August 27

• 2004 – DJ and newscaster Larry McCormick passed away at the age of 71. He appeared in the films “The Punisher” (1989), “Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines” and in the TV movie “The Case Of The Hillside Stranglers.”
• 1996 – Greg Morris who played “Barney Collier” on “Mission: Impossible,” passed away at the age of 62 . He appeared in episodes of many TV shows such as “Wonder Woman,” “Superboy” and “The Twilight Zone.”
• 1996 – Akiji Kobayashi, who played “Captain Muramatsu” in the “Ultraman” TV series, and appeared in the films “Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah,” the 1992 version of “Godzilla vs. Mothra” and “Gamera 2: The Advent of Legion,” passed away at the age of 65.