Obituaries – Page 3 – Cinefantastique

Michael Gough, Genre Veteran, R.I.P.

Posted on March 17, 2011 by Tom Powers

Michael Gough, star of horror, science fiction, and heroic adventure films and TV passes away at 94.

Nicholas Courtney, R.I.P.

Posted on February 24, 2011 by Tom Powers

Nicholas Courtney, best known to scif-fi fans as DOCTOR WHO’s Brigadier General Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart passed away Febuary 22nd.

John Barry: A Wordless Poet Dies

Posted on February 2, 2011 by John T. Stanhope

On January 30, 2011, iconic – and very prolific – composer John Barry passed away, after being in ill health for some time. He was seventy-seven years old. There is little doubt a great many will be saddened at the loss of one of film’s truly cherished friends. Barry was an emotionally introspective and poetic …

Alien & the Ill-Advised World of Prequels: The Cinefantastique Roundtable Podcast 2:3

Posted on January 18, 2011 by Dan Persons

Seems that it was a good call, us taking the news portion of The Cinefantastique Podcast and mating it with what had to date been called the Cinefantastique Post-Mortem Podcast. Word that Ridley Scott is turning his scheduled ALIEN prequel into a kinda non-prequel puts Steve Biodrowski, Lawrence French, and Dan Persons in a ruminative …

Pete Postlethwaite R.I.P.

Posted on January 4, 2011 by Steve Biodrowski

The Guardian reports that Pete Postlethwaite died on January 2 of cancer. The 64-year-old thespian, who earned fame and respect for his Oscar-nominated performance in IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER (1993), had a wide-ranging resume that extended back to 1975; included were numerous genre titles: ALIEN 3 (1992), JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH (1996), DRAGONHEART …

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