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- This gorgeous blonde was born Elaine Sterling on May 18, 1928 and raised in St. Louis before beginning her career as a face and hand model for cosmetic ads. She moved briefly to NYC before transporting herself to Hollywood, wherein she earned an MGM contract. She decorated a number of the studio's big musical pictures at that time under her real name, including bits in Easter Parade (1948) and Neptune's Daughter (1949) but found little room for advancement. Leaving MGM, she changed her moniker to Sara Shane and signed a one-year contract with Universal-International, where she was glimpsed in such films as Sign of the Pagan (1954) and Magnificent Obsession (1954). During this time, she married William Hollingsworth. They divorced after eight years of marriage in 1957.
Her parts got bigger on the screen once she left to freelance but the pictures, themselves, were not necessarily of a higher grade. Three Bad Sisters (1956), The King and Four Queens (1956) with Clark Gable, and Affair in Havana (1957), at the very least, put her in the featured role bracket. From there, she moved directly into TV roles and worked throughout much the late 1950s/early 1960s on such programs as Dragnet (1951), Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955), The Outer Limits (1963) and Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964). Her film career peaked when she was chosen to play the Jane-like role, opposite muscleman Gordon Scott's vine swinger, in Tarzan's Greatest Adventure (1959), one of the better entries in the series.
Never connecting strongly with the whirlwind social circle, she left the Hollywood limelight and retired from show biz in her late 30s. She turned to writing and began to devote herself to the study of pharmaceuticals. She wrote two books, 'Zulma' and 'Take Control of Your Health and Escape the Sickness Industry', the first was a work of fiction and the second was a book promoting healthy living. To escape the pollution of Los Angeles, she moved to Australia where she still lives on her 5 acre home. - Actor
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This tall, blond, thin British character actor portrayed some of the most memorable villains of Italian cinema during the 1970s and 1980s. Born in Cheshire, England in 1941, Steiner got his start in films after school with small parts in British productions. Among them was 'The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade' (1966), Bedazzled (1967), and Work is a 4-Letter Word (1968).
His big break came in portraying the sly-eyed, manipulative property tycoon Beauty Smith in Lucio Fulci's White Fang in 1973, a role he reprised in the sequel, Challenge to White Fang (1974) in 1974. Steiner worked for Fulci again in playing the comical vampire Count Dragalescu in Dracula in the Provinces (1975), in which he was both horrifying and hilarious as a homosexual Count Dracula vamp.
Steiner continued working in Italy through the 1970s, dabbling in some of the country's most controversial entertainment. He demonstrated an entirely un-British willingness to embrace the wild side of acting life by accepting a role as a Nazi officer in Rino Di Silvestro's Deported Women of the SS Special Section (1976). This set the sage for a series of roles as Nazi prison camp officers filmed in West Germany. Steiner made a similar themed role in Tinto Brass's Madam Kitty (1976) and later signed up for a role in Caligula (1979), in which he was a standout, playing the balding, gauntly hideous-looking treasurer and financial advisor, Longinus, to the mad Roman Emperor Caligula (Malcom McDowell). After a commendable performance in Paolo Cavara's 1976 thriller 'Plot of Fear', came Shock (1977), the last theatrical film directed by Mario Bava. Steiner's rare starring role in Shock was a nice change of pace for him as he played a sympathetic airline pilot and family man appearing alongside Daria Nicolodi. After that, he went back to tall and menacing looking villainous roles one of which occurred when Dario Argento hired him to appear as the eccentric Italian film journalist Cristiano Berti in Tenebrae (1982) which remains Steiner's most celebrated film credit in which he meets with a most memorable end with an ax to his head midway through.
As the business of Italian cinema diminished during the 1980s, Steiner's roles in Italian and West German productions were nothing more than brief cameos. One notable role was playing Simon the Magnes in the TV mini-series A.D. (1985). By the early 1990s Steiner had quit the acting industry and moved to Los Angeles, California, USA with his wife and teenage son where he became a successful real estate agent working out of Beverly Hills.- The term Dynasty might have never applied to Basketball had it not been for Bill Russell. In the History of professional sports there has never been an athlete who has more accolades or championships, in other words Bill Russell was not only a champion, but he was perhaps the definition of a champion. Russell did not create the first basketball dynasty, but to date, through Michael Jordan, Shaquille O'Neal, Magic Johnson and Larry Bird, Bill Russell has one more championship than any other basketball player.
