RIP to a horror icon Sid Haig (Captain Spaulding)
In a statement shared on the actor’s Instagram account, wife Susan L. Oberg wrote, “My light, my heart, my true love, my King, the other half of my soul, Sidney, passed from this realm on to the next. He has returned to the Universe, a shining star in her heavens. He was my angel, my husband, my best friend and always will be.”
“He adored his family, his friends and his fans,” “This came as a shock to all of us. We, as a family, are asking that our privacy and time to mourn be respected.”
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Earlier this month, Oberg wrote on Haig’s Instagram that her husband had been in an accident.
The horror fans know Sid Haig for his Iconic role as Captain Spaulding in Rob Zombie’s trilogy of films that started with the famous House of a 1000 Corpses. Haig was meant to have a larger role in this fall’s third installment, 3 From Hell, but Zombie told EW that health issues prevented him from doing so:
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Zombie said: “The movie that I prepped to make, and was getting ready to start shooting, it was Captain Spaulding, Otis, and Baby, the three originals,” “But three weeks out from shooting, I got a call from Sid Haig. He had been in the hospital, and he had just had surgery, and he was now recovering in a rehabilitation facility. I’m like, holy shit, this is a serious business. So, I went to see him, and he had changed drastically from the last time I saw him. Because Sid, he’s big and burly, and now he’s tiny as a skeleton. So, I was like, oh man. I kind of realized, yeah, he’s in rough shape.”
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Other horror films Sid had a great roles in are: Night of the Living Dead 3D, 2007’s Halloween, The Lords of Salem, and Bone Tamahawk.
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Gruemonkey is so sad to hear about Sid Haig’s passing. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family, friends, and fans worldwide.
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Rob Zombie wrote this on his Facebook:
“Last night I received a phone call I was dreading from Bill Moseley,” writes Zombie. “He told me that our friend Sid Haig had died. It was shocking but unfortunately not unexpected. I’ve know for a long time how sick Sid was and what he was battling. Over the past year as I saw pictures of him still attending conventions I thought perhaps he had beat it, but last week when he returned to the hospital I feared the worst.
“Sid and I had a long talk on the day that he told me of his condition and he knew 3 From Hell would most likely be his last appearance on screen. Sadly it was. I knew it was very important to Sid that Captain Spaulding make one more round and he did. Sid’s time the film is brief. He was in rough shape that day, but he gave it his all and made his scene very memorable.
“I was fan of his as a kid watching Jason of Star Command all the way through our twenty years of working together. I can still clearly remember the first time we met. It was at the Edith Head Costume building at Universal. Sid came out of the dressing room wearing a clown suit which was a few sizes too small. We said hello then we both started laughing at how ridiculous he looked in his ill-fitting suit. We would find him a much better suit.
“As we were making House Of 1000 Corpses neither of us knew he was creating a character that would live on and grow in popularity every year. Sid told me many times how thankful he was for the Captain and how that character changed his life. He had completely given up on acting and now suddenly had found a whole new audience at the age of 60. I know he was thrilled and blown away by that fact.
“The Captain is gone… but he will never be forgotten.
“Rest in Peace Sid
Last night I received a phone call I was dreading from Bill Moseley. He told me that our friend Sid Haig had died. It…
Posted by Rob Zombie on Monday, September 23, 2019
