Died on this day in horror history – July 11

July 11

2007 – Rod Lauren, who appeared in “The Black Zoo” and “The Crawling Hand,” passed away at the age of 67.

2007 – Ricahrd Franklin who directed the films “FX2” and “Psycho 2,” passed away at the age of 58.

2006 – Barnard Hughes, who starred in “Tron,” “Sisters” and “The Lost Boys,” passed away at the age of 90. He also starred in Jack’s all time favorite Halloween episode of any show…The “Tales From The Crypt” pilot “Trick Or Treat.”

2004 – Frances Hyland, appeared in “PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal (TV Series)”, “When the Dark Man Calls”, “Tales from the Cryptkeeper (TV Series)”, “Tales of the Haunted”, “Happy Birthday to Me”, “The Changeling” and more. She was 77.

1989 – Sir Laurence Olivier, who appeared in “Clash of the Titans” and played Professor Abraham Van Helsing in the 1979 version of “Dracula,” passed away at the age of 82.

1971 – John W. Campbell Jr., writer of the story “Who Goes There?” which the original film “The Thing from Another World”, John Carpenter’s “The Thing”, and 2011’s remake of “The Thing” were based on.