Rest In Play - 2020 - 2029

Tony Trickett worked for some of the toy industry's most prominent toy companies throughout his career, including Palitoy and Character Options. At Palitoy, Tony worked in a variety of positions, ...from area manager to export sales manager, and colleagues remember him as someone you could always trust, and always had a joke to tell. At Character Options, Tony was the National Account manager, and managing director Joe Kissane recalls hiring him as "one of the best decisions we ever made."Show more

Marleen Flumerfelt, owner of Tsawwassen Toys & Tech, passed away at the age of 67 on November 20, 2023. Located in Canada, Toys & Tech was something Marleen was very proud to own for over 25 years.... A local toy store that kids and parents alike enjoyed visiting, Marleen was a friendly face who truly loved the toy business. She will be deeply missed by friends and family alike.Show more

Frederick "Fred" Held was born on October 17, 1937 and passed away on August 29, 2023. Fred was the head of Management Information Service, Global Operations, and Vice President of Marketing at Mattel... for 24 years. He also was a part-time member of UCLA's teaching staff in Business and Engineering, where he created and taught the first class in the US about the Internet. Fred was also a LA City Beach Lifeguard, and actually designed the lifeguard towers you see today. He enjoyed golf, skiing, gardening, tennis, and performing in productions at the Norris Theatre. He will be dearly missed by friends and family alike.Show more

Ana Ofelia Murguía was born on December 8, 1933 and passed away on December 31, 2023. She was 90 years old at the time of her death. Ana was a Mexican actress, best known for voicing Mamá Coco in th...e 2017 Disney-Pixar film Coco. Ana was born in Mexico City, and has acted in over 30 movies throughout her career. She won a lifetime achievement award at Mexico's 2011 Ariel film awards ceremony. She also won best supporting actress at the Ariel awards in 1979, 1986, and 1996.Show more

Murray Jackson, founder of Edx Education, passed away on January 3, 2024. Edx Education is a major supplier to the international education market. Known for their philosophy "learning through play,..." the company develops quality hands-on educational materials to foster children's learning through play in the classroom and at home. Though Edx Education has been in business for over 20 years, the company really hit its stride when the global pandemic led to an increase in home schooling. Murray founded Edx Education in 1996, and ran it himself for 27 years, but that's not all he did. He helped pioneer projects such as the opening of an after school center in Taiwan. He was both an industry leader and a mentor to many, and he will be dearly missed by all who knew him.Show more

Jack Leo Williams passed away at the age of 82 on December 31, 2023. Jack got his start in the toy business just after graduating high school in 1959, working at a new Bradlees Department Store, setti...ng up and managing their new toy department. In the early 1980s, Jack became a partner at Freud, Morris, and Williams (FMW), a toy manufacturer rep business in Manhattan. The company represented domestic and international toy factory manufacturers. Jack spent over fifty years traveling all throughout New England, even making over thirty trips to Hong Kong, before retiring at age 78. In 2015, Jack was honored by the Officers and Board of Directors of the American International Toy Industry Association for his attendance at the New York's annual Toy Fair for over 50 years in a row.Show more

Pauline Kerrison passed away peacefully on Christmas Day in 2023, surrounded by family. Pauline spent most of her life involved with Kerrison Toys, her family owned toy store in Norwich, Norfolk. B...oasting the largest and widest range of toys in the area, from games and puzzles to construction sets and video game consoles. Friends and family describe her as "warm and welcoming, "one of a kind," and "one of the industry's diamonds," and she will be deeply missed by family, friends, and regular customers alike.Show more

Pam Dobson passed away on September 29, 2023. Pam and her husband Peter owned Ely's Toys of Woodford Green for many years. Ely's Toys was a popular local toy shop. People came to know Pam and Peter ov...er the years, and many customers would visit the shop to not only buy toys, but to stop and chat with the couple. The shop closed in 2001, but is remembered fondly by community members. Pam and Peter married in 1958 and moved to London. A few years later, they took over Ely's Toys, and grew it from a very small business into a much larger toy shop, even buying up the premises next door.Show more

Herb Feldman was born on April 1, 1942 and died on July 29, 2023 after a battle with pancreatic cancer. Herb was the founder of Feldman & Assoc., a good athlete, and a passionate Yankees fan.

Video game voice actor Ken Lally has passed away at the age of 52 on October 10, 2023. Lally voiced NPCs in video games such as Spider-Man: Miles Morales and Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare. He had mai...n roles in Mortal Kombat 9 as Smoke, Shinnok, and Goro, in Resident Evil 2 and Resident Evil 3 as Robert Kendo, and in Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus as Wayne Woods. He also did guest roles in Heroes and Star Trek: Enterprise.Show more