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Tom Skerritt Dies at 93: Remembering the Hollywood Legend Who Gave Us Alien, Top Gun and Picket Fences

HOLLYWOOD LEGENDS | IN MEMORIAM Tom Skerritt Dies at 93: Remembering the Hollywood Legend Who Gave Us Alien, Top Gun and Picket Fences From the terrifying corridors of the Nostromo to the sun-drenched skies of Top Gun, the Emmy-winning actor spent more than six decades making audiences believe in the men he portrayed. Now, Hollywood says goodbye to one of its most quietly extraordinary stars. BY SERPENTOR’S LAIR EDITORIAL   |   OCTOBER 22, 2026 Tom Skerritt (1933–2026). Photograph by Gage Skidmore, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0. Image and license.…

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Goodbye, Mr. Belding: ‘Saved by the Bell’ Star Dennis Haskins Dies at 75, Leaving Bayside and a Generation of Fans in Mourning

Goodbye, Mr. Belding: ‘Saved by the Bell’ Star Dennis Haskins Dies at 75, Leaving Bayside and a Generation of Fans in Mourning For an entire generation, there was one man who always seemed to be waiting at the end of the hallway at Bayside High. Sometimes he was frustrated. Sometimes he was fooled by Zack Morris’ latest scheme. Sometimes he was the only adult in the room who seemed to understand that growing up could be funny, confusing and painful all at once. His name was Mr. Belding. And the…

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Remembering Sam Neill: The Man Who Made Us Believe Dinosaurs Could Walk the Earth

For an entire generation, the first sight of a living dinosaur was reflected in the astonished eyes of Sam Neill. As Dr. Alan Grant in Steven Spielberg’s 1993 masterpiece Jurassic Park, Neill stood in a grassy field, removed his sunglasses and stared upward at something impossible. A towering Brachiosaurus walked before him, and through Grant’s expression, moviegoers felt the same overwhelming wonder. In that moment, dinosaurs were no longer fossils in museums or illustrations in books. They were alive. Sam Neill died suddenly in Sydney on July 13, 2026, at…

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