"Expect the unexpectable! Mama Mia!"
I had a grin on my face from ear to ear throughout this entire movie. The movie is on! The movie is on! The movie is on! Uganda's first action movie was the most all-out fun I've had with a movie in a long time. Why does every movie not have an emcee [aka Video Joker] to accompany the viewer along the ride? Not a commentary track, but a live emcee as a companion throughout the film. VJ Emmie was such fun to have as a co-pilot during this film; how else would I know that everybody in Uganda knows kung fu?!?!? WIth all the charm of a Cary Grant and boundless enthusiasm and excitement, VJ Emmie was wonderful! He reminds me of the days of Jamaica's mobile sound systems when an emcee would toast over the records as people danced. WHO KILLED CAPTAIN ALEX is very like a dance, in fact; especially with the live stunts and fight choreography done for real. And the gunshot and blood/special effects soooooooo NOT for real. Director Nabwana I.G.G. made his movie on his computer which he built himself from parts of OTHER computers! How impressive is that?!?! And I think the grand total for the film's budget was $200. And yet he made a movie which is solidly entertaining all the way through and which laughs along with its audience at the sheer fun of it all. I can only call this movie such a refreshing experience from the type of films I've seen before. This is made by filmmakers who absolutely love movies and have a love of making movies. WHO KILLED CAPTAIN ALEX is truthfully the most unique movie I've seen for a long long time! I had an absolute blast!
A LIST OF THOSE WE LOST THIS YEAR.
Daryl Dragon, 76, American musician and songwriter (Captain & Tennille).
Bob Einstein, 76, American actor (Curb Your Enthusiasm, Ocean's Thirteen) and performer (Super Dave Osborne).
Gene Okerlund, 76, American Hall of Fame professional wrestling interviewer (AWA, WWF, WCW).
Sylvia Chase, 80, American news anchor (KRON, ABC World News Tonight) and journalist (20/20).
Diana Decker, 93, American-born British actress (When You Come Home, The Barefoot Contessa) and singer ("Poppa Piccolino").
Louisa Moritz, 82, Cuban-born American actress (Love, American Style, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest).
Eric Haydock, 75, British Hall of Fame bassist (The Hollies).
W. Morgan Sheppard, 86, British actor (Elvira Mistress of the Dark, Max Headroom, Gettysburg).
Verna Bloom, 80, American actress (Animal House, High Plains Drifter, The Last Temptation of Christ).
Paul Koslo, 74, German-Canadian actor (The Stone Killer, The Omega Man, Vanishing Point, Rooster Cogburn).
Paolo Paoloni, 89, Italian actor (Cannibal Holocaust).
Don Reynolds, 81, American child actor (Song of Arizona, The Fighting Redhead, Beyond the Purple Hills).
Ron Smith, 94, British comic artist (Judge Dredd).
Andrew MacLachlan, 77, British actor (Monty Python's Life of Brian, A Fish Called Wanda).
Etsuko Ichihara, 82, Japanese actress (Your Name).
Sally Fraser, 86, American actress (War of the Colossal Beast, It Conquered the World, Earth vs. the Spider).
Del Henney, 83, English actor (When Eight Bells Toll, Straw Dogs, Brannigan).
Martha Ross, 79, British actress (EastEnders, Grange Hill) and radio presenter.
Bradley Bolke, 93, American voice actor (Underdog, The Year Without a Santa Claus).
Carol Channing, 97, American actress (Hello, Dolly!, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Thoroughly Modern Millie).
Windsor Davies, 88, Welsh actor (It Ain't Half Hot Mum, Carry On England, Never the Twain).
Sylvia Kay, 82, British actress (Rapture, Wake in Fright, Just Good Friends).
François Protat, 73–74, Canadian cinematographer (Weekend at Bernie's, Johnny Mnemonic, Joshua Then and Now).
Peter Zander, 96, German-born British actor (Mystery Submarine, Rotten to the Core, The Return of Mr. Moto).
Tony Mendez, 78, American intelligence officer (CIA), subject of Argo.
Muriel Pavlow, 97, English actress (Malta Story, Doctor in the House, Reach for the Sky).
Andrew G. Vajna, 74, Hungarian-American film producer (Nixon, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, Evita).
Russell Baker, 93, American writer (Growing Up).
Dušan Makavejev, director (WR: Mysteries of the Organism)
Kaye Ballard, 93, American actress (The Mothers-in-Law, The Doris Day Show) and singer ("Fly Me to the Moon").
Maxine Brown, 87, American country singer (The Browns).
James Frawley, 82, American television and film director (The Monkees, The Muppet Movie).
Steve Bell, 83, American television anchor (Good Morning America, World News This Morning).
Patrick Bricard, 78, French actor (The Umbrellas of Cherbourg).
Michel Legrand, 86, French composer (The Thomas Crown Affair, Young Girls of Rochefort, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg).
James Ingram, 66, American R&B singer-songwriter ("Baby, Come to Me", "I Don't Have the Heart", "Yah Mo B There").
Diane Gaidry, 54, American actress (The Dogwalker, Loving Annabelle).
Dick Miller, 90, American actor (A Bucket of Blood, Gremlins, The Little Shop of Horrors).
