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Character actor Anthony James was born on July 22, 1942 in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Unusually tall (6' 6½) and lanky, with a rough, pockmarked face, a lean, stringy build, and an extremely intense screen presence, James was often cast in Westerns as scary, sleazy villains. He was especially memorable as the racist diner counterman in the outstanding In the Heat of the Night (1967). Other noteworthy parts include a gay hitchhiker in the cult classic Vanishing Point (1971), a priest in The Culpepper Cattle Co. (1972), an outlaw in High Plains Drifter (1973), a deranged psycho in The Teacher (1974), the chauffeur from hell in the chiller Burnt Offerings (1976), and the vicious leader of a gang of ferocious barbarians in the science fiction film Ravagers (1979).
James was hilarious in a rare change-of-pace good guy role as a heroic cannibal (!) in the post-nuke sci-fi romp World Gone Wild (1987), and also parodying his evil persona in The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991). Among the many television shows in which he appeared in guest roles were Married... with Children (1987), Beauty and the Beast (1987), Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987), Simon & Simon (1981), The A-Team (1983), Riptide (1984), The Fall Guy (1981), Hunter (1984), Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979), Quincy M.E. (1976), Charlie's Angels (1976), Vega$ (1978), Starsky and Hutch (1975), S.W.A.T. (1975), Ironside (1967), Hawaii Five-O (1968), Bonanza (1959), Gunsmoke (1955) and The Big Valley (1965).
James's last film appearance to date was as the owner of a seedy bordello in Clint Eastwood's Unforgiven (1992). After quitting acting in the early 1990s, he pursued a successful career as an artist. His paintings have been exhibited in galleries in such major cities as New York, Boston and Miami.- Stephen William Hawking was born on 8 January 1942 on Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. He was an English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, author and Director of Research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology within the University of Cambridge.
His scientific works include a collaboration with Roger Penrose on gravitational singularity theorems in the framework of general relativity and the theoretical prediction that black holes emit radiation, often called Hawking radiation. Hawking was the first to set out a theory of cosmology explained by a union of the general theory of relativity and quantum mechanics. He was a vigorous supporter of the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics.
Hawking was an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA), a lifetime member of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, and a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian award in the United States. In 2002, Hawking was ranked number 25 in the BBC's poll of the 100 Greatest Britons. He was the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge between 1979 and 2009 and achieved commercial success with works of popular science in which he discusses his own theories and cosmology in general; his book "A Brief History of Time" appeared on the British Sunday Times best-seller list for a record-breaking 237 weeks.
At the release party for the home video version of A Brief History of Time (1991), Leonard Nimoy, who had played Spock on Star Trek (1966), learned that Hawking was interested in appearing on the series. Nimoy made the necessary contact, and Hawking played a holographic simulation of himself in an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) in 1993. The same year, his synthesizer voice was recorded for the song "Keep Talking" by the rock band Pink Floyd, and in 1999 for an appearance on The Simpsons (1989). Hawking also guest-starred on Futurama (1999) and The Big Bang Theory (2007).
Hawking allowed the use of his copyrighted voice in the biographical drama The Theory of Everything (2014), in which he was portrayed by Eddie Redmayne in an Academy Award-winning role. Hawking died at age 76 in his home in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, early in the morning of 14 March 2018. - Barbara Young was born on 9 February 1931 in Brighouse, Yorkshire, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Good Companions (1980), Crime and Punishment (1979) and Coronation Street (1960). She was married to Jack Pulman. She died on 27 April 2023 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK.
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Syd Barrett was born on 6 January 1946 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK. He was a composer and actor, known for Doctor Strange (2016), Mysterious Skin (2004) and The X-Files (1993). He died on 7 July 2006 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK.- Writer
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Robert B. Parker was born on 17 September 1932 in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for Jesse Stone: Night Passage (2006), B.L. Stryker (1989) and Spenser: For Hire (1985). He was married to Joan H. Parker. He died on 18 January 2010 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.- Writer
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Al Capp (born Alfred Gerald Caplin) was an American cartoonist and humorist from New Haven, Connecticut. He is primarily known for creating the comic strip "Li'l Abner" (1934-1977), which depicted the lives of a fictional clan of hillbillies in an impoverished mountain village. At its prime the strip had 60 million readers in more than 900 American newspapers, and was also reprinted in 28 foreign countries. Capp won the National Cartoonists Society's Reuben Award in 1947 for Cartoonist of the Year. He posthumously won their 1979 Elzie Segar Award, for his "unique and outstanding contribution to the profession of cartooning".
