February 25

• 2006 – “Carl Kolchak” himself, Darren McGavin, passed away at the age of 83. He starred in the TV movies, “The Night Stalker” and “The Night Strangler,” as well as the subsequent series ” Kolchak: The Night Stalker. He co-starred in the TV movie “The Martian Chronicles.” He appeared on the TV show “The X-Files,” He also made a walk-on cameo in the pilot episode of the new version of “Night Stalker.”
• 1993 – Eddie Constantine, who played secret agent “Lemmy Caution” in the film “Alpahville.” passed away at the age of 75. He also appeared in the films “Attack of the Robots” and “It Lives Again.”