Comedian Dom Deluise passed away yesterday in Santa Monica, California at the age of 75. Dom Deluise was a man, but his portrayal of the fiesty and over-the-top Aunt Kate in the 1986 classic horror homage Haunted Honeymoon makes this a sad loss for funny women in horror everywhere.
"My brother John, from whom you are all descended, was bitten on the back of his neck by something that was half animal, half human. From that moment on, he was hairy, all over." - Aunt Kate.
In addition to Aunt Kate, Deluise was the monstrous edible Pizza The Hut in Spaceballs, Guilt in an episode of Amazing Stories, Dr. Dudley in the 1960's TV horror series The Munsters, and just finished a cameo in the upcoming horror movie Horrorween...