RIP: Reel Important People -- May 5, 2008
Posted May 5th 2008 7:02PM by Christopher Campbell
Filed under: Obits, James Bond
Ted Key (1912-2008) - Cartoonist and Screenwriter - Wrote the screenplay for Disney's The Cat from Outer Space and the stories for Gus and The Million Dollar Duck. He also created the characters "Sherman" and "Peabody" for The Bullwinkle Show. He died of bladder cancer May 3, in Tredyffrin Township, Pennsylvania. (News From Me)
- Henry Brant (1913-2008) - Composer - As an orchestrator, he worked on Cleopatra, Cheyenne Autumn, The Devil's Brigade, Carny, Good Morning, Vietnam and Pare Lorentz' The River and The Plow That Broke the Plains. He also wrote additional music for Carny and was a music technical assistant on Robert J. Flaherty's Louisiana Story. More recently he won the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 2002 for his 20-minute organ concerto "Ice Field." He died April 26 in Santa Barbara, California. (Washington Post)
- Alvin Colt (1915-2008) - Costume Designer - Created costumes for the original stage production of Li'l Abner, which were later used in the 1959 screen adaptation. He also designed costumes for the 1954 comedy Top Banana and the 1969 hitman movie Stiletto. He won a Tony Award in 1956 for the costumes for Broadway's Pipe Dream. He died May 4, in New York City. (Playbill)
- Stanley Dudelson (1924-2008) - Distribution Exec. - From 1971 to 1985, he was president of distribution for New Line Cinema, where he served as executive producer of A Nightmare on Elm Street and A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge. Formerly a sales manager for RKO, United Artists, Hygo Unity and Screen Gems, after New Line he became President and CEO of Artist Entertainment Group and then founded Taurus Entertainment, distributor of the 1989 martial arts pic Best of the Best. He died of lung disease April 26, in Laguna Beach, California. (Variety)
- Julie Ege (1943-2008) - Actress - Played "The Scandinavian Girl" in the 007 film On Her Majesty's Secret Service. She also starred in '70s B movies, including Creatures the World Forgot, The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires and The Mutations, and the British comedies Up Pompeii, The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins and Not Now, Darling. She died of cancer April 29, in Oslo, Norway. (Guardian)
- Jacqueline Ferreri (?-2008) - Producer - Widow and muse of Italian filmmaker Marco Ferreri. Prior to their marriage she served as his assistant director on La Grande Bouffe. She later produced a few of his films, including Seeking Asylum, Tales of Ordinary Madness and Bye Bye Monkey. She died of cancer April 29, in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France. (Fondazione Italiana)
- Albert Hofman (1906-2008) - Chemist - Discovered LSD and was subject of Connie Littlefield's 2002 documentary Hofmann's Potion. He died April 29 in Switzerland. (NY Times)
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