Rest In Play - 2020 - 2029

Carl Weathers was born on January 14, 1948 and passed away on February 1, 2024 at the age of 76. He was an actor and a director, best known for his role as boxer Apollo Creed in the first four Rocky f...ilms. Carl Weathers grew up with a focus on athletics. He played football in middle school, high school, and college. He was a linebacker for San Diego State University and a letterman for the San Diego State Aztecs in 1968 and 1969, helping them win the Pasadena Bowl. While at San Diego State, he received a master in theatre arts. After playing in college, Carl went on to play on the Oakland Raiders in the NFL. After 4 years, he retired and began pursuing an acting career. As an actor, he starred in television series, films, and voiced video game characters, namely Col. Samuel Grant in Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction, Jax 'Dillon' Skin in Mortal Kombat X, and Lightman in The Artful Escape. Some of his television appearances include The Six Million Dollar Man, Psych, Chicago P.D., Law & Order, and The Mandalorian, to name a few. Some of his film appearances include the Rocky series, Happy Gilmore, Toy Story 4, and Action Jackson, the last of which he was nominated for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture.Show more

Paul McLaughlin passed away at the age of 57 in December 2021. He spent over 30 years working as an artist, and was most recently head of art for the developer 22cans. He worked on titles like Curiosi...ty, Godus, and The Trial. He also worked as a studio art director at Lionhead, where he was responsible for the development of the Fable and Black & White series. Paul received a Fine Art degree from Waterford Institute of Technology with a focus on Sculpture, Painting, and Art History. He also obtained a Leaving Certificate from De La Salle College Waterford. He is survived by his wife, Evie, and his three children.Show more

Lutz Muller, a Swiss business man, passed away on January 14, 2024. Lutz wore a number of hats throughout his life: He was the Senior Director at Schering Plough, a leading pharmaceutical/consu...mer products multinational where he was in charge of international marketing at Headquarters. He was the CEO of DKSH, a Swiss-owned mini-conglomerate that got crafts for children into Wal-Mart's toy aisle, revolutionizing the Activity Kit category. He was the President and founder of Klosters Trading Corporation. He wanted to provide competitive intelligence to large financial entities interested in the CPG space and to assist companies in need of help in the areas of new product development, sales, and marketing. He was the CEO of Pastime Industries Inc. Pastime was a turn-around, a company that had been delisted by Wal-Mart, Target, ToysRUs and many others. Lutz' team invented the "Children make their own Candies" and then "Children make their own Beauty Aids" activity kit concepts and placed these in Wal-Mart, Target, ToysRUs, Costco and many others. He was the Court-appointed Chief Financial Agent for a toy manufacturer. He had a monthly column at TOYS, Germany's leading industry publication, and issued two industry newsletters per month, the Klosters Toy Manufacturer Newsletter and the Klosters Toy Supply Chain Newsletter.Show more

Merle. R. Lewis, model maker and toy designer for Marx Toys, passed away on January 11, 2024. Merle was exceptional with his hands. He was a masterful mechanic, and worked for Marx Toys straight o...ut of school as a model maker and toy designer. His name appears on the patent for the Lectric Shot Shooting Gallery, and thoroughly enjoyed his time there. Before long, though, Merle decided to follow his passion, and in the 70's, learned the art of shoeing horses. He worked on thoroughbred race horses, and traveled all around the United States. He also spent a number of years in Alaska, where he assembled his own on-site saw mill and built a home with trees he cut down himself. In the late 90s, he returned to the Erie area and spent time tinkering in his garage, lending a hand to anyone who needed it. He was an avid outdoorsman, and loved farming, hunting, horses, and gardening. Some of his favorite memories were spent hunting with lifelong friends, and of course, his son Jeff. Merle is now reunited with his son, who tragically passed away just over a year ago.Show more

Kamar de los Reyes was born on November 8, 1967, and passed away on Christmas Eve in 2023 after a brief battle with cancer. He was best known for his role as Raul Menendez in Treyarch's Call of Duty: ...Black Ops II. He also reprised the same role in Call of Duty: Black Ops IV and Sledgehammer's Call of Duty: Vanguard. He also appeared on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live, and other shows and films including All American, Sleepy Hollow, and The Gifted. Kamar was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico and grew up in Las Vegas, where he developed a love of singing and dancing. He moved to LA to chase his dreams of being an entertainer.Show more

James McCaffrey was born on March 27, 1958 and passed away on December 17, 2023 at the age of 65. He was an actor and voice actor, best known for his role as Jimmy Keefe in the game Rescue Me and Max ...Payne in the Max Payne video games. James was born in Albany, and was a member of The Actors Studio since 1987. He started his own theater company, The Workhouse Theatre, in Tribeca, Manhattan. He appeared on TV in episodes of Civil Wars, Dick Wolf's Swift Justice, Law & Order: Crominal Intent and SVU, As The World Turns, and many more, including a few movies. In the toy industry, James voice Max Payne from the title character series, Tom Payne and Alex Casey in Alan Wake and Zachariah Trench for Control.Show more

Tony Trickett worked for some of the toy industry's most prominent toy companies throughout his career, including Palitoy and Character Options. At Palitoy, Tony worked in a variety of positions, ...from area manager to export sales manager, and colleagues remember him as someone you could always trust, and always had a joke to tell. At Character Options, Tony was the National Account manager, and managing director Joe Kissane recalls hiring him as "one of the best decisions we ever made."Show more

Marleen Flumerfelt, owner of Tsawwassen Toys & Tech, passed away at the age of 67 on November 20, 2023. Located in Canada, Toys & Tech was something Marleen was very proud to own for over 25 years.... A local toy store that kids and parents alike enjoyed visiting, Marleen was a friendly face who truly loved the toy business. She will be deeply missed by friends and family alike.Show more

Frederick "Fred" Held was born on October 17, 1937 and passed away on August 29, 2023. Fred was the head of Management Information Service, Global Operations, and Vice President of Marketing at Mattel... for 24 years. He also was a part-time member of UCLA's teaching staff in Business and Engineering, where he created and taught the first class in the US about the Internet. Fred was also a LA City Beach Lifeguard, and actually designed the lifeguard towers you see today. He enjoyed golf, skiing, gardening, tennis, and performing in productions at the Norris Theatre. He will be dearly missed by friends and family alike.Show more

Ana Ofelia Murguía was born on December 8, 1933 and passed away on December 31, 2023. She was 90 years old at the time of her death. Ana was a Mexican actress, best known for voicing Mamá Coco in th...e 2017 Disney-Pixar film Coco. Ana was born in Mexico City, and has acted in over 30 movies throughout her career. She won a lifetime achievement award at Mexico's 2011 Ariel film awards ceremony. She also won best supporting actress at the Ariel awards in 1979, 1986, and 1996.Show more