Kinryū Arimoto, 78, Japanese voice actor (City Hunter, Gasaraki, One Piece).
Jeremy Hardy, 57, English comedian, radio host and panelist (The News Quiz, I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue, Jeremy Hardy Speaks to the Nation).
Lisa Seagram, 82, American actress (A House Is Not a Home, Caprice, The Beverly Hillbillies).
Clive Swift, 82, English actor (The National Health, Keeping Up Appearances, A Passage to India) and songwriter.
Julie Adams, 92, American actress (Creature from the Black Lagoon, Bend of the River, Murder, She Wrote).
Kristoff St. John, 52, American actor (The Young and the Restless).
Nita Bieber, 92, American actress (Rhythm and Weep, Millie's Daughter, The Prince Who Was a Thief).
Peter Hughes, 96, English actor (The Great Muppet Caper, Hope and Glory, Evita).
David Beaird, 66, American screenwriter and director (My Chauffeur, Scorchers).
Robert Ashby, 79, British actor (Jinnah).
Albert Finney, 82, English actor (Tom Jones, The Gathering Storm, Murder on the Orient Express, Big Fish).
Carmen Argenziano, 75, American actor (Stargate SG-1, Booker, Angels & Demons).
Mario Bernardo, 99, Italian cinematographer (Love and Troubles, Love Meetings, The Hawks and the Sparrows).
Jan-Michael Vincent, 73, American actor (Airwolf, The Winds of War), heart attack.
Harvey Scales, 78, American soul singer and songwriter ("Disco Lady", "Love-Itis").
Betty Ballantine, 99, British-born American book publisher (Ballantine Books, Bantam Books).
Lyndon LaRouche, 96, American political activist, founder of the LaRouche movement.
Marisa Solinas, 79, Italian singer and actress (Boccaccio '70, La commare secca, Almost Blue).
Ray Price, 88, American speechwriter (Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford).
Bruno Ganz, 77, Swiss actor (Downfall, Wings of Desire, Nosferatu the Vampyre).
Serge Merlin, 86, French actor (Amélie, The City of Lost Children).
Ken Nordine, 98, American voice-over and recording artist (Word Jazz, Colors).
Ethel Ennis, 86, American jazz singer.
Karl Lagerfeld, designer.
O'Neal Compton, 68, American actor (Deep Impact, Roadracers, Kill Me Later).
Giulio Brogi, 83, Italian actor (Days of Fire, Morel's Invention, The Yes Man).
Chelo Alonso, 85, Cuban actress (Goliath and the Barbarians, Morgan the Pirate, Run, Man, Run).
Fred Foster, 87, American Hall of Fame record producer ("Only the Lonely", "Oh, Pretty Woman") and songwriter ("Me and Bobby McGee").
Claude Goretta, 89, Swiss film director (The Invitation, La provinciale, The Death of Mario Ricci).
Vinny Vella, 72, American actor (Casino, Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai, The Sopranos) and comedian.
Gus Backus, 81, American singer (The Del-Vikings).
Sue Casey, 92, American actress (The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Rear Window, American Beauty).
Stanley Donen, 94, American film director (Singin' in the Rain, On the Town, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers).
Beverley Owen, 81, American actress (The Munsters).
Peter Tork, 77, American musician and actor (The Monkees).
Clark James Gable aka Clark Gable III, 30, American actor and television host (Cheaters).
Brody Stevens, 48, American comedian and actor (The Hangover, Chelsea Lately, Brody Stevens: Enjoy It!).
Morgan Woodward, 93, American actor (Cool Hand Luke, The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, Dallas).
Gillian Freeman, 89, British author (The Undergrowth of Literature) and screenwriter (The Leather Boys, That Cold Day in the Park).
Katherine Helmond, 89, American actress (Soap, Who's the Boss?, Brazil).
Patricia Garwood, 78, British actress (The Lavender Hill Mob, Petticoat Pirates, No Place Like Home).
Mark Hollis, 64, English singer-songwriter (Talk Talk).
Kathleen O'Malley, 94, American actress (My Old Dutch, Wagon Master).
Lisa Sheridan, 44, American actress (Invasion, FreakyLinks, Strange Nature).
Mitzi Hoag, 86, American actress (We'll Get By).
Jeraldine Saunders, 95, American writer and astrologer, creator of The Love Boat.
Edward Nixon, 88, American business consultant and political campaigner (Richard Nixon 1968 presidential campaign).
Nathaniel Taylor, 80, American actor (Sanford and Son, What's Happening!!, Trouble Man).
André Previn, 89, German-born American composer (Gigi, Elmer Gantry) and conductor (My Fair Lady).
Aron Tager, 84, Canadian actor (Donkey Kong Country, X-Men, Serendipity).
King Kong Bundy, 63, American professional wrestler (WCCW, WWF) and actor (Married...with Children).
Keith Flint, 49, English singer (The Prodigy).
Luke Perry, 52, American actor (Beverly Hills, 90210, Once Upon A Time in Hollywood, Buffy the Vampire Slayer).
Michael Thomas, 66, British actor (Life Without George, The Boat That Rocked, Head over Heels).
