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Margaret Field, RIP

MALIBU, Calif. — Margaret Field O’Mahoney, who used the stage name Margaret Field when she appeared in dozens of TV and movie roles from the 1940s to the 1970s, died at her home here Nov. 6, after a six-year struggle with cancer. She may be best remembered at the star of the […]

Sid Melton, RIP

BURBANK, Calif.–Character actor Sid Melton, perhaps best known for his roles in the hit television shows “Green Acres” and “The Danny Thomas Show,” died Nov. 2, at the Providence St. Joseph Medical Center here, of pneumonia, his family said. He was 94. MSTies, to whom he was affectionately known as “little monkey […]

RIP Betty Luster

About four months ago, a brief notice in the West Palm Beach, Florida, newspapers noted the passing of Betty L. Prentis. She was 89. She was mostly known as the widow of Edmund “Ned” Prentis III. The two were fond of big game hunting, fishing and “world class croquet” according to one […]

Bubba Smith, RIP

BALDWIN HILLS, Calif. — Charles Aaron “Bubba” Smith, the No. 1 overall pick in the 1967 NFL draft who later found fame as an actor, was found dead at his home here on Wednesday, Aug. 3. He was 66. The cause of death was not immediately apparent but a police spokesman said […]

Sakyo Komatsu, RIP

OSAKA — Sakyo Komatsu, one of Japan’s most popular science fiction writers, died in a hospital here Tuesday, July 26, from pneumonia. He was 80. MSTies will recognize him as one of the writers of the movie shown in episode 306- TIME OF THE APES. His most famous work, however, was “Nippon […]