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It's been a hard year for dictators; they've been dropping like housing prices. And even the Not-So-Evil have departed -- I'm sure you heard about Steve Jobs and Andy Rooney.

For years, my only awareness of this film was the reference to it in "Science Fiction Double Feature," the first song in The Rocky Horror Picture Show : "Anne Francis stars in Forbidden Planet ." When I did finally see it, I was stunned at how advanced the special effects and the soundtrack were, given the film was made in 1956.

In 2011, we lost guitarist Gary Moore, actress Tura Satana, artist Jerry Robinson, artist Joe Simon , actress Anne Francis, Grass Roots singer Rob Grill, director Ken Russell, producer Sherman Schwartz, actress-songwriter Dolores Fuller, artist Gene Colan and Warrant singer Jani Lane.