Susan Harrison, 80, American actress (Sweet Smell of Success).
William J. Creber, 87, American art director and production designer (The Poseidon Adventure, The Towering Inferno, Planet of the Apes).
Jed Allan, 84, American actor (Days of Our Lives, Santa Barbara, Lassie).
Hal Blaine, 90, American Hall of Fame drummer (The Wrecking Crew).
Joe Knowland, 88, American actor (Escape from Alcatraz, Little Miss Marker).
Pat Laffan, 79, Irish actor (Father Ted, The Snapper).
Dick Dale, 81, American guitarist and surf music pioneer ("Let's Go Trippin'", "Misirlou").
Richard Erdman, 93, American actor (Community, Stalag 17, Tora! Tora! Tora!).
Tom Hatten, 92, American actor (The Secret of NIMH, Spies Like Us).
David White, 79, American singer-songwriter (Danny & the Juniors, The Spokesmen).
Andre Williams, 82, American R&B singer and songwriter ("Shake a Tail Feather").
John Carl Buechler, 66, American visual effects artist and film director (Troll, Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood, Hatchet).
Louise Erickson, 91, American radio and film actress.
Clinton Greyn, 85, Welsh actor (Compact, Goodbye, Mr. Chips, Doctor Who: State of Decay).
Leonard Wolf, 96, Romanian-born American poet.
June Harding, 81, American actress (The Trouble with Angels, The Richard Boone Show, Matt Lincoln).
Scott Walker, 76, American-born British singer-songwriter (The Walker Brothers), composer and record producer.
Larry Cohen, 82, American film director (It's Alive, The Stuff).
Denise DuBarry, 63, American actress (Black Sheep Squadron, Being There, Monster in the Closet).
Nancy Gates, 93, American actress (Masterson of Kansas, World Without End, Magnificent Roughnecks).
Noah Keen, 98, American actor (Arrest and Trial, Battle for the Planet of the Apes, Tom Sawyer).
Julia Lockwood, 77, British actress (My Teenage Daughter, Please Turn Over, No Kidding).
Joseph Pilato, 70, American actor (Day of the Dead, Pulp Fiction).
W. H. Pugmire, 67, American writer.
Ranking Roger, 56, British singer (The Beat, General Public).
Maury Laws, 95, American television and film composer (Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Frosty the Snowman, The Little Drummer Boy).
Shane Rimmer, 89, Canadian-born British actor (Thunderbirds, Dr. Strangelove, The Spy Who Loved Me).
Agnès Varda, 90, French film director (Cléo from 5 to 7, Le Bonheur, Vagabond).
Carmelita Pope, 94, American actress (A Streetcar Named Desire).
Roberta Haynes, 91, American actress (Return to Paradise, High Noon, Gun Fury).
Barry Malkin, 80, American film editor (The Godfather Part II, Big, Rumble Fish).
John Quarmby, 89, English actor (Fawlty Towers, K-9 and Company, A Christmas Carol).
Nadja Regin, 87, Serbian actress (From Russia with Love, Goldfinger, Runaway).
Seymour Cassel, 84, American actor (Faces, The Royal Tenenbaums, Dick Tracy).
Mya-Lecia Naylor, 16, English actress (Millie Inbetween, Cloud Atlas).
Sandy Ratcliff, 70, English actress (EastEnders).
Charles Van Doren, 93, American academic, writer and television quiz contestant, part of the 1950s quiz show scandals.
Georgia Engel, 70, American actress (The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Open Season, Everybody Loves Raymond).
John McEnery, 75, British actor (Romeo and Juliet, Nicholas and Alexandra, The Land That Time Forgot).
Bibi Andersson, 83, Swedish actress (The Seventh Seal, Wild Strawberries, Persona).
Les Reed, 83, English songwriter ("It's Not Unusual", "Delilah", "The Last Waltz").
Fay McKenzie, 101, American actress (Down Mexico Way, Heart of the Rio Grande, Breakfast at Tiffany's).
Kazuo Koike, 82, Japanese manga artist (Lone Wolf and Cub, Lady Snowblood), pneumonia.
Steve Golin, 64, American film producer (Spotlight, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Revenant).
Ken Kercheval, 83, American actor (Dallas, Network, The Seven-Ups).
Lorraine Warren, paranormal investigator.
Greg Theakston, 65, American comics artist (Mad).
Edward Kelsey, 88, English actor (The Archers, Danger Mouse, Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit).
Terry Rawlings, 85, British film editor (Alien, Blade Runner, Chariots of Fire).
Jean-Pierre Marielle, 87, French actor (Cookies, Without Apparent Motive, The Da Vinci Code).
Larry "Flash" Jenkins, 63, American actor (Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Fletch, The White Shadow).
Jessie Lawrence Ferguson, 76, American actor (Prince of Darkness, Darkman, Boyz n the Hood).
John Singleton, 51, American film director and television producer (Boyz n the Hood, 2 Fast 2 Furious, Snowfall).
John Llewellyn Moxey, 94, British film director (The City of the Dead, Foxhole in Cairo, Circus of Fear).
Peter Mayhew, 74, English-American actor (Star Wars).
