In Memoriam

[Tami]

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Gene Cernan

[The Darknight Detective]

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Gene Cernan

I'm old enough to remember that last lunar mission of his.

RIP

[WestPhillyPunisher]

I'm old enough to remember that last lunar mission of his.

RIP

As do I. Godspeed, Mr. Cernan.

[Gryphon]

R.I.P. Miguel Ferrer

[The Darknight Detective]

R.I.P. Miguel Ferrer

Unfortunately, I wasn't shocked to hear that. He looked and sounded bad this season on NCIS: Los Angeles.

RIP

[Tami]

Unfortunately, I wasn't shocked to hear that. He looked and sounded bad this season on NCIS: Los Angeles.

RIP

Just saw the news Actor Miguel Ferrer Dies at 61

RIP

[The Darknight Detective]

Just saw the news Actor Miguel Ferrer Dies at 61

RIP

I haven't seen any mention of the type of cancer yet. I'm assuming it was either throat or mouth cancer based on his speech in the role of Owen Granger.

[The Darknight Detective]

I haven't seen any mention of the type of cancer yet. I'm assuming it was either throat or mouth cancer based on his speech in the role of Owen Granger.

Yep, it was throat cancer, according to George Clooney.

[Barry]

R.I.P. John Watkiss

I liked his artwork in Deadman and Sandman

[Iron Maiden]

Just saw the news about Miguel Ferrer, who was a big comic book fan. I recall reading this interview Mark Hamill gave in the Jack Kirby Collector magazine. It's reproduced on the Twomorrows website. Mark says it was Miguel and Billy Mumy are two friends of his that even though they are all actors, they met through their common interest in comic books.

HE JACK KIRBY COLLECTOR: To start this discussion, I guess we need to know how familiar you are with comics, and particularly with Jack Kirby.
MARK HAMILL: I've been a fan of comics since I was a kid. Certainly anybody that had the interest I had in comics knew who Jack Kirby was. Later, I became much more aware of his plight, vis-a-vis getting his artwork back from Marvel Comics. Bill Mumy and Miguel Ferrer are two friends of mine who are both actors, but who I met through comic books rather than through acting. They were the ones that arranged to have this dinner where Jack and Roz were invited, and Jerry Siegel and his wife were there. Bob Kane was there and [his wife] Elizabeth. When I was invited I said, "Sure, I'd love to come." Just in terms of their importance to the industry, it'd be like having dinner with Max Fleischer and Walt Disney and Walter Lantz to the cartoon industry. They were titans, really.

TJKC: Where was that dinner held?
MARK: It was at Bill Mumy's house in Laurel Canyon. I also went out to [Jack's] house once in Thousand Oaks. [Jack] was a very self-effacing guy. You'd never know from his demeanor how important he really was. We were joking, and I said that when I first saw Darth Vader, I thought, "Oh, it's Doctor Doom." (laughter) He certainly didn't say, "Oh, he took my ideas," or any of that kind of stuff. He was content with who he was and his abilities.

You can also see a picture of them all at Billy Mumy's house here, seated with Kirby, Bob Kane and Jerry Seigel

[Abe]

I haven't realized he was present at that famous dinner. I had a lot of respect for Miguel Ferrer since the first time I saw him in Twin Peaks. RIP

[Iron Maiden]

I had forgotten about his role in Twin Peaks. I remember him most from RoboCop.

[Abe]

Albert Rosenfield...



I forgot about his role in Robocop. Even if my first reaction watching Twin Peaks was probably : "Look ! The guy from Robocop!"

[Gryphon]

Mary Tyler Moore has died

[jeanvaljean]

Aw damn. I know she had been ill for a long time, but still. She still had it in those few appearances in Hot in Cleveland a couple of years back.