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In Memoriam

Evangalos Papathanassiou, better known as Vangelis, records a song with a group of children.
Evangalos Papathanassiou, better known as Vangelis, records a song with a group of children. Photo: Fred Mott (Getty Images)

Joe Turkel – A veteran character actor instantly recognizable to genre fans for two iconic roles: replicant tycoon Tyrell in Blade Runner and Lloyd the bartender in The Shining.

Vangelis – Innovative composer whose standout soundtrack scores included Blade Runner and his Oscar-winning Chariots of Fire.

Tom Veitch – One of the vanguards of the Star Wars Expanded Universe, he wrote the highly influential Dark Horse comic series Star Wars: Dark Empire as well as Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi.

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