Max Arthur, 80, British military historian and actor (Doctor Who).
Bruce Bickford, animator “Baby Snakes”.
Alessandra Panaro, actor “Rocco and His Brothers”.
Chris Reccardi, 54, American animator, storyboard artist, cartoon director (The Ren & Stimpy Show, Samurai Jack, The Powerpuff Girls).
Irene Sutcliffe, 94, British actress (Coronation Street).
Barbara Perry, 97, American actress (The Andy Griffith Show, The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Hathaways).
John Lukacs, 95, Hungarian-born American historian.
Jim Fowler, 89, American zoologist and television host (Wild Kingdom).
Kip Niven, actor New Years’ Evil
Clement von Franckenstein, 74, American actor (Lionheart, The American President, Death Becomes Her).
Allene Roberts, 90, American actress (The Red House, Knock on Any Door).
Alvin Sargent, 92, American screenwriter (Julia, Ordinary People, Spider-Man 2).
Peggy Lipton, 72, American actress (The Mod Squad, Twin Peaks, The Postman).
Pua Magasiva, 38, Samoan-born New Zealand actor (Shortland Street, Power Rangers Ninja Storm, 30 Days of Night).
Machiko Kyō, 95, Japanese actress (Rashomon, Ugetsu, The Teahouse of the August Moon), heart failure.
José Terrón, 79, Spanish actor (For a Few Dollars More, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Django).
Doris Day, 97, American actress (Pillow Talk, Calamity Jane), singer ("Que Sera, Sera").
Tim Conway, 85, American actor and comedian (McHale's Navy, The Carol Burnett Show, SpongeBob SquarePants).
John Ronane, actor “Sebastian”.
Grumpy Cat, 7, American internet celebrity cat.
Bobby Diamond, 75, American actor (Fury, The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis).
I. M. Pei, 102, Chinese-born American architect (Bank of China Tower, East Building of the National Gallery of Art, Louvre Pyramid).
Herman Wouk, 103, American author (The Caine Mutiny, The Winds of War, War and Remembrance).
Justin Ponsor, 42, American comic book artist (Avengers, Spider-Man, X-Men).
Sammy Shore, 92, American comedian and actor, co-founder of The Comedy Store.
Andrew Hall, 65, English actor (Butterflies, Casualty, Coronation Street).
Beverly Lunsford, 74, American actress (Leave It to Beaver, The Intruder, The Crawling Hand).
Edmund Morris, 78, Kenyan-born British-American writer and biographer (The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt, Dutch: A Memoir of Ronald Reagan).
Claus von Bülow, 92, Danish-British socialite.
Stephen Thorne, 84, British actor (Z-Cars, Crossroads, Doctor Who).
Carmine Caridi, 85, American actor (The Godfather Part II, Bugsy, Summer Rental).
Ron Sweed, TV horror host “American Scary”.
Edward Seaga, 89, Jamaican politician, Prime Minister.
Peggy Stewart, 95, American actress (The Fighting Redhead, The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, That's My Boy).
Leon Redbone, 69, Cypriot-American singer-songwriter.
Andrew Sinclair, 84, British novelist and film director (The Breaking of Bumbo, Under Milk Wood, Blue Blood).
Roky Erickson, 71, American singer-songwriter (The 13th Floor Elevators).
Jim McMullan, 82, American actor (Dallas, Downhill Racer, Shenandoah).
Alistair Browning, 65, New Zealand actor (The Lord of the Rings).
Paul Darrow, 78, English actor (Blake's 7, Doctor Who).
Dr. John, 77, American Hall of Fame singer-songwriter ("I Walk on Guilded Splinters", "Right Place, Wrong Time").
Nonnie Griffin, 85, Canadian actress (The Believers, Good Fences, If You Could See What I Hear).
Narciso Ibáñez Serrador, 83, Uruguayan-born Spanish film director (The House That Screamed, Who Can Kill a Child?).
William D. Wittliff, 79, American screenwriter (Lonesome Dove, Legends of the Fall, The Perfect Storm).
Carl Schell, actor “Werewolf in a Girl’s Dormitory”.
Yuzuru Fujimoto, 83, Japanese voice actor (Gigantor, Brave Raideen, The Big O, Ōgon Bat).
Robert Sorrells, 88, American actor (Gunsmoke, Bonanza, The Twilight Zone, Bound For Glory) and convicted murderer.
Valeria Valeri, 97, Italian actress (Seasons of Our Love, Catherine and I, Un medico in famiglia).
Sylvia Miles, 94, American actress (Midnight Cowboy, Farewell, My Lovely, She-Devil).
Sean McCann, 83, Canadian actor (Night Heat, Tommy Boy, Naked Lunch).
Maurice Bénichou, 76, French actor (Animal, Amélie, Time of the Wolf).
Franco Zeffirelli, 96, Italian film and stage director (Romeo and Juliet, Jesus of Nazareth, The Taming of the Shrew).
Gloria Vanderbilt, 95, American socialite, artist and fashion designer.
Milton Quon, 105, American animator (Fantasia, Dumbo) and actor (Speed).
Peter Allan Fields, 84, American television writer (Star Trek, The Six Million Dollar Man, The Man from U.N.C.L.E.).