In 1909, Capp was born in New Haven, Connecticut to a family of Latvian Jews. His parents were Otto Philip Caplin (1885-1964) and his wife Matilda Davidson (1884-1948). Their respective families had migrated from Latvia to the United States in the 1880s, in order to escape pogroms in the Russian Empire. Capp grew up in poverty, and had several younger siblings. His brothers Elliot and Jerome went on their own careers as cartoonists, while his sister Madeline became a publicist.
In August 1919, Capp was run down by a trolley car. He had his left leg amputated above the knee, and awoke from a days-long coma to discover that he was missing a limb. Capp was eventually given a prosthetic leg, and adopted a slow way of walking. His childhood tragedy reportedly led him to develop a darker worldview, and a more sardonic sense of humor than other cartoonists of his time. Capp's father was an amateur cartoonist, and introduced his son to drawing as a form of therapy. Capp studied the art styles of the illustrator Phil May, and the then-popular comic strip cartoonists Billy DeBeck, Rudolph Dirks, Tad Dorgan, Rube Goldberg, Milt Gross, George McManus, Fred Opper, and Cliff Sterrett.
Capp attended Bridgeport High School in Bridgeport, Connecticut, but never gained a high school diploma. In adult life, he claimed that he kept failing his geometry class. Capp subsequently wished to become a professional cartoonist, and took classes in three different art schools: the Boston Museum School of Fine Arts, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, and the Designers Art School (located in Boston). He was kicked out of all three for nonpayment of tuition. Due to his impoverished background, Capp had trouble in financing his education.
In early 1932, Capp hitchhiked his way to New York City. He settled himself in Greenwich Village, and supported himself by drawing advertising strips for a meager fee. By March 1932, Capp had been hired as a cartoonist by the Associated Press. He was disappointed that they wanted him to take over "Colonel Gilfeather", a comic strip created by Dick Dorgan, instead of allowing him to create his own strip. He revamped the strip, but eventually grew fed up with the task. Capp left the Associated Press in September 1932, and left New York City as well. He temporarily moved back to Boston, in order to marry his girlfriend Catherine Wingate Cameron. They had met as classmates in an art class.
In 1933, Capp moved back to New York City in search of a job. He reportedly only had about 5 dollars in his pocket during his return. He was hired as a ghost writer and ghost artist for the boxing-theme comic strip "Joe Palooka", while Ham Fisher remained the strip's sole credited writer. In an early story arc for this strip, Capp introduced a new character. He was Big Leviticus, an oafish mountaineer. He turned out be a crude prototype for Lil'Abner.
While still working as a ghost writer, Capp had started developing ideas about a comic strip focused on depicting mountain-dwellers. During his teen years, Capp had hitchhiked his way through rural West Virginia and the Cumberland Valley. He believed that the locals could inspire a decent strip. Capp sold "Li'l Abner" (the new strip) to the United Feature Syndicate, and was hired as its main artist. The strip was launched on August 13, 1934, printed on only 8 different newspapers. The strip soon became much more successful, because Capp had a talent for creating outlandish characters and bizarre situations. He also included both black humor and social commentary into his stories.
Until 1934, Capp still used his real name when signing a strip. His syndicate asked him to start using a simpler name which could fir into fit into a cartoon frame. He chose Al Capp as his professional name, and had his name changed legally in 1949. Capp eventually created sub-series for his comic strip, which satirized other comic strip. The most successful of these parodies was Fearless Fosdick (1942-1977), a parody version of "Dick Tracy".
Besides the popular "Li'l Abner", Capp went on to create two other comic strips. He co-created "Abbie an' Slats" (1937-1971). The strip's protagonist duo were the spinster Abigail "Abbie" Scrapple and her orphaned cousin Aubrey Eustace "Slats" Scrapple, sharing a household. Capp remained the strip's main writer from 1937 to 1945, but was then replaced by his brother Elliot Caplin. The strip was syndicated to about 400 newspapers, but never became the major hit that Capp had hoped for. Capp then went on to co-create "Long Sam" (1954-1962), featuring a tall and attractive mountain girl as a protagonist. The strip is considered an example of "good girl art" in comics, art focusing on attractive young women in skimpy or form-fitting clothing. While briefly popular in its own right, this strip faced frequent changes in writing staff which led to an early cancellation.
