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Richard Treat Williams was born in Stamford, Connecticut, to Marian (Andrew), who dealt in antiques, and Richard Norman Williams, a corporate executive. At the age of three, his family moved to Rowayton, Connecticut.
Educated at prep-school, he first made a serious commitment to his craft during his days at Pennsylvania's Franklin and Marshall College. Working summers with the nearby Fulton Repertory Theatre at Lancaster in the heart of Amish country, Williams performed the classics as well as contemporary dramas and musicals.
After graduating, Williams--whose first name, incidentally, is a family surname on his mother's side--headed for Manhattan where he understudied the Danny Zuko role in "Grease." After working in the The Andrews Sisters musical "Over Here," he made his film debut as a cop in Deadly Hero (1975), then returned to "Grease," this time in the starring role. While he took leaves for two small film roles, in The Ritz (1976) and The Eagle Has Landed (1976), it was his stage work in "Grease" that led to his cinematic breakthrough in Hair (1979). Spotted by director Milos Forman, Williams was asked to read for the role of Berger, the hippie. It took 13 auditions to land the part, but the film's release catapulted Williams into stardom.
Williams then portrayed a GI on the make in Steven Spielberg's 1941 (1979) and starred in the romantic comedy Why Would I Lie? (1980) before tackling the role of Danny Ciello, the disillusioned New York City cop who blew the whistle on his corrupt colleagues in Sidney Lumet's Prince of the City (1981). He followed that with The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper (1981), in which he played the legendary plane hijacker who successfully eluded capture (by Robert Duvall); Flashpoint (1984), in which he and Kris Kristofferson starred as a pair of maverick border patrolmen who come upon a large cache of stolen money; Sergio Leone's Once Upon a Time in America (1984), in which he played a Jimmy Hoffa-like labor organizer; and Smooth Talk (1985), a screen adaptation of Joyce Carol Oates' short story, "Where Are You Going?"
Television viewers have seen Williams in a prestigious pair of dramas, Dempsey (1983), a three-hour story of the hard-living heavyweight champ, and John Erman's adaptation of Tennessee Williams' classic "A Streetcar Named Desire," which pitted Williams' Stanley Kowalski against Ann-Margret's Blanche Dubois. Williams has also returned to Broadway sporadically -- first to appear in "Once in a Lifetime" while filming "Hair," and in 1981 to play the role of the pirate king in "The Pirates of Penzance."
Williams died in a motorcycle June 12, 2023, in Vermont. The driver who hit Williams knew him, and pled guilty to negligent driving resulting in death.- Born in New York, Carol Higgins Clark obtained her B.A. from Mt. Holyoke College. She then studied acting at the Beverly Hills Playhouse. She starred in "Who Killed Amy Lang?", a mini-mystery aired on Good Morning America (1975) and performed in New York's Carnegie Hall (Weill Recital Hall) in Wendy Wasserstein's play "Uncommon Women and Others", produced as part of the 21st Century Playwrights Festival. She was the lead in the film, A Cry in the Night (1992), based on the novel by Mary Higgins Clark. The film was shown at the Cannes TV Festival and the Montreal Film Festival and nationally on U.S. television.
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Francesco Nuti was born on 17 May 1955 in Prato near Florence. He made his debut in cinema industry with Giancattivi trio composed by Alessandro Benvenuti and Athina Cenci. They acted in the film Ad ovest di Paperino (1981) with acclaim from both critics and public. Then he acted with Italian director Maurizio Ponzi in Tuscany's trilogy, What a Ghostly Silence There Is Tonight (1982), The Pool Hustlers (1983), and Son contento (1983). After this experience he decided to direct his own movies Tutta colpa del paradiso (1985), and Caruso Paskoski, Son of a Pole (1988). After box-office hit Donne con le gonne (1991), he tried to make a great style film like OcchioPinocchio (1994), but this film was totally stamped on by critics and was a failure at box-office. He tried a come back with Caruso, zero in condotta (2001) and Concorso di colpa (2004) but he wasn't able to repeat the previous success. In the middle of 2006 he was hospitalized in Rome, where he entered a coma. On 24 November 2006 he came out from the coma and was brought into a rehabilitation center.- Silvio Berlusconi was born on 29 September 1936 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy. He was a producer, known for Mediterraneo (1991), Man Trouble (1992) and Folks! (1992). He was married to Veronica Lario and Carla Elvira Lucia Dall'Oglio. He died on 12 June 2023 in Milan, Italy.
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John Victor Romita Sr. was an American comic book artist best known for his work on Marvel Comics' The Amazing Spider-Man and for co-creating characters including Mary Jane Watson, the Punisher, and Wolverine. Romita was the father of John Romita Jr., also a comic book artist, and the husband of Virginia Romita, for many years Marvel's traffic manager.
