2008 01/10 Maila Nurmi a.k.a. Vampira who appeared, buried under a ton of makeup, as the sorceress hag in the movie in episode 411- THE MAGIC SWORD. 01/11 Pete Candoli (age 84) whose trumpet was heard in the song “San Francisco Blues” in the movie THE DAY THE WORLD ENDED (MST3K: The Home Game). 02/15 William "Jim" Begg who portrayed baseball-obsessed henchman Larry in episode 204- CATALINA CAPER and helpful townie Fatso in episode 523- VILLAGE OF THE GIANTS. 02/24 Gunther Rucker (age 84) who was one of the screenwriters of the movie "Der Schweigende Stern" seen in episode 211- FIRST SPACESHIP ON VENUS. 04/01 Floyd Simmons (age 84) who played an Army sergeant in episode 804- THE DEADLY MANTIS. 04/02 Johnny Byrne (age 72) who was one of the screenwriters of the SPACE: 1999 episodes "The Metamorph" and "Space Warp" seen in episode K10- COSMIC PRINCESS. 05/13 John Phillip Law (age 70) who portrayed Commander Elijah Kalgan in the movie in episode 820- SPACE MUTINY and the title character in the episode 1013- DIABOLIK. 05/16 Sandy Howard (age 80) who was one of the Executive Producers of the movie in episode K16- CITY ON FIRE. 06/06 Gene Persson (age 74) who played Mike Simpson in episode 313- EARTH VS. THE SPIDER and Pete Garwood in episode 607- BLOODLUST! 06/14 Alan Wells, who played the headquarters sergeant in episode 517- BEGINNING OF THE END. 06/15 Stan Winston (age 62) who was the special makeup creator for the movie in episode 1010- IT LIVES BY NIGHT. 06/24 Pinkas Braun (age 85) who had a role in episode 504- SECRET AGENT SUPER DRAGON. 06/26 Lilyan Chauvin (age 82) who portrayed Sandra Balleau in episode 607- BLOODLUST! 06/29 Hans Caninenberg (age 95) who portrayed the King Claudius in episode 1009- HAMLET. 07/12 Claudio Guzman (age 80) who was an assistant director for the movie in episode 307- DADDY-O. 09/01 Don LaFontaine (age 68) who had a bit part as a reporter in episode 405- BEING FROM ANOTHER PLANET. 10/08 Herbert Botticher (age 79) who played Guildenstern in episode 1009- HAMLET. 10/15 Edie Adams (age 81) who portrayed Joyce in episode K15- SUPERDOME. 11/14 Irving Gertz (age 93) who worked on the musical scores for the movies in episodes 203- JUNGLE GODDESS, 802- THE LEECH WOMAN, 804- THE DEADLY MANTIS and 805- THE THING THAT COULDN’T DIE. 11/17 Ennio De Concini (age 84) who was one of the screenwriters of the movies in episodes 408- HERCULES UNCHAINED and 502- HERCULES. 12/04 Forrest J Ackerman (age 92) who had a bit part as "park victim" in episode 1004- FUTURE WAR. 12/05 Beverly Garland (age 82) who was feisty Claire Anderson in episode 211- IT CONQUERED THE WORLD, vivacious Vera in 503- SWAMP DIAMONDS and the wiley Sheriff Rose Hood in 511- GUNSLINGER. 12/12 Van Johnson (age 92) who played the less-than-perfect dad Lester Scott in the movie in episode 614- SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL.