It has definitely been a rough start of the year. Following the deaths over the last couple weeks of Motörhead’s Lemmy Kilmister and David Bowie, it has been reported that actor Alan Rickman has died of cancer at the age of 69, which is ironically the same age and cause of Bowie’s death less than a week […]
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It’s sad news today as acclaimed actor Christopher Lee has passed away at the age of 93. With a career that lasted more than 65 years, Lee was best known for his roles in the Hammer horror films of the 1950s, particularly the 1958 version of Dracula. He also had memorable roles as Lord Summerisle in
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Fans of Star Trek are now in mourning, as it is being reported that Leonard Nimoy has died at the age of 83. Nimoy is of course best known for playing Mr. Spock on the original 1966-69 television series, a role which he reprised in eight feature films (including the two recent films by J.J.
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I am absolutely devastated to hear that comedian Robin Williams has died today at the age of 63. While it has not yet been officially confirmed, the reports are that Williams had been suffering from serious depression lately and that his death was an apparent suicide. Robin Williams was a comedian I literally grew up
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I briefly interrupt my Hot Docs coverage to report the sad news that British actor Bob Hoskins has passed away at the age of 71. Hoskins will always be most remembered by me as private investigator Eddie Valiant from the 1988 film Who Framed Roger Rabbit. He is also the man who got to play
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It is quite sad to hear that Mickey Rooney, one of the longest living Hollywood icons, has passed away yesterday at the age of 93. Born in 1920, Rooney has been acting for practically all his life, beginning with the Mickey McGuire short films from 1927 – 1934. In the late 1930s, he would continue
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Yesterday I was saddened to hear the news that actor and director Harold Ramis passed away at the age of 69. As an actor, Ramis was best known for playing the ultra-scientific Egon Spengler in the Ghostbusters films, which he also co-wrote with Dan Aykroyd. He was also one of the original cast members of
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Sad news is being reported today as the Wall Street Journal broke the story that Oscar-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman was found dead today in his New York City apartment. The cause of death is currently unknown, though the New York Post is reporting that it was from an apparent drug overdose. Hoffman was 46
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It is definitely a sad day for cinephiles as, one of the all-time great film critics, Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun Times has passed away at the age of 70. There has pretty much never been a period in my lifetime when Robert Ebert (and his late television co-host Gene Siskel of the Chicago
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This news sort of caught me off guard tonight. I was away from home and checking twitter, when I started seeing a lot of tweets referring to the death of film-maker Tony Scott, the brother of Ridley, best known for directing Top Gun and True Romance. I actually had to backtrack a bit through tweets and articles before
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