Advanced search
- TITLES
- NAMES
- COLLABORATIONS
Search filters
Enter full date
to
or just enter yyyy, or yyyy-mm below
to
Only includes names with the selected topics
to
or just enter yyyy, or yyyy-mm below
to
1-10 of 10
- Nevada Alexander Musk was born on 18 May 2002 in Orange County, California, USA. He died on 28 May 2002 in Orange County, California, USA.
- David Parker Ray (November 6, 1939 - May 28, 2002), also known as the Toy-Box Killer, was a suspected American serial killer and known torturer of women.
Though no bodies were found, he was accused by his accomplices of killing several people and suspected by police to have murdered as many as 60 people from Arizona and New Mexico, while living in Elephant Butte, New Mexico, approximately 7 miles north of Truth or Consequences. He soundproofed a truck trailer that he called his "toy box", and equipped it with items used for sexual torture.
Ray was convicted of kidnapping and torture in 2001, for which he received a lengthy sentence, but he was never convicted of murder. He died of a heart attack about one year after his convictions in two cases (the second of which resulted in a plea deal). - Actor
- Additional Crew
James Grant Benton was born on 19 January 1949. He was an actor, known for Blue Crush (2002), Magnum, P.I. (1980) and Hawaiian Dream (1987). He was married to Debra Thompson-Benton. He died on 28 May 2002 in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.- Robert Barron was born on 15 November 1923 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Tank Commandos (1959), The Ballad of a Gunfighter (1964) and Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1958). He died on 28 May 2002 in New York City, New York, USA.
- To many collectors and fans of series books and children's literature, Mildred Augustine Wirt Benson was known as Carolyn Keene, Frances Judd, Dorothy West, Helen Louise Thorndyke, among other pseudonyms. Writing under various pen names as well as her own name, she penned over 130 books for children, numerous short stories plus thousands of newspaper stories and columns. Known most famously for being the original Carolyn Keene, author of 23 of the first 30 Nancy Drew mystery stories, Mildred's legacy reaches beyond Nancy Drew to a most fascinating woman, life, and career. Having always wanted to become a writer, her first published work, The Courtesy, was printed in the children's magazine, St. Nicholas, for which she won a silver badge. She was the first woman and student to graduate with a masters in journalism in 1927 from the University of Iowa, then State University of Iowa. She wrote her first Nancy Drew book, The Secret of the Old Clock, when she was just 24 years old. Benson, known as Millie to friends and fans, was paid $125 per book and never received royalties from the books, movies and board games. After a career in journalism spanning nearly 60 years, she retired at the end of 2001 and scaled back her writing to a monthly column for The Toledo Blade. Her legacy to children and adults will never be forgotten, having inspired so many people from all walks of life through her writing.
- Script and Continuity Department
- Writer
Tom Wright (1923-2002) was a Scottish poet, dramatist, and television writer, who served in World War II as a British Army corporal and on 3 September 1944 participated in the liberation of Brussels. He was then captured by German soldiers in the Ardennes, and served as a POW at the Munich Zoo, where he was assigned to transfer Lucy, the Elephant, to Austria's Innsbruck Zoo because of the threat of the Allied bombing campaign. After the war, he wrote poetry and made a living as a stain-glass window maker for cathedrals. In 1963, at age 40, he earned a Master of Arts in writing from Glasgow University. In 1965, he wrote the one-man play "There Was a Man" written in honor of the Scottish poet Robert Burns. In the 1980s, he wrote the play "Talk of the Devil" which was adapted for film by Armac Films in 2002.- Herbert Finn was born on 28 July 1912 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He was a writer, known for Jonny Quest (1964), Big John, Little John (1976) and The Gale Storm Show: Oh! Susanna (1956). He died on 28 May 2002 in Burbank, California, USA.
- Wes Westrum was born on 28 November 1922 in Clearbrook, Minnesota, USA. He died on 28 May 2002 in Clearbrook, Minnesota, USA.
- Director
- Actor
- Composer
Herbert Heinz was born on 29 October 1922. He was a director and actor, known for Der König in der Kiste (1971). He was married to Lena Hutter. He died on 28 May 2002 in Maßbach, Unterfranken, Bavaria, Germany.- Actor
- Writer
Famous host of CBC Radio's weekly nationally broadcast "The Transcontinental," affectionately known as a "musical train ride through Europe," Otto Lowy has been a fixture on Canadian radio since 1980 and a well-known stage performer. Born in Czechoslovakia into an assimilated Jewish family, Otto was the only member of his immediate family to survive World War II. His parents and some two dozen other relatives perished in Auschwitz. Otto Lowy's life was saved when his mother put him on a train to Holland just three days before the Germans invaded Czechoslovakia in 1939. Reaching England, he spent the war years as ground crew for the Czech Air Force squadron of the Royal Air Force. Settling in Canada after the war, where he resided in Vancouver with his wife, Barbara, Otto Lowy enjoyed a rich career on radio, stage and screen.