During the 1950s, Capp was an outspoken liberal, and satirized politician Joseph McCarthy for (in his words) "terrifying the helpless and naive". During the 1960s, Capp's favorite targets for satire included campus radicals, hippies, and counterculture icons. He harshly criticized militant antiwar demonstrators and student political groups. Capp started being viewed as reactionary by the public at large, though he vocally supported struggles for racial equality and gay rights.
In 1972, Capp was arrested in Wisconsin on charges of "attempted adultery", as adultery was a felony in this state. He was accused of propositioning a married woman. The resulting negative publicity led to hundreds of newspapers dropping his comic strip. The popularity of "Li'l Abner" further declined over the following years, largely due to a perceived decline in Capp's own humor. Capp was in poor health at the time, and he was not as inventive as he once was. Capp announced his retirement on November 13, 1977, publicly admitting that he had stayed on longer than he should have.
In November 1979, Capp died from emphysema at his home in South Hampton, New Hampshire. His illness was caused by a lifetime of chain smoking, and he was 70-years-old at the time of his death. Capp was buried in Mount Prospect Cemetery in Amesbury, Massachusetts. Capp was posthumously inducted into the Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame in 2004. Since his death in 1979, Al Capp and his work have been the subject of more than 40 books, including three biographies.- Writer
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Eric Paice was born on 13 November 1926 in Pevensey, East Sussex, England, UK. He was a writer, known for The Avengers (1961), Strike It Rich! (1986) and The Outsiders (1976). He died on 6 July 1989 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK.- Writer
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While at Cambridge, Clive began a fruitful songwriting partnership with Pete Atkin. With Clive's lyrics and Pete's vocals and musical settings, they released six critically-acclaimed but commercially unsuccessful albums in the early 70s before Pete moved on to audio production at the BBC. Clive toured with Pete in a words and music show promoting the final album. They have recently re-united on stage and in the studio for more of their trademark songs, which have been described as "somewhere between The Kinks and Steely Dan" (quote from NY Times).- Actor
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Bob Mason was born on 29 July 1951 in Rochdale, Lancashire, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for The Emperor's New Clothes (2001), Coronation Street (1960) and Guest House Paradiso (1999). He was married to Janet Heppell. He died on 21 September 2004 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK.- Actor
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Bert Parnaby was born on 4 March 1924 in Guisborough, North Yorkshire, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for Blackadder (1982), First Among Equals (1986) and The Bretts (1987). He died on 30 July 1992 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK.- John Atkinson was born on 7 October 1921 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Avengers (1961), Barnaby Rudge (1960) and The Devil's Crown (1978). He died on 12 May 2007 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK.
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Brother Blue is an internationally renowned storyteller. Trained as an actor at Yale and as a pastor at the Harvard Divinity School, Brother Blue has been telling stories since the late 1960's. He has told in prisons, on the streets, for the U.N. and more. Brother Blue's life work is storytelling, both performance and inspiring others to tell stories. He believes and teaches that storytelling can change the world.- B.F. Skinner was born on 20 March 1904 in Pennsylvania, USA. He died on 18 August 1990 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
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Edward Bond was born on 18 July 1934 in London, England, UK. He was a writer and director, known for Blow-Up (1966), Walkabout (1971) and Laughter in the Dark (1969). He was married to Elisabeth Pablé. He died on 3 March 2024 in Cambridge, England, UK.- Writer
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Margret Rey was born on 16 May 1906 in Hamburg, Germany. She was a writer and producer, known for Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle (2015), Curious George and Curious George: Cape Ahoy (2021). She was married to H.A. Rey. She died on 21 December 1996 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.- Writer
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Malcolm Hulke was born on 21 November 1924 in London, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Doctor Who (1963), The Avengers (1961) and Secret Agent (1964). He died on 6 June 1979 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK.- Music Department
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Dennis Wilson was born on 16 February 1920 in Leicester, Leicestershire, England, UK. He was a composer and actor, known for Harry Worth (1966), That's My Boy (1981) and Meet the Wife (1963). He died on 15 July 1989 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK.- American novelist George Cuomo was born George Michael Cuomo in the Bronx, NY, in 1929. His father was a machinist and his mother was a cleaning woman. He graduated from Stuyvesant High School in New York City and attended Tufts University, where he received a B.A. in English. He later got his masters degree from Indiana University. He worked at a succession of jobs, including newspaper copy editor, advertising and public relations writer and even had a stint in the corporate world, as assistant to a corporate vice president. He began his teaching career at such institutions as the University of Arizona, Victoria University in British Columbia, Canada, and California State College at Hayward before finally settling in at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, where he taught writing for 20 years.
