USA Today's Passages 2013 By David Colton

Above, stop-motion effects artist Ray Harryhausen, just one of those we lost this year.

To many horror and science-fiction fans, the name David Colton is a familiar one. He is one of the moderators at the Classic Horror Film Board forum and he also oversees the annual Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards.

He wears another hat.

From USA Today:

David Colton is Executive Editor, and has been with USA TODAY since almost the beginning. He oversees all print products and occasionally writes a story or two himself.

One of his duties at USA Today is to compile the list of prominent people who passed away each year. He has compiled the 2013 list, "Passages 2013: Remembering Those We Lost."

It is one of the better tribute pages (even better than the annual Academy Awards tributes, who often annoyingly omits several passings of those in Tinseltown).

To see Colton's tributes, go here.