Bill Russell was born in Monroe, Louisiana in 1934, to Katie and Charlie Louis Russell. . At the age of 9 he moved to Oakland. While in Oakland he was very poor but became a skillful basketball player. At 18 he went to college, at San Francisco, where he won two NCAA Championships in 1955 and 1956. In 1956 Bill Russell entered the NBA draft. He was drafted second overall, by the St. Louis Hawks, but was traded to the Boston Celtics for Ed Macauley, in a deal spearheaded by Red Auerbach, the coach of the Boston Celtics. Macauley was part of a solid offensive unit with Bob Cousy and Bill Sharman, but the team had a missing piece to the puzzle.
As America would soon find out Bill Russell would be that missing piece. Although Bill Russell played less than 50 games, due to the fact he has won a gold medal for basketball in the Olympics, in his first NBA season he definitely made his presence felt. Russell brought an aspect to basketball that had rarely been explored before: defense. Bill Russell knew that basketball was not so much scoring, but keeping your opponent from scoring as well. Bill Russell viewed basketball as a science, and played the game with an analytical view as well as with an emotional intensity.
Russell played the game psychologically as well, defending his various opponents so well that many times he made those he defended feel like they could not score a basket. This intensity not only paid off in the Olympics, and in college, but it would have an immediate impact in the NBA. Bill Russell would lead the Boston Celtics to 9 straight NBA titles, many times over vaunted rivals the Philadelphia Warriors, and later the Philadelphia 76ers, and the Los Angeles Lakers. Russell would lead these teams over some other among the greatest of all time, including Jerry West, Elgin Baylor, Hal Greer, and his most famous rival Wilt Chamberlain.
While Russell was rewriting Boston sports history he faced immense racism from the most devout Celtics fan. His home was accosted on a few occasions, and he heard he would not get MVP because he was black from a reporter. Still yet Russell was without a doubt one of the finest players of his day. In the long line of dominance the Boston Celtics would exercise over the NBA the most legendary years were in his final years. In 1966 Wilt Chamberlain was traded from the Golden State warriors to his new hometown Philadelphia 76ers. For the first time in the Bill Russell- Wilt Chamberlain rivalry Chamberlain could not say he did not have the team to beat the Celtics, although many contend that the Celtics were evenly match if not inferior in talent to their many rivals. The Philadelphia 76ers did beat the Boston Celtics in 1967, but in 1966 and 1968 the Celtics, not quite to the level of the Sixers.
But in 1968 it was truly Russell that beat the Sixers, as he was not the heart and soul on the court, but was now it's head coach, which he became in 1967 after legend Red Auerbach retired. He would not let his defeat in 1967 keep him down. He would return and defeat the Sixers in 1968, in a hotly contested Conference Final series, and easily defeat the Lakers in the Finals. At the end of the season Wilt Chamberlain was traded to the Los Angeles Lakers, taking Chamberlain to the other arch-rival of the Boston Celtics. In 1969 most of the fabled Celtics had long been gone or had recently retired. Only Russell remained of the fabled Boston Celtics, except for the emerging superstar John Havlichek, and aging star Sam Jones. Russell now had the daunting task of taking a bottom seed to defeat some of the best teams of all time, including a newly revamped Philadelphia after the Chamberlain trade, who they beat, and the New York Knickerbockers, led by Willis Reed, Walt Bellamy, and Walt Frazier, who they beat in 6, and set the match for the Los Angeles Lakers, which now had Chamberlain.
Chamberlain, as well as Jerry West and Elgin Baylor always fell short to the Celtics. This year, alongside Gail Goodrich and Happy Hairston, and a very deep bench, which included future Laker's Coach Pat Riley the Lakers looked to beat the Celtics for the first time in the Finals. After taking the first two at home the Lakers returned to the Boston Garden to lose the next two. The Celtics then lost to Los Angeles in the Forum in Game 5, and the Celtics returned to the Boston Garden in game 6 and won that contest. Game Seven in the Finals was one of the most legendary ever played in the history of American sports. First Laker's owner Jack Kent Cooke had filled the rafters with purple and yellow balloons balloons and intended to drop them after the Lakers won. When word of this got back to Bill Russell, he told his teammates something to the affect of "We're going to have to do something about that." Also at the end of the game Wilt Chamberlain was taken out of the game by unpopular coach Butch van Breda Kolff. An explanation van Breda Kolff gave to Chamberlain was "we're doing fine without you." Without Chamberlain and an injured Jerry West, it was not enough to defeat the Celtics, who won by only two points.
Russell later said Chamberlain was week, and should have demanded to go back into the game. The two who were previous friends were now very distant. Russell knew that he had won, but he wanted to win over Chamberlain, and did not. No matter the game went to seven games when it should have been much shorter. The Celtics who were supposedly way past their prime were led by Bill Russell to their eleventh championship, they were only the third team to repeat a championship, the first were the Minneapolis Lakers, and the second were the Boston Celtics. Russell was truly nothing short of a champion.