Novelist Richard Yates ("Revolutionary Road") helped to launch Cuomo's writing career in 1963 by including one of his short stories, "A Part of the Bargain", in Yates' anthology "Stories for the Sixties". Cuomo followed that with several novels, including "Jack Be Nimble" (1963), "Bright Day, Dark Runner" (1964) and "Among Thieves" (1968), and an assortment of short stories. poems and articles, which were published in such publications as "Saturday Review", "The Nation" and "The Saturday Evening Post".
He died on October 26, 2015, in Cambridge, MA, of degenerative bone disease. - Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr was an American jurist and legal scholar who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1902 to 1932. He is one of the most widely cited U.S. Supreme Court justices and most influential American common law judges in history, noted for his long service, concise, and pithy opinions-particularly for opinions on civil liberties and American constitutional democracy-and deference to the decisions of elected legislatures. Holmes retired from the court at the age of 90, an unbeaten record for oldest justice on the Supreme Court. He previously served as a Brevet Colonel in the American Civil War, in which he was wounded three times, as an associate justice and chief justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, and as Weld Professor of Law at his Alma mater, Harvard Law School. His positions, distinctive personality, and writing style made him a popular figure, especially with American progressives.
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was born on 27 February 1807 in Portland, Maine, USA. He was a writer, known for Temple of Our Fathers, The Wreck of the Hesperus (1948) and The Village Blacksmith (1922). He was married to Frances Elizabeth Appleton and Mary Storer Potter. He died on 24 March 1882 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.- Henry Cabot Lodge is an American Republican senator and historian from Massachusetts. A member of the prominent Lodge family, he received his PhD in history from Harvard University. As an undergraduate at Harvard, he joined Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity. He is best known for his positions on foreign policy, especially his battle with President Woodrow Wilson in 1919 over the Treaty of Versailles. The failure of that treaty ensured that the United States never joined the League of Nations.
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H.A. Rey was born on 16 September 1898 in Hamburg, Germany. He was a writer, known for Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle (2015), Curious George and Curious George: Cape Ahoy (2021). He was married to Margret Rey. He died on 26 August 1977 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.- Joan Hall was born on 25 April 1929 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She was married to Ted Hall. She died on 14 June 2023 in Cambridge, England, UK.
- Jody Powell was born on 30 September 1943 in Cordele, Georgia, USA. He was an actor, known for The Civil War (1990), Southern Voices, American Dreams (1985) and With God on Our Side: The Rise of the Religious Right in America (1996). He was married to Nan Sue Jared. He died on 14 September 2009 in Cambridge, Maryland, USA.
- Ludwig Wittgenstein was born on 26 April 1889 in Vienna, Austria. He was a writer, known for The Year of Living Locked Up (2020), M.A. Numminen Sings Wittgenstein (1994) and As from Afar (2013). He died on 29 April 1951 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK.
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English poet and scholar. He was the eldest of seven children born to Edward Housman, a solicitor, and Sarah Jane Housman (née Williams). Housman was brought up and educated in Worcestershire, winning a scholarship to Bromsgrove School in 1870. In 1877 he won another scholarship, to St. John's College, Oxford, where he studied classics. In his first Public Examination in 1879, he gained first-class honours. However, he failed his second Public Examination in 1881, partly through neglecting the study of philosophy and history, towards which the course was geared, in favour of the poetry and textual criticism in which he was interested. Consequently he left Oxford without a degree. In 1882 he began working at the Patent Office as a clerk. During this period he began publishing articles on Latin and Greek poetry, and by 1892, when he applied for the post of Professor of Latin at University College London, he had twenty-five published articles to his name. While teaching at UCL he published an edition of Ovid 's `Ibis' (in 1894). This was followed by editions of works by Manilius (1903-30, in five volumes), Juvenal (1905) and Lucan (1926). In 1911 he was made Benjamin Hall Kennedy Professor of Latin at Cambridge, where he taught until a few days before his death. He refused all the honours and awards offered him, including six honorary degrees from British universities and (in 1929) the Order of Merit. He did however accept the fellowship of St. John's College, Oxford.
