Richard Hugh Lynch (February 12, 1936 – June 20, 2012)

(Fox News)-Actor Richard Lynch, famous for his roles in countless sci-fi
series and horror films, has died at the age of 76, his rep confirms to
Fox411.com.

“It’s with deep sorrow that I learned last night that my client and friend
Richard Lynch was found dead at his home in Palm Springs, CA,” Mike
Baronas told Fox411 in a statement.

He said “From what I currently understand, no investigation into the cause
of his death will be made as his body was sent directly to a funeral home.”

Lynch’s latest role was in the 2012 horror film,”The Lords of Salem,”
directed by Rob Zombie.

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Released by Universal Pictures, E.T. was a blockbuster, surpassing Star
Wars to become the highest-grossing film of all time, a record it held for
ten years.

Director Steven Spielberg with E, T.

 
           
               John Herbert Frid (December 2, 1924 – April 13, 2012)

Jonathan Frid, best remembered for portraying vampire Barnabas Collins in the ABC
television series Dark Shadows (1966-1971), died Friday, April 13 of natural causes
at a hospital in his hometown of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

George Rex Graham, founder of Graham’s Magazine,hired Edgar
Allan Poe as a critic and editor in February 1841 at an annual salary
of $800. The magazine was the first to publish Poe’s first detective
story "The Murders in the Rue Morgue", Poe left Graham’s employ
in April 1842 but still made occasional contributions.

George R. Graham

Title page for Graham’s Magazine, June 1852

Roy Thinnes is a television and film actor best known for his role of
David Vincent in the ABC series The Invaders (1967-1968). He also
portrayed the character Alfred Wentworth in the pilot episode of Law 
& Order on NBC in 1990.