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- Born on August 21, 1939, the son of a displaced musician, Harlem-born actor Clarence Williams III was raised by his musical grandparents, the legendary jazz and boogie-woogie composer/pianist Clarence Williams, who wrote such classics as "T'Aint Nobody's Business If I Do" and "Baby, Won't You Please Come Home," and blues singer Eva Taylor. While attending a local YMCA as a teen, Williams became interested in dramatics.
After a two-year hitch with the U.S. Air Force, he started his acting career, making a minor New York stage debut with "The Long Dream" in 1960. He continued impressively with roles in "Walk in Darkness" (1963), "Sarah and the Sax" (1964) and "Doubletalk" (1964), and capped his early career with a Theatre World Award and Tony-nomination for the three-person play "Slow Dance on the Killing Ground" (1964). Continuing on with powerful work in "Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie?" (1966) and "King John," Vietnam-era Hollywood finally began to take notice of his "angry young man" charisma.
His casting as former delinquent-turned-undercover cop Linc Hayes on the highly popular TV cop series Mod Squad (1968) along with fellow white partners Michael Cole and Peggy Lipton was a huge break for all three relative unknowns. Sporting a huge Afro, paisley shirts, dark shades and spouting catchprase language like "dig it" and "solid," the gap-toothed Linc (and his mod partners) showed the requisite anti-establishment defiance and coolness to attract the hip generation--while still playing good guys.
Following the series' demise in 1973, he purposely avoided the "blaxploitation" Hollywood scene and returned to the stage, notably on Broadway opposite Maggie Smith in Tom Stoppard's play "Night and Day" (1979). In the 80s he launched an enviable character career in films, often playing a cool, streetwise character or threatening menace. Among his better-known on-screen assignments is the role of Prince's abusive father in Purple Rain (1984), a burnt-out political activist in the spoof I'm Gonna Git You Sucka (1988), the recurring part of Roger Hardy in the twisted cult TV series Twin Peaks (1990), a good-guy cop in Deep Cover (1992), an rioter in the Attica-themed mini-series Against the Wall (1994) and Wesley Snipes heroin-addicted dad in Sugar Hill (1993), among others. Powerful roles on such shows as "Law & Order," "Profiler" and "Judging Amy" has kept him strongly in the limelight.
Millennium acting work included solid performances in the films Reindeer Games (2000), Ritual (2000), Blue Hill Avenue (2001), The Extreme Team (2003), Constellation (2005), The Blue Hour (2007),The Way of War (2009), A Day in the Life (2009), The Butler (2013) and American Nightmares (2018), as well as his interesting role as mysterious book store manager Philby in the lengthy Mystery Woman (2003) series of TV movies (2003-2007). Clarence also made guest appearances on TV programs, "Cold Case," "Memphis Beat," "Justified" and "Empire," to name a few.
Wed to wife Kelly until his death, Clarence was first married to actress Gloria Foster (1967-1984). The two appeared together in the movie The Cool World (1963). Following their divorce, they remained friendly and, upon her death in 2001, it was he who made the formal announcement. - Karla Burns was born on 24 December 1954 in Wichita, Kansas, USA. She was an actress, known for Great Performances (1971), An American Exorcism (2017) and The Parade (1984). She died on 4 June 2021 in Wichita, Kansas, USA.
- Vilen Galstyan was born in 1941 in Yerevan, Armenia. He was an actor, known for The Color of Pomegranates (1969) and Haykakan vormnankarner (1972). He died on 4 June 2021.
- Jacques Amalric was born on 26 October 1938 in Montauban, Tarn-et-Garonne, France. He was an actor, known for Jardins en automne (2006), Le tour du Monde (1982) and La journée d'un journaliste (1967). He was married to Isaline de Comarmond and Nicole Zand. He died on 4 June 2021 in Ajaccio, Corsica, France.
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Richard Ernst was born on 14 August 1933 in Winterthur, Switzerland. He is known for Bubblepac (1998), Der Club (1985) and In Search of the Great Song (2016). He was married to Magdalena . He died on 4 June 2021 in Winterthur, Switzerland.- Falguni Desai was an actress, known for Daawat-e-Ishq (2014), Shree (2008) and Aa Te Kevi Dunniya (2015). She died on 4 June 2021 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
- John Patterson was born on 27 September 1921 in Goldville, Alabama, USA. He was married to Tina Patterson, Florentina Brachert, Mary Joe McGowin, Gladys Broadwater and Gladys Broadwate. He died on 4 June 2021 in Goldville, Alabama, USA.
- Friederike Mayröcker was born on 20 December 1924 in Vienna, Austria. She was an actress, known for In the Beginning Was the Eye (2003), Das Schreiben und das Schweigen. Die Schriftstellerin Friederike Mayröcker (2009) and Karussell (1977). She died on 4 June 2021 in Vienna, Austria.
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Manfred Miller was born on 11 April 1943 in Reichenberg, Bohemia, Germany. He was a director and writer, known for Sympathy for the Devil (1972) and Beat-Club (1965). He died on 4 June 2021 in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.- Dana Ledecká was born on 16 May 1925 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. She was an actress, known for Bludná pout (1945). She died on 4 June 2021.