O'Bannon, Dan (Personal Name)

Foster, A. D. Alien, c1979 (a.e.) t.p. (Dan O'Bannon)

New York times WWW site, Dec. 22, 2009 (in obituary published Dec. 20: Dan O'Bannon; b. Daniel Thomas O'Bannon, Sept. 30, 1946, St. Louis; d. Thursday [Dec. 17, 2009], Santa Monica, Calif., aged 63; his screenplays for Alien, Total recall, The return of the living dead, and other films made him a cult hero among science fiction aficionados)