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- Music Artist
- Actress
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Talented. Beautiful. Modest. These three words described R&B singer-turned-actress Aaliyah perfectly.
Aaliyah Dana Haughton was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Diane (Hankerson) and Michael Haughton. Her uncle was music manager Barry Hankerson and her brother is director Rashad Haughton. Aaliyah was raised in Detroit. She got her first major exposure appearing on the syndicated television series Star Search (1983), where she awed the audience with her amazing voice and talent, singing "My Funny Valentine", a song which her mother had sung years earlier. At age 11, she sang with Gladys Knight in a five-night stint in Las Vegas. Withdrawing from the celebrity scene for a few years, Aaliyah lived the life of a normal teenage girl, attending Detroit's Performing Arts High School, where she majored in dance. It was around this same time that Aaliyah met singer/composer R. Kelly. Kelly assisted Aaliyah with the production of her debut album "Age Ain't Nothing But A number", which scored several number hits, specifically "Back and Forth." The album's title was a brief reference to her short-lived marriage to R. Kelly (she was 15 years of age at the time, and he was in his 20s). Thir marriage was annulled due to her status as a minor.
During her senior year, Aaliyah went on to record "One In A Million", which featured the songwriting talents of major R&B producers/writers Missy Elliott and Timbaland. The album was a major success and sealed Aaliyah's fame forever.
Aaliyah recorded the single 'Journey to the past' for the Anastasia (1997) soundtrack. After seeing her at an awards show and in the video for her hit song "Are You that Somebody?" (from the Eddie Murphy film Doctor Dolittle (1998)), film producer Joel Silver (producer of The Matrix (1999) and other major actor films) asked Aaliyah to audition for a role in an romance/action film, Romeo Must Die (2000). With her determination and sex appeal, Aaliyah won Silver over and was cast in her first major film role. Romeo Must Die (2000) was a hit at the box office. This film led to her being cast as one of the stars of the film based on Anne Rice's Queen of the Damned (2002), and in the two sequels to the major box office hit, The Matrix (1999), The Matrix Reloaded (2003) and The Matrix Revolutions (2003).
During the busy schedule of her film career, Aaliyah took time to record her third album, the self-titled "Aaliyah". July 2001 was a busy time for Aaliyah. After the success of her song "Try Again", for which she was nominated for a Grammy Award and won several MTV Video Awards, Aaliyah finally released her "Aaliyah" album. Debuting at number two on the Billboard charts, "Aaliyah" was a sales success, despite some lackluster reviews.
In August 2001, Aaliyah took time off from her busy album promotional tour to fly to the Bahamas to film a video for the song "Rock the Boat". The video, filmed on Abaco Island, was directed by Hype Williams, a major music video director known for his style and wit.
On August 25, 2001, after filming the video, Aaliyah and about 9-11 of her entourage took off from Marsh Harbour airport at 6:50pm EDT in a small Cessna 404 en route to Opa-Locka, Florida. A few minutes after take-off, the plane crashed about 200 feet from the runaway, killing Aaliyah and many others instantly. Four passengers were pulled alive from the wreckage, and one later died at a hospital in Nassau. Aaliyah was only 22 years old. Her funeral was held on Friday August 31st in New York, and 22 white doves were flown to celebrate each year of her life. Soon after her death, the hit singles 'More Than a woman' and 'Rock The Boat' were released, from her third album. In 2002, the film Queen of the Damned (2002) was released, in which Aaliyah played Queen Akasha. She was nominated for best Villain at the MTV Movie Awards 2002.
Aaliyah's short-lived, but brilliant career, was a true success story for a young African-American woman who went against all odds to be herself in an industry where originality is scarce. Truly missed by her family, friends, and fans, her music and film contributions will live forever. It's no wonder that her name means 'Highest, most ex-halted one; the best' in Hebrew. She had achieved so much in her twenty-two years.- Make-Up Department
- Actor
- Art Department
John Chambers worked out of his home in a blue collar neighborhood in Burbank, California, just a few short blocks from Disney Studios, (actually, his garage transformed into a makeup lab) where the likes of Lana Turner could be found sitting for a set of teeth, Howard Keel getting a fitting for an Indianesque nose, Leonard Nimoy acquiring the trademark pointed ears for his inimical character Mr. Spock. Marlon Brando, Mickey Rooney and Lee Marvin (who wore one of Chamber's nose jobs in Marvin's 1965 Academy Award-winning "Cat Ballou" role) were also known to have visited his garage for fittings of one thing or another.
Indeed, Chambers was the special effects master, stamping (and molding) his influence with his work in such movies and television series as: Planet of the Apes (1968), The List of Adrian Messenger (1963), The Outer Limits (1963), The Munsters (1964), Lost in Space (1965) and Mission: Impossible (1966).
Though he developed many of his makeup innovations in the 1950s and 1960s, they are still in use today. His custom design skull caps, for instance, are a standard in the business. It is perhaps with Planet of the Apes (1968) that Chambers experienced one of his greatest challenges. His preparation and research for the movie included so much time spent making notes and drawings of monkeys at the Los Angeles Zoo, that he became something of a zoo fixture and a drawer himself. In fact, visitors to the zoo, began watching him as much as they watched the monkeys!
For his efforts, before the Motion Picture Academy decided in 1981 to designate a category for a makeup award, Chambers received an honorary Academy Award at the 1969 Oscars ceremony. Through his career, Chambers has received many other honors, most notably an Emmy Award and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Not unlike many a professional, he began his career in the United States Army during World War II, where he served as a dental technician. It was in this capacity that he found himself working with the scars of war - actually, working against the scars of war - and gaining a great deal of knowledge of repairing more than teeth: entire faces.
