{"id":14145,"date":"2026-02-19T22:01:31","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T22:01:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/?p=14145"},"modified":"2026-02-19T22:01:32","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T22:01:32","slug":"with-heavy-hearts-we-announce-the-passing-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/?p=14145","title":{"rendered":"With heavy hearts, we announce the passing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Actor and playwright <strong>Tom Noonan<\/strong> has died at 74. According to reports, he passed away on February 14. The news was shared by director <strong>Fred Dekker<\/strong>,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> who worked with Noonan on <strong>The Monster Squad<\/strong>, where he played Frankenstein\u2019s monster. Dekker praised his <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cindelible performance as Frankenstein\u201d and called him \u201cthe proverbial gentleman and scholar.\u201d No official cause of death was disclosed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Standing 6-foot-5, Noonan was known for his intense and psychologically complex roles. He gained major recognition as Francis Dollarhyde in <strong>Manhunter<\/strong>,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> directed by <strong>Michael Mann<\/strong>. He later appeared in <strong>RoboCop 2<\/strong> and <strong>Last Action Hero<\/strong>, often portraying layered antagonists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Noonan also reunited with Mann in <strong>Heat<\/strong>. Across mainstream and independent films, he built a career defined by depth, presence, and unforgettable performances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dailypositive24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-130689507.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-47997\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Actor and playwright Tom Noonan has died at 74. According to reports, he passed away on February 14. The news was shared by director Fred Dekker, who worked with Noonan on The Monster Squad, where he played Frankenstein\u2019s monster. Dekker praised his \u201cindelible performance as Frankenstein\u201d and called him \u201cthe proverbial gentleman and scholar.\u201d No&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14146,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14145","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14145"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14145\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14147,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14145\/revisions\/14147"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}