Fans of singing cowboys, still reeling from the passing of Gene Autry and Roy Rogers last year, saw the loss of Eddie Dean, Rex Allen and Tito Guizar. The Starship Enterprise is now short its first original regular crewman with the loss of Star Trek’s Dr. Scott, Victor Mature, Dirk Bogarde, Oliver Reed, Faith Domergue, Rory Calhoun, Anthony Newley, Ruth Roman, Bob Peck and Sylvia Sidney. The incomparable film director Stanley Kubrick will unfortunately not see the year 200¡. INTRODUCTION The year ¡999 saw the passing of numerous individuals in the world of show business and the performing arts. TABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgments vii Introduction ¡ Reference Bibliography 3 The ¡999 Obituaries Porter at the Science Fiction Chronicle, Rosa Burnett and the sta› at State Technical Institute library, Tom Weaver, Fred Davis, Forrest J Ackerman, Mike Fitzgerald, John Beifuss, Eric Rohr, Ray Neilson, John Whyborn, Boyd Magers, Larry Tauber, Andrew “Captain Comics” Smith, Nikki and Special thanks also go to Bob King at Classic Images, for granting permission to use information from my columns, and to the people at Jerry Ohlinger’s for digging up many of the photographs appearing herein.
I greatly appreciate the assistance of my good friend, Carla Clark, and my mother, Helene Lentz. Alexander’s, Tommy Gattas, James Gattas, the Fox & Hound, the University of Memphis Library and the Memphis and Shelby County Public Libraries. Mark He‡ngton, Nathan and Jake He‡ngton, Mark and Glinda Gressell, Anne Taylor, Dia Barbee, Andy Branham, John Nelson, Richard Allynwood, Louise Bianco, Frank de Azpillaga, Joy Martin, Denise Tansil, Gary Holder, Hal Stansbury, John Janovich, Jenny Byczek, Jake Miller, Kelley Moore, Blaine Lester, Todd Simpson, Laura Hunt, the fine folks at J. He‡ngton and to other friends and family members who passed in ¡999 - Bill Boveri, Vic Vescovo, Corinne Walton, Cheryl Hall, Bill Gossett, John Ball, Diane Cara, Rose Berretta and Lauri FiedlerĪCKNOWLEDGMENTS Jimmy Walker, Bettye Dawson, Tony Pruitt, Bobby Mathews, Kent Nelson, Dale Warren, Dr. McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers Box 6¡¡, Je›erson, North Carolina 28640 This book is dedicated to the memory of my close friend Nina W. Manufactured in the United States of America
All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying or recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers Je›erson, North Carolina, and Londonįront cover, clockwise from top left: DeForest Kelley, Madeline Kahn, Gene Rayburn and Ellen Corby Obituaries in the Performing Arts, ¡999 Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture by
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