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RIP Kojiro Hongo

Actor Kojiro Hongo, a popular leading man at Daiei Studios in the 1960s, died Feb. 14 of heart failure, one day shy of his 75th birthday.

MSTies will remember Hongo as hero Keisuke Hirata in the movie in episode 304- GAMERA VS. BARUGON and construction foreman Shiro Tsusumi in the movie in […]

Ned Wertimer, RIP

Valley Village, Calif.–Character actor Ned Wertimer, perhaps best known as Ralph the Doorman on the CBS sitcom “The Jeffersons,” died from complications following a fall in his Burbank home in late November, at a nursing home here Jan. 2. He was 89. MSTies will remember him as reporter Andy Henderson in the […]

Jean Jackson, RIP

We are saddened to report the passing of Jean Jackson. Jean was a stalwart MSTie, an incredibly funny person, a talented artist and one of the most sensible people I’ve ever encountered. She will be greatly missed. Many of you purchased her witty and wonderful MST3K-themed paintings (four of my favorites […]

MSTory Folks We Lost This Year

• 01/07 Hideaki Nitani (age 81), who we think played Harold Atari in the movie in episode 314- MIGHTY JACK. • 01/09 Andrea Bosic (age 92), who played a bank manager in the movie in episode 1013- DIABOLIK. • 02/06 Peter Breck (age 82), who played Mooney in the movie in episode 415- […]

RIP Gerry Anderson

OXFORDSHIRE, ENGLAND–Gerry Anderson, creator of the Supermarionation process behind such hit TV series as “Fireball XL5,” “Thunderbirds” and “Stingray,” died in his sleep at a nursing home here Wednesday, Dec. 26. He was 83 and had suffered from dementia for several years. MSTies will recall that the first two full-length MST3k episodes […]