Peng Xiaolian, 65, Chinese film director (Once Upon a Time in Shanghai, Shanghai Story, Shanghai Rumba).
Eddie Garcia, 90, Filipino actor (Beast of the Yellow Night).
Ang Probinsyano), director and television personality.
Susan Bernard, 71, American actress (Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!).
Judith Krantz, 91, American author (Scruples, Princess Daisy, Till We Meet Again).
Dave Bartholomew, 100, American Hall of Fame musician, bandleader and songwriter ("Ain't That a Shame", "I Hear You Knocking", "I'm Walkin'").
Stephanie Niznik, 52, American actress (Everwood, Star Trek: Insurrection, Life Is Wild).
Billy Drago, 73, American actor (The Untouchables, The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr., Pale Rider).
Bryan Marshall, 81, British actor (The Spy Who Loved Me, Quatermass and the Pit, The Long Good Friday).
Douglas Fielding, 73, British actor (Z-Cars, EastEnders) and narrator (Nightfall in Middle-Earth).
Édith Scob, 81, French actress (Eyes Without a Face, Summer Hours, Holy Motors).
Tadao Takashima, 88, Japanese actor (Atragon, Frankenstein Conquers the World, Son of Godzilla).
Max Wright, 75, American actor (ALF, Reds, All That Jazz).
Stephan Chase, 74, British actor (Maleficent, Wives and Daughters, Macbeth).
Paul Benjamin, 81, American actor (Do the Right Thing, Midnight Cowboy, Born to Win).
Glyn Houston, 93, Welsh actor (Doctor Who, The Sea Wolves).
Ennio Guarnieri, 88, Italian cinematographer (L'assoluto naturale, The Garden of the Finzi-Continis, Brother Sun, Sister Moon).
Sid Ramin, 100, American composer (West Side Story, Too Many Thieves, Stiletto).
Lee Iacocca, 94, American automobile executive (Ford Motor Company, Chrysler) and writer (Where Have All the Leaders Gone?).
José Luis Merino, 92, Spanish film director (The Hanging Woman, Scream of the Demon Lover, Réquiem para el gringo).
Arte Johnson, 90, American comedian and actor (Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In).
Eduardo Fajardo, 94, Spanish actor (The Two Faces of Fear, Nightmare City, Exterminators of the Year 3000).
Pierre Lhomme, 89, French cinematographer (Cyrano de Bergerac, Lovers Like Us, Deadly Circuit).
Martin Charnin, 84, American lyricist (Annie, Two by Two, Hot Spot) and theatre director (Shadowlands).
João Gilberto, 88, Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist, pioneer of bossa nova music style.
Eddie Jones, 84, American actor (Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, A League of Their Own, The Terminal).
Artur Brauner, 100, Polish-born German film producer (The Plot to Assassinate Hitler, Angry Harvest, Europa Europa).
Freddie Jones, 91, British actor (Emmerdale, The Ghosts of Motley Hall, Dune).
Ross Perot, 89, American billionaire businessman, philanthropist and presidential candidate, founder of Electronic Data Systems and the Reform Party, leukemia.
Rip Torn, 88, American actor (Cross Creek, The Larry Sanders Show, Men in Black).
Valentina Cortese, 96, Italian actress (Malaya, Brother Sun, Sister Moon, Day for Night).
Jerry Lawson, 75, American a cappella singer (The Persuasions).
Denise Nickerson, 62, American actress (Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, Dark Shadows, Smile).
Albert Shepherd, 82, British actor (The Anniversary, Charlie Bubbles, Before Winter Comes).
Cameron Boyce, actor “Mirrors”.
Brendan Grace, 68, Irish comedian (Moondance, Father Ted) and singer.
Richard Carter, 65, Australian actor (Mad Max: Fury Road, The Great Gatsby, Rafferty's Rules).
Charles Levin, 70, American actor (Alice, Hill Street Blues, Capital News).
Karl Shiels, 47, Irish actor (Fair City, Into the Badlands, Henry IV, Part 1).
Johnny Clegg, 66, British-born South African singer and musician (Juluka, Savuka).
Barry Coe, 84, American actor (Follow the Sun, Peyton Place, Bonanza).
David Hedison, 92, American actor (The Fly, Live and Let Die, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea).
Robert Milli, 86, American actor (Guiding Light, Klute, Playing for Keeps).
Darlene Tompkins, 78, American actress (Blue Hawaii).
Rutger Hauer, 75, Dutch actor (Blade Runner, Nighthawks, The Hitcher).
Jeremy Kemp, 84, British actor (The Winds of War, Z-Cars, The Blue Max).
Ilaria Occhini, 85, Italian actress (Doctor and the Healer, Loose Cannons).
Art Neville, 81, American singer-songwriter and keyboardist (The Meters, The Neville Brothers).
Danny Keogh, 71, Ugandan-born South African actor (Invictus, Zulu, The Red Sea Diving Resort).
Gabe Khouth, 46, Canadian actor (It, Mobile Suit Gundam SEED, Once Upon a Time).
Danika McGuigan, 33, Irish actress (Can't Cope, Won't Cope, Philomena, The Secret Scripture).
