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RIP Witchiepoo – Billie Hayes Has Passed Away

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Billie Hayes, whose portrayal of the flamboyantly and comically wicked witch Witchiepoo on the 1969-70 Saturday morning live-action children’s classic H.R. Pufnstuf, died of natural causes April 29 at Cedar’s Hospital in Los Angeles. She was 96. A Broadway veteran by the time she reached national fame as the flute-stealing nemesis to a psychedelic dragon, Hayes had starred as Mammy Yokum in both the Broadway and film versions of the popular late-1950s musical Lil’ Abner. Full Story From Deadline Hollywood

Harlan Ellison is Gone

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Harlan Ellison, the eccentric science-fiction writer and fantasist whose innovative body of work spanned novels, short stories, comic books and one contentious episode of the original Star Trek, has died. He was 84. His best-known published works include his 1959 debut novel, Web of the City; the novellas Mefisto in Onyx and A Boy and his Dog — which was turned into a 1975 post-apocalyptic feature starring Don Johnson; and the short story “I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream.” Television beckoned throughout his long career, and Ellison wrote scripts for incarnations of The Outer Limits decades apart. He … Read more

FOR READERS: Wish You Were Here

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FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Denise Dechene: I’ve read a lot of good books over the years. There are some authors who don’t write anymore due to illness, death, retirement, etc. Is there someone in particular who you wished was still writing? A series never finished? Is there an archive of authors who have passed or retired? Join the chat