RIP Morrie Turner
News came a few days ago of African-American cartoonist Morrie Turner’s death at age 90. Turner was the pioneering cartoonist of the long-running comic strip …
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RIP James Avery
News came earlier this week of the passing of actor James Avery. While his most famous role’s that of “Uncle Phil” on the sitcom “The …
RIP Nelson Mandela
On Thursday came news of the death of Nelson Mandela. One of the great modern civil rights leaders, Mandela’s famed for his fight against the …
RIP Nick Cardy
Word came earlier tonight that veteran comic artist Nick Cardy‘s passed away at the age of 93. Cardy was best known for his work for …
RIP Marcia Wallace, voice of Mrs. Krabappel on “The Simpsons”
Yesterday came sad news that Marcia Wallace has passed away at the age of 70. Besides starring on “The Bob Newhart Show” in the 70s, …
RIP Lou Scheimer, co-founder of Filmation
Today, news came of the death of Lou Scheimer, the co-founder of Filmation, the animation studio that (along with Hanna-Barbera) dominated Saturday morning animation between …
RIP Roger Ebert, Carmine Infantino, and George Gladir
Unfortunately, bad news has adhered to coming in threes, as they say. Today marks the deaths of three individuals involved in the world of entertainment: …
RIP Newsweek (and the concepts behind weekly newsmagazines?)
As announced last week, weekly newsmagazine (and Time competitor) Newsweek says it’ll be ending its 80-year run as a print publication, and shifting solely to …
RIP Steve Jobs
Flickr photo by Wesley Fryer (CC BY) Earlier tonight, I heard the news that former Apple CEO Steve Jobs has passed away at the age …
RIP WebOS
Looks like it’s finally the end for WebOS, after this week’s already-disastrous news about Best Buy wanting HP to take its TouchPads back: not only …