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        _Thom Christopher_ (1940-2024), US actor in _Buck Rogers in the 25th   
   Century_ (1981), _Space Raiders_ (1983), _Deathstalker and the Warriors   
   from Hell_ (1988) and others, died on 6 December aged 84. [LP]   
        _Es (Esther) Cole_ (1924-2024), long-time US fan who with her husband   
   Les (1926-2019) was in the legendary sf club The Elves', Gnomes' and Little   
   Men's Science Fiction, Chowder, and Marching Society(founded 1949) and   
   worked on the 1954 Worldcon -- he as co-chair, she as treasurer -- died in   
   December 2024 aged 100. [RL/F770] She entered the First Fandom Hall of Fame   
   in 2017.   
        _Michael Cole_ (1940-2024), US _Mod Squad_ actor in _The Bubble_   
   (1966), _The Last Child_ (1971) and genre tv series, died on 10 December   
   aged 84. [SJ]   
        _Diane Delano_ (1957-2024), US actress in _Miracle Mile_ (1988) and   
   _The Wicker Man_ (2006), plus many voice roles in genre tv series and   
   videogames, died on 13 December aged 67. [LP]   
        _Geoffrey Deuel_ (1943-2024), US actor in _Terminal Island_ (1973) and   
   genre tv series, died on 22 December aged 81. [LP]   
        _Mircea Diaconu_ (1949-2024), Romanian actor who starred in _Secretul   
   armei... secrete!_ (_The Secret of the Secret Weapon_, 1988), died on 14   
   December aged 74. [AM]   
        _Barrie Ellis-Jones_, an important figure in the European film   
   industry who also wrote the ghost story _The Walker After Death_ (1980),   
   died in November aged 84. [AIP]   
        _Art Evans_ (1942-2024), US actor in _Fright Night_ (1985), _Alien   
   Rising_ (2013) and genre tv series, died on 21 December aged 82.   
        _Katinka Farago_ (1936-2024), Austrian-born script supervisor for many   
   Ingmar Bergman films including _The Seventh Seal_ (1957), died on 26   
   November aged 87. [SJ]   
        _George Folsey Jr._ (1939-2024), US producer of _An American Werewolf   
   in London_ (1981), _Michael Jackson: Thriller_ (1983) and others, died on   
   29 December aged 85. [SJ]   
        _Dayle Haddon_ (1948-2024), Canadian actress in _Spermula_ (1976),   
   _Cyborg_ (1989) and genre tv series, died on 27 December aged 76. [SJ]   
        _Hannelore Hoger_ (1942-2024), German actress in _Der grosse Verhau_   
   (_The Big Mess_, 1971), _Super_ (1984) and _Hamlet_X_ (2003), died on 21   
   December aged 82. [SHS]   
        _Olivia Hussey_ (1951-2024), UK actress whose genre work includes   
   _Quest of the Delta Knights_ (1993), _The Lord Protector_ (1996), tv series   
   episodes and _Star Wars_ videogames, died on 27 September aged 73. [LP]   
        _Leonid Ionin_ (1945-2024), Russian sociologist who wrote the   
   near-future political thriller _Russky apokalipsis_ (_Russian Apocalypse_,   
   1999) died on 12 December. [AM]   
        _Jill Jacobson_, US actress in _Nurse Sherri_ (title role, 1977),   
   _Restless Souls_ (1998), _House of Usher_ (2008) and genre tv series, died   
   on 8 December aged 70. [SJ]   
        _T. Jackson King_ (1948-2024), prolific US author whose debut novel   
   was the sf _Retread Shop_ (1988) and who also wrote fantasies and   
   nonfantastic adventures, died on 3 December aged 76. [JC]   
        _'The Amazing' Kreskin_ (1935-2024), well-known US mentalist whose   
   genre credits include _The New Misadventures of Ichabod Crane_ (1979),   
   _Horror_ (2003) and _Wake-Up Callz_ (2008), died on 10 December aged 89.   
   [GVG]   
        _Ney Latorraca_ (1944-2024), Brazilian actor who co-starred in the   
   vampire-themed 'telenovela' _Vamp_ (178 episodes 1991-1992), died on 26   
   December aged 80.   
