October 9

2009 – Barry Letts, who produced & directed many British TV series including “The Invisible Man,” “Doctor Who” and “The Hound of the Baskervilles” mini-series, passed away at the age of 84.

2009 – Al C. Ward, who wrote for such TV series as “Perry Mason,” “The Fugitive,” “Climax!,” “The Aquanauts” and “Bonanza,” passed away at the age of 90. He wrote the American sequences for the original “Godzilla.”

2005 – Louis Nye who played “Zombo” on the “Munsters” episode of the same name, passed away at the age of 92.

1972 – Miriam Hopkins who starred in the 1931 version of “Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde,” passed away at the age of 69.