Why am I just now finding out that Mark Blankfield (Blinken in Robin Hood: Men In Tights) passed away in 2024?!

I looked him up on Wikipedia and just discovered that he passed away last year? What?!

I don’t recall ever seeing a news article mentioning his passing, nor any statements from his family or the different actors and comedians he worked with. There isn’t even any mention of it on Google.