Jimmy Patton, 87, British comedian (Patton Brothers, ChuckleVision).
Scott Rubenstein, 71, American television writer and story editor (Star Trek: The Next
Generation).
Russi Taylor, 75, American voice actress (Disney's House of Mouse, The Simpsons, DuckTales).
Edward Lewis, 99, American film producer (Spartacus, Grand Prix, Missing).
George Hilton, 85, Uruguayan actor (The Masked Man Against the Pirates, The Brute and the Beast, Man Called Invincible).
Ruth de Souza, 98, Brazilian actress (The Landowner's Daughter, Macumba Love, A Glass of Rage).
John Humble, 63, British hoaxer, claimed to be the Yorkshire Ripper.
Raffaele Pisu, 94, Italian comedian and actor (Susanna Whipped Cream, Weekend, Italian Style, The Consequences of Love).
D. A. Pennebaker, 94, American documentary filmmaker (Dont Look Back, Monterey Pop, Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars).
Teresa Ha, 81, Hong Kong actress (Chinatown Kid, The Deadly Breaking Sword, Shaolin Mantis).
Toni Morrison, 88, American author (The Bluest Eye, Song of Solomon, Beloved).
Danny Doyle, 79, Irish folk singer (Whiskey on a Sunday, "The Rare Ould Times").
Patricia Louisianna Knop, 78, American screenwriter (Lady Oscar, 9½ Weeks, Siesta).
Ernie Colón, 88, American comic book artist (Arak, Casper the Friendly Ghost, Richie Rich)
Freda Dowie, 91, English actress (Distant Voices, Still Lives, The Old Curiosity Shop, The Omen).
Piero Tosi, 92, Italian costume designer (Senso, Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow, The Night Porter).
Barbara March, 65, Canadian actress (Star Trek).
Terence Knapp, 87, English actor (Urge to Kill, The Valiant, Othello).
Kip Addotta, 75, American comedian. ("Wet Dream").
Peter Fonda, 79, American actor and screenwriter (Easy Rider, Ulee's Gold, 3:10 to Yuma).
David Layzer, 93, American astrophysicist.
Richard Williams, 86, Canadian-British animator and director (The Thief and the Cobbler, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, A Christmas Carol).
Gillian Hanna, 75, Irish actress (Les Misérables, All the Queen's Men, Oliver Twist).
Jack Perkins, 85, American reporter and television host (NBC Nightly News, Biography).
Jan Ruff O'Herne, 96, Australian comfort women rights activist.
Cosimo Cinieri, actor (“The New York Ripper”).
Larry Siegel, 93, American humorist (Mad Magazine, The Carol Burnett Show).
Morton Tubor, 102, American film and sound editor (Cannonball, The Big Red One, Knots Landing).
Sheila Steafel, 84, South African-born British actress (Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D., Quatermass and the Pit, The Ghosts of Motley Hall).
Franco Garofalo, actor (Hell of the Living Dead).
Terrance Dicks, 84, English screenwriter (Doctor Who, Crossroads, Space: 1999).
Brad Linaweaver, 66, American science fiction writer.
Gordon Bressack, 68, American television writer (Pinky and the Brain, Animaniacs, Bionic Six).
Franco Columbu, 78, Italian bodybuilder and actor (Conan the Barbarian, The Terminator).
Valerie Harper, 80, American actress (The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Rhoda, Valerie).
Carol Lynley, 77, American actress (The Night Stalker, Bunny Lake Is Missing, The Poseidon Adventure)
Jimmy Johnson, 76, American musician (Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section) and record producer.
John Wesley, 72, American actor (Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot, Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad, Hang 'Em High).
Robert Axelrod, 70, American actor (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, The Blob).
Valerie Van Ost, 75, English actress (Carry On, The Beauty Jungle, Mister Ten Per Cent).
Anne Rivers Siddons, 83, American novelist (Peachtree Road, The House Across the Street).
T. Boone Pickens, 91, American businessman and philanthropist.
Mardik Martin, 84, Iranian-born Iraqi-American screenwriter (Raging Bull, Mean Streets, New York, New York).
Brian Turk, 49, American actor (Carnivàle, Big Fat Liar, American Pie 2).
Eddie Money, 70, American singer ("Take Me Home Tonight") and songwriter ("Two Tickets to Paradise", "Baby Hold On").
Wu Yigong, 80, Chinese film director (My Memories of Old Beijing, Evening Rain, The Tribulations of a Chinese Gentleman).
Ric Ocasek, 75, American Hall of Fame musician (The Cars), singer-songwriter ("My Best Friend's Girl", "You Might Think").
Phyllis Newman, 86, American actress (Subways Are for Sleeping, Mannequin, To Find a Man) and singer.
Sander Vanocur, 91, American political journalist.
Cokie Roberts, 75, American journalist (ABC News, NPR), political commentator and author.
Shyam Ramsay, 67, Indian film director (Darwaza, Veerana) and screenwriter (Zee Horror Show).
Barron Hilton, 91, American businessman, Chairman of Hilton Hotels Corporation (1966–2007), co-founder of the AFL and owner of the Los Angeles Chargers.
