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Science fiction and fantasy events that took place on August 9, this year and in years gone by.
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Births
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Jeffrey Tambor
Tambor was born on July 8, 1944, in San Francisco, California.
He appeared in both Hellboy and Hellboy II, as well as Superhero Movie - 2008, Slipstream - 2007 (with Anthony Hopkins), and Muppets from Space (1999) - K. Edgar Singer,
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The New Twilight Zone (Australia)
- The World Next Door (1986) TV episode - Milton
- Dead Woman's Shoes/Wong's Lost and Found Emporium (1985) |
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Ben Chapman
Ben Chapman was born on December 25, 1908, in Oak Park, Illinois, USA and died on July 8, 1991, in Orange, California.
He is most famous for playing the Creature from the Black Lagoon - on land - in the movie of the same name. (In the water, it was Ricou Browning.) |
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Gene Coon
Gene L. Coon was born on January 7, 1924 and died of lung cancer at the age of 49 on July 8, 1973, in Los Angeles, California.
He produced 34 episodes of Star Trek and came up with the idea for the Klingons. |
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Space and Marine Exploration Events
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