Since his historic victory Russell has been active in broadcasting for NBA games, and occasionally coaching, including the Seattle Supersonics in the 1970s and the Sacramento Kings in the 1980s. He was not ready for the coaching job, and did an all around bad job, sadly enough. He is a best-selling author and thirty years after he won he remained a recognizable face and a legend. Until Michael Jordan he was almost unanimously acclaimed as the greatest player of all time, and some still think he is. But without Bill Russell there is no doubt the Boston Celtics would not be the rock-solid professional sports team they have become in their legendary run of championships. - Ayman al-Zawahiri was born on 19 June 1951 in Maadi, Egypt. He was married to Azza Nowair and Umaima Hassan. He died on 31 July 2022 in Kabul, Afghanistan.
- Fidel V. Ramos was born on 18 March 1928 in Lingayen, Pangasinan, Philippines. He was married to Amelita Jara Martinez. He died on 31 July 2022 in Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines.
- Mo Ostin was born on 27 March 1927 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He was married to EvelynBardavid. He died on 31 July 2022 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Jali$co was born on 10 July 1996. He was an actor, known for Jali$co: Levels (2019), Jali$co feat. Cholo & Carlos Flores: Otra Copa (2019) and Jali$co: La Mafia (2020). He died on 31 July 2022.
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Rainer Will was born on 7 October 1954 in Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia, Deutschland. He was an actor and assistant director, known for Æon Flux (2005), Anna (2008) and R.I.S (2007). He died on 31 July 2022 in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Deutschland.- Director
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Takahiko Iimura was born on 20 February 1937 in Tokyo, Japan. He was a director and writer, known for De Sade (1962), Onan (1963) and Japanese Erotica: Five Films on Love and Sex from the Japanese Underground of the Experimental Cinema (1967). He was married to Akiko Iimura. He died on 31 July 2022 in Tokyo, Japan.- Visual Effects
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Michael Conelly was born on 2 October 1970 in the USA. He was a director and actor, known for Snow White and the Huntsman (2012), The 6th Day (2000) and Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant (2009). He died on 31 July 2022 in Santa Monica, California, USA.- Director
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Luis Alfredo Sánchez was a director and writer, known for La virgen y el fotógrafo (1982), Jubileo visual para Alvaro Mutis por sus 70 años de vida (1994) and El potro chusmero (1985). He died on 31 July 2022 in Cali, Colombia.- Producer
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Heather Gray was born on 15 December 1971 in Bronx, New York. Heather was a producer and writer, known for The Talk (2010) and The Tyra Banks Show (2005). Heather died on 31 July 2022 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Writer
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Christophe Izard was born on 30 May 1937 in Paris, France. He was a writer and producer, known for L'île aux enfants (1974), Calin Matin (1988) and Young Robin Hood (1991). He died on 31 July 2022 in France.- Trude Unruh was born on 7 March 1925 in Essen, Germany. She was married to Helmut Unruh. She died on 31 July 2022 in Germany.
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Nirmala Mishra was born on 21 October 1938 in Majilpur, Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India. She is known for Dr. Bezbarua (1969), Adina Megha (1970) and Chilika Teerey (1977). She was married to Pradip Dasgupta. She died on 31 July 2022 in Chetla, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.- Carol Howdeshell was born on 7 March 1939 in the USA. She was an actress, known for A Greater Yes: The Story of Amy Newhouse (2009) and Shifty Positions (2000). She was married to Stan Howdeshell. She died on 31 July 2022 in Denton, Texas, USA.
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Vladimir Thelisma was born on 2 April 1976 in Haiti. He was a director and writer, known for L'autre frère, Double jeu à Port-au-Prince (2001) and Couloir de l'amitié (2010). He died on 31 July 2022 in Hôpital Universitaire de la Paix, Port-au-Prince, Haïti.- King Jigg was an actor, known for King Jigg: Grimey (2022). He died on 31 July 2022 in Queens, New York, USA.
- Rauf Altintak was born in 1946 in Istanbul, Turkey. He was an actor, known for Geldi Sevdi ve Vurdu (1971) and Çingene (1966). He died on 31 July 2022 in Istanbul, Turkey.
- Miró da Muribeca died on 31 July 2022 in Brazil.
- Carole Caroompas was born on 14 November 1946 in Oregon City, Oregon, USA. He died on 31 July 2022 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Bush2k3k was born on 26 September 1998. He was an actor, known for Yayo On1 x Bush2k3k: Streak (2018), Super Sneaky Slime & Yayo On1: Heat (2018) and Bush2k3k feat. Vouge Icy: Backdoor (2019). He died on 31 July 2022 in Norfolk, Virginia, USA.