His first comics work was in 1949 as a ghost artist for Timely Comics, the precursor to Marvel, through which Romita met editor-in-chief Stan Lee. In 1951, Romita began drawing horror, war, and romance comics for Atlas Comics (previously Timely), and also drew his first superhero work, a 1950s revival of Captain America. He began working exclusively for DC Comics from 1958-1965 and was the artist for many of their romance comics. During these years, Romita further developed his ability to draw beautiful women, which he later became well-known for.
Romita joined Marvel in 1965, initially drawing Daredevil comics. In 1966, Spider-Man artist and co-creator Steve Ditko left Marvel, and Romita was chosen by writer Lee as the new artist for Amazing Spider-Man. Within a year of Romita becoming the Spider-Man artist, The Amazing Spider-Man rose from Marvel's second-best-selling title to the company's top-seller. Romita brought a new romance style to Spider-Man comics that soon became the new house style for the character. In June 1973, Romita was promoted to Marvel's art director and heavily influenced the look of Marvel comics throughout the 1970s and 1980s.
He was inducted into the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 2002- Producer
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Michael Catt was born on 25 December 1952 in Pascagoula, Mississippi, USA. He was a producer and actor, known for Flywheel (2003), Fireproof (2008) and Facing the Giants (2006). He was married to Terri Catt. He died on 12 June 2023 in Albany, Georgia, USA.- Actor
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Boudewijn van Hulzen was an actor, known for Lily Was Here (1989), Medisch Centrum West (1988) and Baantjer (1995). He died on 12 June 2023.- Kazan Khan was an actor, known for The King (1995), The Gang (2000) and C.I.D. Moosa (2003). He died on 12 June 2023 in India.
- Ronnie Knight was born on 20 January 1934 in Hoxton, London, England, UK. He was married to Sue Haylock, Barbara Windsor and Elizabeth White. He died on 12 June 2023 in Cambridgeshire, England, UK.
- Krunoslav Saric was born on 21 June 1944 in Derventa, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia. He was an actor, known for Osma ofanziva (1979), Dolina sunca (2009) and Is It Clear, My Friend? (2000). He died on 12 June 2023 in Zagreb, Croatia.
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Lee Clayton was born on 29 October 1942 in Russellville, Alabama, USA. He was a composer and writer, known for Outlaw Blues (1977), Moonrunners (1975) and Honeysuckle Rose (1980). He died on 12 June 2023 in White House, Tennessee, USA.- Producer
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Hiroe Tsukamoto was born on 16 September 1960 in Hiroshima, Japan. She was a producer, known for Lupin the 3rd: The Mystery of Mamo (1978), Trigun (1998) and Sailor Moon R: The Movie: The Promise of the Rose (1993). She was married to David Dominguez. She died on 12 June 2023 in Marina Del Rey, California, USA.- Jean-Luc Pouthier was born on 15 September 1953 in Besançon, Doubs, France. He died on 12 June 2023 in France.
- Harvey Glance was born on 28 March 1957 in Phenix City, Alabama, USA. He was married to Tammi. He died on 12 June 2023 in Mesa, Arizona, USA.
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Zbigniew Halatek was born on 28 May 1952 in Lódz, Lódz Voivodeship, Poland. He was a cinematographer and actor, known for Gracze (1995), Tajemnica puszczy (1991) and Television Theater (1953). He died on 12 June 2023 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.- Burns Cameron was born on 10 December 1938. He died on 12 June 2023 in Scarborough, Maine, USA.
- Paolo Di Paolo was born on 17 May 1925 in Larino, Molise, Italy. He was married to Elena Marcelli. He died on 12 June 2023 in Termoli, Molise, Italy.
- Stan Savran was born on 25 February 1947 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. He died on 12 June 2023 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
- German Poloskov was born on 23 February 1940 in Moscow, USSR [now Russia]. He was an actor, known for Akvanavty (1980), Vnimaniye, tsunami! (1969) and Parol ne nuzhen (1967). He died on 12 June 2023.
- Author Aura (Vainio) Levitas was born in Brooklyn and has been involved in dance and the arts for most of her life. She now lives and works in Greenwich Village. Of Finnish background, she was brought up in an atmosphere of creativity and artistic involvement. Her mother Lempi Vainio was a respected translator of Finnish plays into English (at one time she had a radio program). Aura's father Arne Vainio, one of Aaron Copeland's earliest collaborators, hand crafted penny banks which have become highly collectible.
Aura began dancing in Broadway shows straight out of high school, appearing in a Cole Porter show. As well as dancing on Broadway, she played a role in the development of television in its formative years. This included working with Dave Garroway on the development of what would become the Today Show. She danced on network TV on the Perry Como and Milton Berle shows.
After retiring from the stage and television Aura devoted more time to the creation of original art works, many of them exhibited publicly and some winning prizes.
Aura began yet another career in the arts with her first book of poetry, SISU, in 2013.