: The Graveyard Vultures (1982)
• Sabat 2: The Blood Merchants (1982)
• Sabat 3: Cannibal Cult (1982)
• Sabat 4: The Druid Connection (1983)
• Dead Meat (1996) (omnibus of all 4 books plus two new Sabat stories, Vampire Village and Hellbeat)

 Thirst series

• Thirst (1980)
• Thirst II: The Plague (1987)

 Deathbell series

• Deathbell (1980)
• Demons (1987)

 Pit series

• The Sucking Pit (1975)
• The Walking Dead (1984)

 Writing as Jonathan Guy

• Cornharrow (1988)
• Badger Island (1993)
• Rak: The Story of an Urban Fox (1994)
• Pyne (1995)
• Hawkwood (1996)

 Writing as Gavin Newman

• The Hangman (1994)
• An Unholy Way to Die (1999)

 Disney books

Novelizations of the classic Disney films. Paperback novels all originally published by New English Library in 1975 and reprinted by Pyramid Books in 1976 both with black and white drawings throughout.

• Sleeping Beauty (1975)
• Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1975)
• Song of the South (1975)
• The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1975)

 Softporn books

• Sexy Secrets of Swinging Wives, Part 1: The Partner Swappers (as Anonymous)
• Sexy Confessions of a Relief Nurse (as Wendy Davis)
• Sexy Confessions of a Games Mistress (as Joan Hudson)
• Sexy Confessions of a Bank Clerk (as Peter Lynch)
• Sexy Confessions of a Secretary (as Patricia Mathews)
• Sexy Confessions of a Pop Performer (as Alan Myatt)
• Sexy Confessions of a Window Cleaner (as Adrian Wood)

 Other Novels

• The Slime Beast (1975)
• Der Ruf des Werwolfs (1976) (Originally printed in German only, Published by Erich Pabel as a part of their "Vampir Horror Roman")
• The Ghoul (1976) (based on the 1975 film The Ghoul)
• Bamboo Guerillas (1977)
• Bats Out of Hell (1978)
• Locusts (1979)
• Satan's Snowdrop (1980)
• Caracal (1980)
• Doomflight (1981)
• Warhead (1981)
• Entombed (1981)
• Manitou Doll (1981)
• Wolfcurse (1981)
• The Pluto Pact (1982)
• The Lurkers (1982)
• The Undead (1983)
• Accursed (1983)
• Throwback (1985)
• The Wood (1985)
• Abomination (1986)
• The Neophyte (1986)
• Snakes (1986)
• Cannibals (1986)
• Alligators (1987)
• Bloodshow (1987)
• Fiend (1988)
• The Island (1988)
• The Master (1988)
• The Camp (1989)
• The Festering (1989)
• Mania (1989)
• Phobia (1990)
• The Unseen (1990)
• Carnivore (1990)
• The Black Fedora (1991)
• The Resurrected (1991)
• The Knighton Vampires (1993)
• Witch Spell (1993)
• The Plague Chronicles (1993)
• The Dark One (1995)
• Dead End (1996)
• Water Rites (1997)
• The Pony Riders (1997)
• The Busker (1998)
• Deadbeat (2003)
• Blackout (2006)
• The Cadaver (2007)
• Maneater (2009)
• Nightspawn (2010)
• The Eighth Day (2011)

 Non-Fiction

• Gamekeeping and Shooting for Amateurs (1976)
• Tobacco Culture: A DIY Guide (1977)
• Ferreting and Trapping for Amateur Gamekeepers (1978)
• Hill Shooting and Upland Gamekeeping (1978)
• Profitable Fishkeeping (1979)
• Ratting and Rabbiting for Amateur Gamekeepers (1979)
• Sporting and Working Dogs (1979)
• Animals of the Countryside (1980)
• Moles and Their Control (1980)
• The Rough Shooter's Handbook (1986)
• Practical Country Living (1988)
• Writing Horror Fiction (1996)
• Hunting Big Cats in Britain (2000)

 Short story collections

• Horror Shorts: 1st Collection (June, 1999 by Bulldog Books) ISBN 0-9532701-1-4

"Crustacean Vengeance" (a Crabs story)

"The Brain Crawlers"

"The Last Boot"

"Hellfire" (a Sabat story)

"Come Back, My Darling"

"Hounds From Hades"

"The Ghouls"

"The Baby"

"The Shooting on the Moss"

"Wheels of Evil"

"Curse of the White Rhinoceros"

"The Hoax"

• Mystery & Horror Shorts: 1st Collection^[7]

"The Suitcase"

"The Island of Sweet Music"

"The Doll"

"The Act of God"

"The Last Supper"

"Bullseye"

"The Crabs"

"Triple Death"

"The Writing on the Wall"

"The League of the Twisted Serpent"

"The Piper Calls the Tune"

"Until Death"

"Dawn Rendezvous"

"The Poacher"

"The Scapegoat"

• Fifty Tales from the Fifties^[8]
• Science Fiction & Horror Shorts: 1st Collection^[9]

"Skywatch"

"Converging Forces"

"The Influencer"

"Phoenix"

"The Grim Reaper" (a Black Fedora story)

"President Seven"

"Red Alert"

"Alone"

"Chapters of Destiny"

"The Book of Lies"

• Horror Shorts: 2nd Collection^[10]

"The Crabs" (a Crabs story)

"The Ginger Bear"

"The Grim Reaper" (a Black Fedora story)

"The Vampire Village" (a Sabat story)

"Hollow Eyes"

"Come On In and Join Us"

"The Executioner"

"Until Death"

"Return to Innsmouth"

"Ratmania"

"The Waiting Game"

"Pocklington's Walk"

 Chapbooks

• Come On In and Join Us (Horror Express Publications)
• Crab's Armada (April 2009, Ghostwriter Publications)
• The Doll (April 2009, Ghostwriter Publications)
• The Decoy (April 2009, Ghostwriter Publications)
• Crabs: Unleashed (October 2009, Ghostwriter Publications)
• Limited Edition (December 2009, Ghostwriter Publications)

...seriously, Barbara Cartland, eat ya heart out.

'Dere ain't no justice...

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Originally Posted by Graham 

 

Yet Guy N. Smith still lives?

 

The author of...

 

<list of nine million books snipped>

 

...seriously, Barbara Cartland, eat ya heart out.

 

 

'Dere ain't no justice...

He sounds like Garth Marenghi, the only author who's written more books than he's read.

In my formative years I spent a lot of time locked in my room wanking over James Herbert. Shit, that didn't come out right.

I have a special place in my heart for the super cheesy Robert Clouse directed adaption of The Rats, where they had dogs dressed up in killer rat costumes. And Fluke got a genuinely good adaption as I remember, unusual twist on the dog movie, well made and rather moving. 

I always in my teenage heart-of-hearts wanted a fourth 'Rats' book...

(Posted in the hope that someone will comment, "You IDIOT, he wrote another FOUR!!")

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Originally Posted by Graham 

I always in my teenage heart-of-hearts wanted a fourth 'Rats' book...

 

"Domain" was so grim and apocalyptic that I can't see how he would have topped that, apart from making the rats discover the ability to fly.