Housman's first volume of poetry, 'A Shropshire Lad', was published in 1896. Although sales were initially slow, by the time his second volume, 'Last Poems', was published in 1922 it had achieved the status of a modern classic and Housman had become something of a literary celebrity, a position with which he was less than entirely comfortable. His poems are frequently concise, often suggesting the rhythms of traditional ballads. Frequently they evoke the English countryside, specifically that of Housman's native West Midlands. His subject-matter is often melancholy: recurring themes include unrequited love and the death of young men (in war, by suicide, or by hanging). A supplementary volume, 'More Poems', was published in 1936 shortly after his death, edited by his brother Laurence. The following year Laurence published a biography including eighteen further poems. Among these were poems too explicit or personal to be published during his lifetime, e.g. 'Oh who is that young sinner with the handcuffs on his wrists' (about the imprisonment of Oscar Wilde). At Oxford Housman had fallen in love with a fellow undergraduate, Moses Jackson. Jackson did not reciprocate his affection and may not even have been aware of it. He was already working at the Patent Office when Housman applied for a job there, and from 1882 to 1887 Housman lived with Jackson and his brother in lodgings in Bayswater. However, in 1887 Moses left the country for India, returning briefly two years later to marry. Thereafter his contact with Housman was minimal. 'A Shropshire Lad' was dedicated to him, as was the first volume of Housman's edition of Manilius. Housman's avowed atheism is expressed in such poems as 'Epitaph on an Army of Mercenaries' and 'Easter Hymn'. However, he also described the Church of England as 'the best religion I have ever come across', and much of his poetry echoes the language of the Book of Common Prayer and the King James Bible. Perhaps his most religious work (superficially at least) is 'For My Funeral'. This was sung as a hymn at his funeral, and recited on 17 September 1996, when a memorial was dedicated to Housman in Poet's Corner, Westminster Abbey.- Eleanor H. Porter was born on 19 December 1868 in Littleton, New Hampshire, USA. She was a writer, known for Has Anybody Seen My Gal (1952), Dawn (1919) and Pollyanna (1920). She died on 21 May 1920 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
- Margaret Ayer Barnes was born on 16 June 1886 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Margaret Ayer was a writer, known for Westward Passage (1932), The Age of Innocence (1934) and Dishonored Lady (1947). Margaret Ayer died on 25 October 1967 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
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Malcolm Williamson was born on 21 November 1931 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He was a composer and writer, known for The Matrix Reloaded (2003), Watership Down (1978) and Nothing But the Night (1973). He was married to Dolores Daniel. He died on 2 March 2003 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK.- Composer
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Caleb Sampson was born on 11 April 1953 in Lewiston, Maine, USA. He was a composer, known for Fast, Cheap & Out of Control (1997), Mystery of the Last Tsar (1997) and My Father's Garden (1995). He was married to Kathy Hickey. He died on 8 June 1998 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.- Director
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Robert Gardner was born on 5 November 1925 in Brookline, Massachusetts, USA. He was a director and cinematographer, known for Forest of Bliss (1986), Rivers of Sand (1974) and Altar of Fire (1976). He died on 21 June 2014 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.- Edward Bernays was born on 22 November 1891 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary. He was married to Doris Fleischman. He died on 9 March 1995 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
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Lorin Fulton was born on 10 March 1963 in Binghamton, New York, USA. Lorin was an assistant director and producer, known for CBS Schoolbreak Special (1984), Listers and Shadows on the Wall (1986). Lorin was married to Ted Fulton. Lorin died on 11 January 2023 in Cambridge, Wisconsin, USA.- Henry A. Murray was born on 13 May 1893 in New York City, New York, USA. He died on 23 June 1988 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
- American mathematician and scientist who was born in Poland. He is a leader in the development of fractal theory and in the potential application of fractals to nature and design. Dr. Mandelbrot discovered the Mandelbrot Set on 1 March 1980 while working as an IBM Fellow at the Watson Research Center. Received his first PhD in Paris 1952: "Docteur d'Etat". Has held numerous professorial appointments at many different universities over time.
