Rest In Play - 2020 - 2029

Mercedeh Ward was born on April 14, 1964 and passed away on July 3, 2020. She was an active member of the toy and game industry for over 35 years. Mercedeh was a mechanical engineer and worked for ...numerous companies, including Mattel, Playmates, Spin Master, Funrise, and more. She was an expert at product development and made major contributions to hugely influential brands like Barbie, Bratz, and Paw Patrol. Mercedeh fought an admirable fight against breast cancer. She leaves behind a loving family, and will be deeply missed by all who knew and loved her.Show more

Clive Wooster, toy industry icon, passed away at the age of 69 on May 18, 2024. Clive began his career in the toy industry at Fisher Price, where he spent many years working in different sales rol...es. In the 1990s, he ran The First Years until RC2/Learning Curve acquired it in 2004, at which point he became the managing director. Next, Clive chose to join smaller companies, working as a manager at Famosa and more recently, at Geomagworld. It wasn't until January of this year that he decided to take a step back to spend more time with family and pursuing his passion for motor racing. Clive always participated in charitable events both within and outside of the toy industry. He especially enjoyed events that combined his love for walking and cycling -- he once walked 52 miles over the course of 2 days to raise money for Braintrust. Outside of the toy industry, Clive liked to fill his days with motorsport and football. He was an active racer at BARC Speed Championship for over 20 years and served as an instructor at Thruxton. He always made sure to watch the Saints whenever they played. Clive leaves behind his wife of 39 years, Heather, and their two daughters, Louise and Katie. He will be deeply and dearly missed by all those that knew and loved him.Show more

The prolific inventor passed peacefully on June 20 at his home in France, surrounded by love and family, The Post can exclusively reveal.

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Estelle Harris was born on April 22, 1928 and passed away on April 2, 2022. She was best known for her role as Estelle Costanza on Seinfeld and for being the voice of Mrs. Potato Head in the Toy Story... franchise. Estelle started her career as an actress doing commercials, at one point doing 25 national commercials in one year. Her first movie was Looking Up, before becoming Estelle Costanza on Seinfeld. She also had small roles in Star Trek: Voyager, Out to Sea, The Suite Life of Zach & Cody, Dave the Barbarian, Kim Possible The Proud Family, Brother Pear, Family Guy, American Home on the Range, and a few more. However, most famously, she was the voice behind Mrs. Potato Head in Toy Story 2, 3, and 4. Estelle was married to Sy Harris, and together they had two sons and a daughter. Sy passed away about a year before his wife, but the two were married for almost 70 years.Show more

Michael G. Landsman was born in Chicago and grew up in West Rogers and Oak Park. His long and fulfilling career was spent in the toy industry; he was the CEO and president of various different compani...es: Superior Toy, Tudor Games, Peoria Plastics, HG Toys, and Mingle Toys. Michael loved golf, card games, traveling, and spending time with his family. He will be deeply and dearly missed by all those that knew and loved him.Show more

Kevin James Reeder was born on November 30, 1956 and passed away on April 21, 2021. Kevin was a designer and an educator. He taught at various colleges, including Stanford, Ohio State, Georgia Tec...h, and University of Illinois. He taught Industrial Design, and was thought od as one of the top design educators in the United States. As a designer, he created products for Discovery and Mattel, to name a few. His work is featured in the Smithsonian National Museum of American History--wood sculptures, marionettes, jewelry boxes, drawings, and small animals. Kevin was a family man, he had a wonderful wife Mardia Bishop, and three children, Jack, Matthew, and Leia. He loved to spend time with them, drawing, building snow and sand sculptures, coaching t-ball and soccer, playing int he ocean, and teaching them the proper way to dip a French fry in ketchup. He will be deeply and dearly missed by all that knew and loved him.Show more

Georges Gareau was the president of Canadian toy company, Bojeux.

Milogost Reczek was born on February 10, 1961 and passed away on December 14, 2021. He was a Polish voice actor. Milogost was best known in the video game industry for his Polish dubs of The Witch...er 3: Wild Hunt and Cyberpunk 2077. Other projects he's worked on include voicing Obi-Wan Kenobi from the Star Wars films, Talols, a supporting character in some recent Marvel movies, and some of the trains in a Polish translation of the children's show Thomas the Tank Engine.Show more

Peter Lockey, co-founder of The Puppet Company, passed away on July 1, 2021. Peter and his wife, Sue, founded The Puppet Company in 2001 with the goal of offering the largest range of puppets avai...lable anywhere. They shared the believe that there is something magical about owning a puppet. He will be deeply missed by all those that knew and loved him.Show more

John Maxim, an American toy and game inventor, passed away on February 6th, 2022. John's career started in the early 1970s when he worked at Mattel as a Preliminary Designer. After a few years, th...ough, he left to become an independent inventor. Here are some of the different toys and games he invented over the years: Ertl’s Bumble Ball, Crayola’s The Cutter, Irwin’s SpectraColor Image Pad, and Guzzlers from Ideal Toys. He was also involved in the production of Vivid Imagination’s Wibbly Wobbly Egg Race, Mattel’s Power Command Hot Wheels and countless other playthings. Later in his career, he became a founding member of the Sunshine Santas, a tight-knit group of independent inventors living in South Florida.Show more