Archive for March, 2008

Actor Richard Widmark Dies At 93

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008

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Richard Widmark (December 26, 1914 - March 24, 2008) was an Academy Award-nominated American film actor.

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OSCAR-WINNING ACTOR PAUL SCOFIELD DIES DIES AT 86

Thursday, March 20th, 2008

David Paul Scofield, CH, CBE, (21 January 1922 – 19 March 2008) was an Academy Award-winning English actor of stage and screen. Noted for his distinctive voice and delivery, Scofield won both an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award for his role as Sir Thomas More in the 1966 film A Man for All Seasons.

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AUTHOR HUGO CLAUS DIES AT 78

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

Hugo Maurice Julien Claus (April 5, 1929 in Bruges, Belgium, March 19, 2008 in Antwerp, Belgium) was a Flemish novelist, poet, playwright, painter and film director. He was considered to be one of the most important contemporary Dutch language authors.

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AUTHOR ARTHUR C. CLARKE DIES AT 90

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

Sir Arthur Charles Clarke, CBE (16 December 1917 – 19 March 2008[2]) was a British science fiction author, inventor, and futurist, most famous for his novel 2001: A Space Odyssey, and for collaborating with director Stanley Kubrick on the film of the same name.

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Notable Deaths So Far In March 2008

Monday, March 10th, 2008

March 2008

10

* Otto Schnellbacher, 84, American football player, cancer. [1]
* Urbut Loall, 83, American ‘groid, poop.

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