Die Blacula, Die

In the wake of the deaths of some giants of entertainment, another passing of a long-in-the-tooth actor went overlooked. William Marshall, best known for playing Blacula, a black vampire, in a pair of blaxploitation films, died of Alzheimer's Disease this week at the age of 78. Marshall preferred his stage career, with meatier roles he could sink his teeth into, including Frederick Douglass and Othello. Fangs for the memories, Mr. Marshall.