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BEL AIR, Calif.–Actor/director Leonard Nimoy, who won a worshipful global following as Mr. Spock, the resolutely logical human-alien first officer of the Starship Enterprise in the television and movie juggernaut “Star Trek,” died Feb. 27 at his home here. He was 83.
SHERMAN OAKS, Calif.–TV and commercial actor Paul Napier has died after collapsing outside his home here. He was 84. Longtime MSTies will recall that he played Eddy in in the movie in episode K13- SST: DEATH FLIGHT.
His hometown paper has a nice long obit. Thanks to Timmy for the heads up. […] Holmby Hills, Calif.–Stan Chambers, the beloved television news reporter whose more than six-decade career at KTLA-TV Channel 5 spanned nearly the entire history of the pioneer Los Angeles TV station and made him one of Southern California’s most enduringly recognizable faces, died at his home here February 13. He was 91. MSTies will […]
Riichiro Manabe, a Japanese film composer in the 1960s and ’70s, died January 29. He was 90.
MSTies will remember his music for the movie in episode 212- GODZILLA VS. MEGALON. In addition to the score, he also wrote the song “Godzilla and Jaguar, Punch Punch Punch!” or, as Joel and the Bots […] MENLO PARK, CALIF.–Robert Blees, a writer and producer for film and television, died here Jan. 31. He penned the screenplays for “Magnificent Obsession” and “Autumn Leaves.” He was 96. MSTies will recall him as the co-screenwriter of the movie in episode 113- THE BLACK SCORPION.
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