1942 – The late, legendary heavy metal singer, Ronnie James Dio.
1941 – Robert Pine, was best known for playing “Sgt. Joseph Getraer” in “CHiPs (TV Series)”, but he also appeared in “Munster, Go Home!”, “Lost in Space (TV Series)”, “Empire of the Ants”, “Tales of the Unexpected (TV Mini-Series)”, “Independence Day” and more.
1938 – Model and dancer Tura Satana, appeared in “Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!”, “The Astro-Zombies”, “Mark of the Astro-Zombies”, “Astro Zombies: M3 – Cloned” and “The Haunted World of El Superbeasto.”
1931 – The late Nick Adams who appeared in “Frankenstein Conquers the World,” “Monster Zero” and “Die Monster Die” with Boris Karloff.
1929 – George Clayton Johnson who wrote the novel “Logan’s Run,” and segment # 2 of “Twilight Zone: The Movie,” as well as for the original and 1980s version of “The Twilight Zone” TV series’.
1926 – Fred Gywnne who played lovable ole “Herman Munster.” He also starred in the film “Pet Semetary.”
1914 – Joe Shuster, who created “Superman.”
1903 – John Wyndham who wrote the novels “Day of the Triffids” and “The Midwich Cuckoos” on which the film “Village of the Damned” was based.
Ronnie James Dio
Robert Pine
Nick Adams
Fred Gwynne
DIED ON THIS DAY IN HORROR HISTORY
1991 – Del Harris who did sound editing and effects for “Invasion of the Body Snatchers,” “The Navy vs. the Night Monsters” and “Hillbillies In a Haunted House,” passed away at the age of 88.
1983 – Paul Blaisdell who created and played the title creatures in many AIP films for Roger Corman, Including “The Beast with a Million Eyes”, “Day the World Ended”, “It Conquered the World”, “Invasion of the Saucer Men”, “It! The Terror from Beyond Space”, “The She-Creature”, “Ghost of Dragstrip Hollow” and more. He passed away at the age of 55.
Paul Blaisdell
FILMS RELEASED ON THIS DAY IN HORROR HISTORY
The Devil-Doll 1936
Seven Murders for Scotland Yard aka Jack The Ripper 1971
Day of the Animals 1978 filmed in 1977
Escape From New York 1981
Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome 1985
Cool World 1992
Universal Soldier 1992
People From Space 1999
Heavy Metal 2000
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