Rest In Play - 2020 - 2029
George Wendt, the Beer-Loving Norm on ‘Cheers,’ Dies at 77
2025-05-23 08:41:37George Wendt, who bellied up to the bar to portray the beer-quaffing everyman Norm Peterson for all 11 seasons of the fabled NBC sitcom Cheers, has died. He was 76.
Funeral details announced for Geoff Smith
2025-05-23 08:40:44Geoff Smith was a well-known and cherished figure in the toy industry whose career spanned an impressive 50 years. As a former director of A.B.Gee, Geoff played a central role in shaping one of the UK...’s most enduring toy companies.Show more
David McLeod Dies: Longtime Disney Syndication Executive Was 62
2025-05-23 08:39:19David McLeod, a syndication and content sales executive whose career at Disney spanned 35 years including 25 running the studio’s Chicago syndication office, died May 4 in Downers Grove, Illinois, f...ollowing complications from an undiagnosed illness. He was 62.Show more
Steve Pepoon
2025-05-16 11:05:47Steve Pepoon, who received an Emmy for writing an episode of The Simpsons as a freelancer, worked on other TV comedies like It’s Garry Shandling’s Show, ALF and Roseanne and co-created The Wild Th...ornberrys, has died. He was 68.Show more
R.I.P. Butch Guice
2025-05-09 08:17:10Jackson “Butch” Guice, a penciler whose 40-year career in comics included runs on Micronauts, Dr. Strange, The Death of Superman, and Ruse, died on May 1, 2025, at the age of 63. Guice began worki...ng in comics in 1981 with “Warlords of Light,” a sword-and-sorcery tale in Galaxia Magazine.Show more
R.I.P. Jack Katz
2025-05-02 04:51:26Longtime Comics Artist, Creator of Early Graphic Novel 'The First Kingdom'
Obituary: Geoff Smith
2025-05-02 04:49:50The former A.B.Gee director passed away last week, just a few weeks short of his 78th birthday. It is with deep sadness that we share the passing of Geoff Smith, a well-known and cherished figure in t...he toy industry whose career spanned an impressive 50 years.Show more
Obituary: David Strang
2025-05-02 04:49:15Toy World is sad to report that David Strang, founder of Wicked Vision, sadly passed away unexpectedly, on Monday 21st April. Wicked Vision became well known for products like boomerangs, discs, high ...bounce balls and yo-yos, as David built the company into a global brand centred on active play.Show more
George Lowe
2025-04-26 23:19:33George Lowe was born on November 10, 1957 and passed away on March 2, 2025. George was born in Florida and got his first job at a local radio station. He attended the Radio Engineering institute of Sa...rasota and Pasco-Hernando Community College for college. George did occasional voice-over work for TBS throughout the 1980s and 1990s, but his career officially began when he was cast as the lead role in Space Ghost Coast to Coast. Aside from Space Ghost, George also recorded dialog for the film Radioland Murders, but his scenes were ultimately cut in the final film. He appeared in Sealab 2021, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Robot Chicken, and in a number of Artix Entertainment games. He also did voice-over work for various media outlets and companies: San Francisco rock station KSAN, Cleveland rock station WNCX, the Fox, FX, and FXX television networks, and commercials for Dunkin Donuts and Capital One.Show more