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Above, Jeff Corey addresses the
L.A. County Board of Supervisors.
Photo courtesy of Jim Nolt. |
Posted by Jim Nolt on Facebook:
On This Date...August 16:
2002: Jeff Corey, the actor best known to Superman fans as Luke Benson in SUPERMAN AND THE MOLE-MEN, passed away at St. John's Medical Center in Santa Monica of complications from a fall earlier in the week. He was 88. Corey was a gifted actor who was blacklisted for refusing to name names before the House Committee on Un-American Activities in the 1950s but later went on to become one of the most sought after teachers in Hollywood. He was survived by Hope, his wife of 64 years, three daughters, and six grandchildren. Superman fans paid tribute to Mr. Corey in July, 2001, during Superman Week, the ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN's 50th anniversary celebration in Los Angeles.
I had forgotten that Corey died a little over a year after we had the "Superman Week" ceremony at the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. We were glad that he was able to attend and participate.
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| Above, the "Superman Week" ceremony. Photo courtesy of Jim Nolt. |
Corey also played the villain Tom Chaney in the John Wayne
True Grit (1969).
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