It is Cult Faction’s sad duty to report that Verna Bloom has passed away aged 80 years old due to complications of dementia.

Bloom appeared on the big and small screen with key roles in High Plains Drifter, Where Have All the People Gone?, Bonanza, Kojak, Police Story,  The Last Temptation of Christ, Animal House, Cagney and Lacey, The Equaliser, and The West Wing. She also co-founded the Trident Playhouse in Denver and also worked as a box-office custodian, publicity chief and janitress.