Aron Eisenberg, 50, American actor (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, The Horror Show, Prayer of the Rollerboys).
Sid Haig, 80, American actor (Foxy Brown, House of 1000 Corpses, The Devil's Rejects).
Jack Donner, 90, American actor (As the World Turns, Four Christmases, All About Evil).
Linda Porter, 86, American actress (Superstore, Dude, Where's My Car?, Twin Peaks).
Jacques Chirac, 86, French politician, President and Co-Prince of Andorra (1995–2007), Prime Minister (1974–1976, 1986–1988) and Mayor of Paris (1977–1995).
Rob Garrison, 59, American actor (The Karate Kid, Iron Eagle, Prom Night).
Rudy Behlmer, 92, American film historian and writer.
Jessye Norman, 74, American opera singer.
Philip Gips, 88, American graphic designer and film poster artist (Alien, Rosemary's Baby, Downhill Racer).
Diahann Carroll, 84, American actress (Julia, Dynasty, Claudine).
Ginger Baker, 80, English Hall of Fame drummer (Cream, Blind Faith, Ginger Baker's Air Force).
Rip Taylor, 84, American actor (The $1.98 Beauty Show, Chatterbox, Down to Earth) and comedian.
Larry Junstrom, 70, American bassist (Lynyrd Skynyrd, 38 Special).
Ryan Nicholson, 47, Canadian film director (Gutterballs).
Marie-José Nat, 79, French actress (A Woman in White, Violins at the Ball, La Vérité).
Juliette Kaplan, 80, British actress (Last of the Summer Wine, Coronation Street).
Robert Forster, 78, American actor (Jackie Brown, The Black Hole, Medium Cool).
Carlo Croccolo, 92, Italian actor (47 morto che parla, After the Fox, Three Men and a Leg) and comedian.
George Chambers, 88, American bassist and singer (The Chambers Brothers).
Patrick Ward, 69, Australian actor (The Unisexers, The Chain Reaction, My Two Wives).
Harold Bloom, 89, American literary critic and writer (The Anxiety of Influence, The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages).
Scotty Bowers, 96, American author (Full Service) and pimp.
Leah Bracknell, 55, British actress (Emmerdale, Casualty 1900s, The Royal Today).
Bill Macy, 97, American actor (Maude, The Jerk, Analyze This).
Jerry Fogel, 83, American actor (The Mothers-in-Law).
Pascale Roberts, 89, French actress (The Women Couldn't Care Less, The Sleeping Car Murders, Plus belle la vie).
Anne Phelan, 75, Australian actress (Bellbird, Prisoner: Cell Block H, Winners & Losers).
Kaoru Yachigusa, 88, Japanese actress (Samurai Trilogy, Hachiko Monogatari, Agatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot and Marple).
John Witherspoon, 77, American actor (Friday, The Wayans Bros., The Boondocks).
Florence Giorgetti, 75, French actress (La Grande Bouffe, The Lacemaker, Pepe Carvalho).
Rudy Boesch, 91, American Navy SEAL, reality show contestant (Survivor: Borneo, Survivor: All Stars).
Brian Tarantina, 60, American actor (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, City by the Sea, One Life to Live).
Virginia Leith, 94, American actress (The Brain That Wouldn't Die).
William Wintersole, 88, American actor (The Young and the Restless, General Hospital, Leadbelly).
Maria Perego, 95, Italian animator, creator of Topo Gigio.
Robert Freeman, 82, British photographer (With the Beatles, A Hard Day's Night, Rubber Soul) and graphic designer.
Luciano Marin, 87, Italian actor (A Man of Straw, Goliath and the Barbarians, The Commandant).
Niall Tóibín, 89, Irish comedian and actor (Ryan's Daughter, Far and Away, Veronica Guerin).
Jean Fergusson, 74, British actress (Last of the Summer Wine, Coronation Street).
Tom Lyle, 66, American comics artist (Starman, Comet, Peter Parker: Spider-Man).
Michael J. Pollard, 80, American actor (Bonnie and Clyde, Scrooged, House of 1000 Corpses).
Gahan Wilson, 89, American cartoonist (Everybody's Favorite Duck, A Night in the Lonesome October, Spooky Stories for a Dark and Stormy Night).
Joan Staley, 79, American model and actress (The Untouchables, 77 Sunset Strip, The Ghost and Mr. Chicken).
Clive James, 80, Australian author (Cultural Amnesia), broadcaster (Clive James's Postcard from..., Fame in the 20th Century) and critic (The Observer).
Howard Cruse, 75, American cartoonist and comic book writer (Stuck Rubber Baby).
William Ruckelshaus, 87, American attorney, member of the Indiana House of Representatives (1966–1968), Acting Director of FBI (1973) and Administrator of EPA (1970–1973, 1983–1985).
Sir Jonathan Miller, 85, English humourist (Beyond the Fringe), television presenter, and director (Whistle and I'll Come To You).
Vittorio Congia, 89, Italian actor (5 marines per 100 ragazze, Shivers in Summer, Obiettivo ragazze).
Makio Inoue, 80, Japanese voice actor (Astro Boy, Captain Harlock, Lupin the Third).
