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R.I.P. Original ‘IT’ Star Tom Heaton Passed Away This Year

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It went unreported on the internet at the time, but we’ve learned this week that actor Tom Heaton, who played Mr. Keene in IT (’90), passed away last month. He was 77.

In addition to appearing in the beloved 1990 mini-series, Tom Heaton was also in a handful of horror films throughout his decades-spanning career, including April Fools’ Day (1986), A Stranger Waits (1987), The Fly II (1989), Omen IV: The Awakening (1991), The Surgeon (1995), Killer Bees (2002), and more recently, Slither (2006).

Heaton also appeared in two episodes of “The X-Files.”

The actor’s family paid tribute in The Coast Reporter last month.

“An actor, singer/songwriter and artist, Tom was born in 1940 and raised in the Bronx, NY when it was still a rural community. After a stint in the US Army, stationed overseas in Europe, Tom attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, and found his true calling. With over 150 film and television credits (Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner as his first film), Tom worked throughout the US and Canada, making Gibsons his home after years in Los Angeles, Nelson, Rock Creek, and Vancouver.

Adoring and proud of his family, Tom leaves to mourn his loss, and cherish his life, his wife Janet Hodgkinson, his four children, Willow, Beau (Kess), Sam (Jenna) and Jack, and his four grandchildren, Raven, Lily, Maleka and Makeo.”

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One of Clive Barker’s Final Convention Appearances Will Be at New Jersey’s Monster Mania in August

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We told you earlier this month that horror legend Clive Barker is leaving the convention scene behind to focus entirely on his writing, with various upcoming projects in the works.

A series of final appearances from Barker will begin at Days of the Dead Chicago this month, and we’ve learned Barker will also be coming to Monster Mania in New Jersey.

Clive Barker will be signing at Monster Mania 59 in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, which runs from August 2 – August 4, 2024. Stay tuned for more info from the convention.

Barker’s official statement earlier this month explained, “… it’s time to focus entirely on writing. I’m not stopping public events because I’ve lost delight in meeting you all over the years. I’m as passionate as ever about sharing my imagination with readers and moviegoers around the world. In the very room where I’m writing these words, I have the manuscripts for a very large number of projects (Thirty-one of them), some very close to completion, others still telling themselves. There are some wild projects in this collection of works, whether close to finished or done. There are also stories that you all knew I would be finishing.”

“Abarat IV and V are amongst the books at my feet,” he continued. “So is the Third and final book of The Art and the sequel to The Thief of Always. There are also return visits to characters and mythologies you may have thought I would never return to.

“I hope I am still able to surprise you in the decades ahead.”

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