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Science fiction and fantasy events that took place on May 6, this year and in years gone by.
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Births
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Geoffrey Rush
Rush was born on July 6, 1951, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia.
Rush has starred in no science fiction, but has created the iconic character Captain Barbosa in the fantasy films Pirates of the Caribbean I, last bit of II, and III.
He also played Casanova Frankenstein in Mystery Men (1999). |
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John Byrne
Byrne was born on July 6, 1950 in Walsall, England.
A comic book artist, he wrote and drew for the Marvel comic The X-Men. |
Deaths
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Buddy Ebsen
Ebsen was born on April 2, 1908, in Belleville, Illinois, and died on July 6, 2003, in Torrance, California.
Most famous as Jed from The Beverly Hillbillies, and Barnaby Jones, he was the first choice for The Tin Man in The Wizard of Oz, but the aluminum paint that was used on him made him so ill he almost died, and he was replaced while in hospital by Ray Bolger.
He was also the telekinetic cook in the Twilight Zone episode, "Prime Mover." |
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Cameron Mitchell
Mitchell was born on November 4, 1918, in Dallastown, Pennsylvania,and died on July 6, 1994.
In a long career, he made only a handful of SF appearances:
Movies
Space Mutiny (1988) - Cmdr. Alex Jansen
Frankenstein Island (1981) - Clay Jayson
Flight to Mars (1951) - Steve Abbott
TV
Project U.F.O." - Donald Worth in The Pipeline Incident (1978)
(aka Project Blue Book)
Death in Space (1974) (TV)
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Malcolm Hulke
Malcolm Hulke was born in 1924, and died on July 6, 1979.
He wrote scripts for Doctor Who and The Avengers, among many other programs.
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