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RIP: Reel Important People -- April 7, 2008

  • Frosty Freeze aka Wayne Frost(1963-2008) - Breakdancer who appears in Flashdance, Wild Style (as a member of the Rock Steady Crew, seen in the video above) and the documentaries Style Wars, The Freshest Kids and 5 Sides of a Coin. He died April 3 in New York City. (MSNBC)
  • Mollie Mae Gottschalck Barron (c.1921-2008) - Child actress who allegedly co-starred in a number of Our Gang and/or Little Rascals shorts. She died April 4 in Pascagoula, Mississippi. (AP)
  • Sandy Cobe (1928-2008) - International distribution executive who headed Intercontinental Releasing Corp., where he produced horror films Terror on Tour, Open House and To All a Good Night. He died February 20 in Los Angeles. (Variety)
  • Charlton Heston (1924-2008) - Oscar-winning actor who starred in Ben-Hur, The Ten Commandments, Touch of Evil, The Greatest Story Ever Told, The Greatest Show on Earth, Planet of the Apes and Beneath the Planet of the Apes, The Omega Man, Soylent Green, Earthquake, 55 Days at Peking and the 1972 adaptation of Antony and Cleopatra, which he co-scripted and directed. He also narrated the Oscar-nominated documentaries While I Run This Race and King: A Filmed Record ... Montgomery to Memphis and appears in the Oscar-winning documentary Bowling for Columbine. For details on his death, read Eric's full post here.


  • Sean Levert (1968-2008) - Singer in the R&B trio LeVert ("Casanova"). He appears in New Jack City as a member of the group. He died March 30 in Cleveland. (Variety)
  • Guy McElwaine (1936-2008) - Agent and studio executive who was a founding partner at ICM, was a VP of production at Warner Bros. during the '70s and served as president of Columbia Pictures in the '80s and was of Morgan Creek Productions in the 2000s. Films he supervised include Ghostbusters, Barry Lyndon, The Karate Kid, A Passage to India, Gandhi, Dog Day Afternoon, All the Presiden's Men and The Good Shepherd. He died of pancreatic cancer April 2, in Los Angeles. (Variety)
  • Karl Lewis Miller (1941-2008) - Animal trainer who worked on Babe and Babe: Pig in the City, Beethoven and Beethoven's 2nd, K-9 and K-911, Cujo, Stand by Me, Raising Arizona, Cat's Eye, Miller's Crossing, The Invasion and The Amityville Horror. He died March 27 in Arleta, California. (Pasadena Star News)
  • Robert Sidney (1909-2008) - Dancer and choreographer who worked on Valley of the Dolls, The Singing Nun, Where the Boys Are, How to Marry Your Wife, The Conqueror, The Silencers and You Can't Run Away from It. He died of pneumonia March 26, in Los Angeles. (Variety)

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