The End - the Classic Film Obituary thread 2021

American actor John Reilly has left us at the age of 84, on January 9th.


He acted on soap operas, including General Hospital, Sunset Beach, and Passions.

He is remembered by TV Line

R.I.P. John Reilly

French actor Etienne Draber has left us at the age of 81, on January 11th. (complications from COVID-19)


He acted in over 110 movies and television productions between 1965 and 2018.

He acted in films such as Profs, The Under-Gifted, May Fools, and Ridicule.
He also appeared in television series. He played the role of Monsieur Grand-Coin du Toit in the 1994 sitcom Le Miel et les Abeilles. His most successful series appearance occurred in 2008 with Plus belle la vie.

He is remembered by Voici

R.I.P. Etienne Draber

American director Stacy Title has left us at the age of 56, on January 11th. (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis)


Her first produced work, the 1993 short film Down on the Waterfront 1993 earned an Oscar nomination. She made her feature directorial debut with The Last Supper 1995.
She started gravitating toward the horror genre with 1999’s Let the Devil Wear Black, which she also co-wrote, and the 2006 Snoop Dogg’s Hood of Horror, and the 2017 The Bye Bye Man.

She is remembered by Deadline

R.I.P. Stacy Title

American camera operator Owen Marsh has left us at the age of 90, on January 10th.


He was among the 13 founders who established what was then known as the Society of Operating Cameramen (now the Society of Camera Operators). He served as the nonprofit's inaugural president from 1979-81 and received its Lifetime Achievement Award in 1992.
He specialized in stunt and special effects camerawork, like "hanging off cranes and helicopters, under trains, on the back of speeding cars, in cages with lions, horseback, under buffalo stampedes".

He is remembered by Hollywood Reporter

R.I.P. Owen March

After the Tanya Roberts debacle I was a bit edgy, and when I searched for a Strain orbit these were on top, I just assumed they were new.
Sorry for all the confusion! I will delate my original post and write a new orbit.

Joanne Rogers, Widow of Kids TV Icon Fred Rogers has left us at the age of 92, on January 14th.



She is remembered by Hollywood Reporter

R.I.P. Joanne Rogers

American actor Peter Mark Richman has left us at the age of 93, on January 14th.



He acted in over 155 movies and television productions between 1953 and 2011, the year he retired. He made his big screen debut, billed as Mark Richman, in Friendly Persuasion 1956.

He is remembered by Variety

R.I.P. Peter Mark Richman

American record producer and songwriter Phil Spector has left us at the age of 81, on January 16th. (complications from COVID-19)



His music appears on many soundtracks.

He is remembered by BBC

R.I.P. Phil Spector

Iranian-born French film director, screenwriter, and producer Jacques Bral has left us at the age of 72, on January 17th.


In 1984, he directed the film Polar, which was an adaptation of the novel "Morgue plein" by Jean-Patrick Manchette.


In 1989, he produced Street of No Return, the final feature film in the career of American director Samuel Fuller. His poetic fable Mauvais garçon was released in 1993.

After directing many films, Bral focused on screenwriting, and served as both director and screenwriter for the film Un printemps à Paris, which won the Grand Prize at the Police Paris New York Film Festival in 2007. In 2012, he directed and produced Black Really Suits You, a cross-cultural romantic tragedy.

He is remembered by Allo Ciné

R.I.P. Jacques Bral