Irving Burgie, 95, American Hall of Fame songwriter ("Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)", "Jamaica Farewell", "In Plenty and In Time of Need").
Shelley Morrison, 83, American actress (Will & Grace, The Flying Nun, General Hospital).
Robert K. Massie, 90, American Romanov historian (Nicholas and Alexandra).
D. C. Fontana, 80, American television writer (Star Trek, The Streets of San Francisco, The Waltons).
Azucena Hernández, 59, Spanish actress (El Retorno del Hombre Lobo).
Javier Aguirre, 84, Spanish film director (Count Dracula's Great Love).
Richard Easton, 86, Canadian actor (The Brothers, Henry V, Revolutionary Road).
Robert Walker Jr., 79, American actor (Ensign Pulver, The Ceremony, Star Trek).
Ron Leibman, 82, American actor (Angels in America, Norma Rae).
Caroll Spinney, 85, American puppeteer (Sesame Street, The Electric Company).
René Auberjonois, 79, American actor (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, MASH, Benson).
Paul Volcker, 92, American economist, Chair of the Federal Reserve (1979–1987).
Marie Fredriksson, 61, Swedish singer-songwriter (Roxette).
Barrie Keeffe, 74, English screenwriter (The Long Good Friday).
Philip McKeon, 55, American actor (Alice).
Gershon Kingsley, 97, German-American composer and electronic musician ("Popcorn").
Jack Scott, 83, Canadian-American rock singer and songwriter ("My True Love", "Burning Bridges").
Danny Aiello, 86, American actor (Do the Right Thing, The Godfather Part II, Moonstruck).
Anna Karina, 79, Danish-born French actress (Vivre Sa Vie, Bande a Part, Pierrot Le Fou, Alphaville).
Chuy Bravo, 63, Mexican-born actor and TV personality (Chelsea Lately).
Nicky Henson, 74, English actor (EastEnders, Syriana, Fawlty Towers, Absurd Person Singular).
Tom Adams, 93, American-born Scottish illustrator. “Agatha Christie paperbacks”.
Kenny Lynch, 81, English singer ("You Can Never Stop Me Loving You"), actor (Carry On Loving, The Playbirds) and entertainer.
Claudine Auger, 78, French actress (Thunderball, Le Masque de fer) and model (Miss France Monde, 1958).
Junior Johnson, 88, American Hall of Fame racing driver (NASCAR Cup Series) and team owner (Junior Johnson & Associates).
Tony Britton, 95, British actor (Operation Amsterdam, Sunday Bloody Sunday, The Day of the Jackal).
Ram Dass, 88, American spiritual teacher, psychologist and author (Be Here Now).
David Foster, 90, American film producer (The Thing, Short Circuit, The Getaway).
Allee Willis, 72, American Hall of Fame songwriter ("I'll Be There for You", "September") and lyricist (The Color Purple), cardiac arrest
Galina Volchek, 86, Russian actress (Don Quixote, King Lear (1971), Autumn Marathon) and film director, People's Artist of the USSR (1989), pneumonia.
Lee Mendelson, 86, American television producer (A Charlie Brown Christmas, It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show), lung cancer
Sue Lyon, 73, American actress (Lolita, The Night of the Iguana, 7 Women)
Sleepy LaBeef, 84, American rockabilly singer.
Jerry Herman, 88, American composer (Hello, Dolly!, Mame, La Cage aux Folles) and lyricist, pulmonary disease.
Don Imus, 79, American radio personality (Imus in the Morning).
Jack Sheldon, 88, American trumpeter (The Merv Griffin Show), singer ("I'm Just a Bill") and voice actor (Schoolhouse Rock!).
Neil Innes, 75, English comedian (Monty Python), musician (The Rutles, Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band) and writer.
Martin West, 82, American actor (Assault on Precinct 13, Freckles, As the World Turns).
I had a grin on my face from ear to ear throughout this entire movie. The movie is on! The movie is on! The movie is on! Uganda's first action movie was the most all-out fun I've had with a movie in a long time. Why does every movie not have an emcee [aka Video Joker] to accompany the viewer along the ride? Not a commentary track, but a live emcee as a companion throughout the film. VJ Emmie was such fun to have as a co-pilot during this film; how else would I know that everybody in Uganda knows kung fu?!?!? WIth all the charm of a Cary Grant and boundless enthusiasm and excitement, VJ Emmie was wonderful! He reminds me of the days of Jamaica's mobile sound systems when an emcee would toast over the records as people danced. WHO KILLED CAPTAIN ALEX is very like a dance, in fact; especially with the live stunts and fight choreography done for real. And the gunshot and blood/special effects soooooooo NOT for real. Director Nabwana I.G.G. made his movie on his computer which he built himself from parts of OTHER computers! How impressive is that?!?! And I think the grand total for the film's budget was $200. And yet he made a movie which is solidly entertaining all the way through and which laughs along with its audience at the sheer fun of it all. I can only call this movie such a refreshing experience from the type of films I've seen before. This is made by filmmakers who absolutely love movies and have a love of making movies. WHO KILLED CAPTAIN ALEX is truthfully the most unique movie I've seen for a long long time! I had an absolute blast!