His experience with creating new ears, noses, and chins, as well as teeth, for veterans ravaged by war, landed Chambers at NBC in 1953 with a job in makeup. His wartime experiences also influenced Chambers to use his skills to help indigent cancer victims acquire prosthetics against the ravages of another kind of war. Few knew of his charitable work, but few who knew him would be surprised by it.
Through his life he took many artists under his wing, giving guidance and training to the like of Michael Westmore, Maurice Stein, Thomas R. Burman, Michael McCracken, David Dittmar, and other accomplished makeup artists, asking only in return that they (to borrow from a recent movie) "pay it forward". Retired since 1982, John Chambers died of diabetes at a hospital in Woodland Hills, California on August 25, 2001.- Actor
- Composer
- Soundtrack
Philippe Léotard was born on 28 August 1940 in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France. He was an actor and composer, known for La balance (1982), The Day of the Jackal (1973) and Le juge Fayard dit Le Shériff (1977). He died on 25 August 2001 in Paris, France.- Director
- Writer
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Asit Sen was born on 24 September 1922 in Dacca, Bengal Presidency, British India [now in Dhaka, Bangladesh]. He was a director and writer, known for Safar (1970), Deep Jweley Jai (1959) and Mehndi (1983). He died on 25 August 2001 in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.- Eric Foreman and 8 others including debuting actress/songbird Aaliyah was killed in a plane crash in the Abaco Islands, Marsh Habour, Bahamas. The plane crashed shortly after take-off when they were on the way back to Florida from shooting the hit single "Rock the boat" track number three of Aaliyah's latest album (self-titled).
- Make-Up Department
Christopher Maldonado and 8 others including debuting actress/songbird Aaliyah was killed in a plane crash in the Abaco Islands, Marsh Habour, Bahamas. The plane crashed shortly after take-off when they were on the way back to Florida from shooting the hit single "Rock the boat" track number three of Aaliyah's latest album. he was doing Aaliyah's make-up although he was not her regular make-up artists her real make-up artists was doing someone else's make-up and sent maldonado on assignment with Aaliyah he died in the crash.- Composer
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
John L. Nelson was born on 29 June 1916 in Cotton Valley, Louisiana, USA. John L. was a composer, known for Purple Rain (1984), Batman (1989) and Under the Cherry Moon (1986). John L. was married to Mattie Shaw. John L. died on 25 August 2001 in Chanhassen, Minnesota, USA.- Inigo Jackson was born on 19 July 1933 in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Ivanhoe (1970), Department S (1969) and Doctor Who (1963). He died on 25 August 2001 in Tipton, West Midlands, England, UK.
- Actor
- Stunts
Scotty Gallin was born on 31 May 1960 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Bad Boys (1995), South Beach (1993) and Miami Vice (1984). He died on 25 August 2001 in Marsh Harbour, Abaco Island, Bahamas.- Actress
Gina Smith and 8 others including debuting actress/songbird Aaliyah was killed in a plane crash in the Abaco Islands, Marsh Habour, Bahamas. The plane crashed shortly after take-off when they were on the way back to Florida from shooting the hit single "Rock the boat" track number three of Aaliyah's latest album.- Douglas Kratz and 8 others including debuting actress/songbird Aaliyah was killed in a plane crash in the Abaco Islands, Marsh Habour, Bahamas. The plane crashed shortly after take-off when they were on the way back to Florida from shooting the hit single "Rock the boat" track number three of Aaliyah's latest album.
- Andrzej Bryg was born on 12 June 1961 in Rzeszów, Podkarpackie, Poland. He was an actor, known for Pierwszy milion (2000), The Hexer (2001) and Pieniadze to nie wszystko (2001). He died on 25 August 2001 in Kraków, Malopolskie, Poland.
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Ginzô Matsuo was born on 26 December 1951 in Nakatsu, Oita, Japan. He was an actor, known for Ghost in the Shell (1995), Porco Rosso (1992) and Dragon Ball Z (1989). He died on 25 August 2001.- Costume and Wardrobe Department
- Costume Designer
Lorely Fritze was a costume designer, known for Folio (1955), Hangin' In (1981) and First Person (1960). Lorely was married to Martin Fritze. Lorely died on 25 August 2001 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.- Chuck Cuidera was born on 23 September 1915 in Newark, New Jersey, USA. Chuck was a writer, known for Blackhawk: Fearless Champion of Freedom (1952). Chuck died on 25 August 2001 in Ormond Beach, Florida, USA.
- Yvonne Crues was born on 6 June 1951 in St Louis, Missouri, USA. She died on 25 August 2001 in East Saint Louis, Illinois, USA.
- Fernand Schirren was born on 21 January 1920 in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France. He was a composer and actor, known for Babel - lettre à mes amis restés en Belgique (1991), Leçon de vie (1995) and L'homme à battre (1962). He died on 25 August 2001 in Auderghem, Belgium.
- Keith Wallace and 8 others including debuting actress/songbird Aaliyah was killed in a plane crash in the Abaco Islands, Marsh Habour, Bahamas. The plane crashed shortly after take-off when they were on the way back to Florida from shooting the hit single "Rock the boat" track number three of Aaliyah's latest album.
- Ken Tyrrell was born on 3 May 1924 in East Horsley, Surrey, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Auto moto (1975), The Power and the Glory (1991) and This Is Your Life (1955). He died on 25 August 2001 in East Horsley, Surrey, England, United Kingdom.