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Pauline Maier was born on 27 April 1938 in St. Paul, Minnesota, USA. She is known for 1787 the American Constitution, Confounding Father: A Contrarian View of the U.S. Constitution (2020) and They Made America (2004). She was married to Charles S. Maier. She died on 12 August 2013 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.- Additional Crew
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Karen Barss was born on 16 June 1961 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Karen was a writer, known for Peep and the Big Wide World (2004), Arthur (1996) and Bullwinkle's Moose-A-Rama (2019). Karen was married to Daniel J. Boyne. Karen died on 8 September 2022 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.- Albert Welch was born on 4 May 1914 in Strood, Kent, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Meaning of Life (1983), Charters & Caldicott (1985) and A Chance to Sit Down (1981). He was married to Michaela Welch. He died in May 1997 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK.
- Ted Hall was born on 20 October 1925 in Far Rockaway, Queens, New York, USA. He was married to Joan Hall. He died on 1 November 1999 in Cambridge, England, UK.
- Joe Torbay was a Canadian puppeteer and Radio/Television personality. He was best known for Harvey Wallbanger and Grammar Slammer Bammer in the television series The Hilarious House of Frightenstein. He worked in local TV/Radio in North Bay doing voice over work for many regional commercials. Torbay also was regularly heard on CKWR-FM radio in Waterloo, Ontario.
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Frank Cvitanovich was born on 14 August 1927 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Frank was a director and producer, known for The First Kangaroos (1988), TV Operas (1993) and Murphy's Stroke (1980). Frank was married to Valerie Wade, Janet Street-Porter, Alison Seebohm and Midge Mackenzie. Frank died on 12 August 1995 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK.- Additional Crew
Gitta Sereny was born on 13 March 1921 in Vienna, Austria. She is known for Channel 4 News (1982), The Tramp and the Dictator (2002) and Reputations (1994). She was married to Don Honeyman. She died on 14 June 2012 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK.- Composer
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Roberto Gerhard was born in Spain, the son of a German-Swiss father and a mother who hailed from Alsace. He studied with Arnold Schoenberg and the great cellist Pablo Casals was a close friend. Gerhard always considered himself first and foremost a Catalan; however, he was forced to flee Spain when it became clear that the forces of General Franco would be victorious in the Spanish Civil War. After a short stay in France, he settled permanently in England. His music was banned in Spain by Franco, although the ban was lifted after Franco's death (by which time Gerhard was himself dead).- Edwin H. Land was born on 7 May 1909 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA. He died on 1 March 1991 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
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Ferdinand Reyher was born on 26 July 1891 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a writer, known for The World, the Flesh and the Devil (1959), You May Be Next! (1936) and The Big Cage (1933). He was married to Eileen Chang. He died in October 1967 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.- Glyn Daniel was born on 23 April 1914 in Lampeter Velfrey, Pembrokeshire, South Wales, UK. He was married to Ruth Langhorne. He died on 13 December 1986 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK.
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Alan Rawsthorne was born on 2 May 1905 in Haslingden, Lancashire, England, UK. He was a composer, known for Floods of Fear (1958), The Inheritance (1947) and Pandora and the Flying Dutchman (1951). He was married to Isabel Nicholas and Jessie Hinchcliffe. He died on 24 July 1971 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK.- Jane Kenrick was born on 20 November 1944 in Camberwell, London, England, UK. She died on 11 August 1988 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK.
- C.J. Hamson was born on 23 November 1905 in Istanbul, Turkey. He died on 14 November 1987 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK.
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Dewey Dellay was born in 1954 in Stamford, Connecticut, USA. Dewey was a composer, known for 12 Labours of Hercules (2013), Bloodsucking Babes from Burbank (2007) and Otsuyu: Kaidan botan-dôrô (1998). Dewey was married to Cathleen McCormick. Dewey died on 16 June 2023 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.