Today, Spock (Leonard Nimoy, not Zachary Quinto) from Star died at the grand old age of 83.
I know this is against the non-Sonic blog rule, but an icon in the sci-fi world has died...
http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2015/feb/27/leonard-nimoy-mr-spock-star-trek-dies-ages-83 (source)