        _Linda Lavin_ (1937-2024), Tony-winning US actress in _Damn Yankees!_   
   (1967), _The Muppets Take Manhattan_ (1984) and genre tv including _Courage   
   the Cowardly Dog_ (13 episodes 2002), died on 29 December aged 87. [SJ]   
        _Hal Lindsey_ (1929-2024), US evangelical prophet of doom whose   
   bestselling 'nonfiction' _The Late, Great Planet Earth_ (1970) predicted   
   imminent Biblical apocalypse and was followed by many more in similar vein,   
   died on 25 November aged 95. [AIP]   
        _Angus MacInnes_ (1947-2024), Canadian actor in _Star Wars_ (1977),   
   _Judge Dredd_ (1995), _Space Island One_ (1998 as co-star), _Hellboy_   
   (2004), _Rogue One_ (2016) and many more, died on 23 December aged 77. [SJ]   
        _David A. McIntee_ (1968-2024), UK fan, convention worker and author   
   of many _Doctor Who_ spinoff novels beginning with _White Darkness_ (1993,   
   based on his own unproduced script), died on 15 December aged 55.   
        _Barry N. Malzberg_ (1939-2024), noted US author and critic whose   
   bitter and controversial black-comedy sf novels appeared 1968-1975 -- with   
   _Beyond Apollo_ (1973) winning the inaugural John W. Campbell Award -- died   
   on 19 December aged 85. Other work included many short stories, many   
   anthologies beginning with the ambitious _Final Stage_ (1974 with Edward L.   
   Ferman), and the critical collection _The Engines of the Night_ (1982; much   
   expanded as _Breakfast in the Ruins_ 2007), both of whose editions won   
   _Locus_ awards. In later life he contributed his wisdom to the Fictionmags   
   email list. He is much missed. [EM]   
        _John Marsden_ (1950-2024), Australian author of children's/YA sf and   
   fantasy, best known for the seven-book sf sequence opening with _Tomorrow,   
   When the War Began_ (1993), died on 18 December aged 74.   
        _Vanessa May_, UK fan and convention-runner who worked on multiple   
   Worldcons and Eastercons, co-chairing Eastercon 2020 (cancelled owing to   
   Covid) and chairing Eastercon 2021, died on 5 December. [FD]   
        _Tony Meadows_ (1948-2024), UK fan and celluloid-film collector who   
   until the late 2000s was a stalwart of the Festival of Fantastic Films and   
   also showed his sf films at Eastercons, died on 21 October. [SF2C]   
        _Marisa Paredes_ (1946-2024), Spanish actress in _The Awful Dr. Orlof_   
   (1962), the anthology horror film _Pastel de sangre_ (1971), _The Devil's   
   Backbone_ (2001) and _The Skin I Live In_ (2011), died on 17 December aged   
   78.   
        _Nadezhda Podyapolskaya_ (1941-2024), Russian voice actress heard in   
   dubs of _Rosemary's Baby_ (1968), _Hook_ (1991), _Black Panther_ (2018),   
   _Dune_ (2021) and many more, died on 28 December aged 83. [AM]   
        _Shafoat Rahmatullayeva_ (1941-2024), Uzbek actress who starred in the   
   sf comedy film _Sevginator_ (2007 plus sequel) and the children's fantasy   
   _Sehrli qalpoqcha 2_ (_Magic Cap 2_, 2014), died on 24 December aged 83.   
   [AM]   
        _Gene (Eugene P.) Rizzardi_ (1952-2024), Emmy-winning US special   
   effects artist and model-maker whose films include _Demolition Man_ (1993),   
   _Alien Resurrection_ (1997), _Godzilla_ (1998) and _Star Trek_ (2009), died   
   on 25 December aged 72. [BE]   
        _Anatoly Romov_ (1935-2024), US-naturalized Russian detective-fiction   
   author whose sf novel is _Goluboy ksill_ (_Blue Xill_, 1984), died on 10   
   December. [AM]   
        _Hans-Erik Saks_, Danish producer, director and screenwriter best   
   known for the tv fantasy series _The Julekalender_ (_Christmas Calendar_,   
   1991), died on 10 December aged 68. [OC]   
        _Maria Socas_ (1959-2024), Argentine actress who co-starred in the   
   Roger Corman films _The Warrior and the Sorceress_ (1984), _Wizards of the   
   Lost Kingdom_ (1995) and _Deathstalker II_ (1987), died on 10 December aged   
   65. [SJ]   
        _Craig Smith_, US fan artist active since the 1980s and member of the   
   2000 Corflu committee, died in October. [ES]   
        _Julie Stevens_ (1936-2024), UK actress who was the first regular   
   female lead in _The Avengers_ (1962-1963) and sang in the multi-genre   
   children's anthology series _Look and Read_ (1981), died on 5 December aged   
   87. [SJ]   
      
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