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Peter Sarstedt was born on 12 December 1941 in New Delhi, British India. He was a composer, known for The Darjeeling Limited (2007), The Leading Man (1996) and Trap for Cinderella (2013). He was married to Joanna Sarstedt and Jill Hall. He died on 8 January 2017 in Sussex, England, UK.- Actor
Steven Zax was born on 12 October 1938 in Houston, Texas, USA. He was an actor. He was married to Jenny Atkins and Corinna Tsopei. He died on 8 January 2017 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Producer
- Director
- Music Department
An internationally recognized producer, director, writer, composer, conductor, arranger and musical director. Since the 1950s, Bregman has worked with many of the biggest names in the business. After high school, Bregman attended the University of California. During his sophomore year, he arranged and conducted Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller's hit record "Bazoom (I Need Your Lovin')" for the Cheers. In 1955 he was appointed orchestra leader for the Gary Crosby Show on CBS radio. At age 19 he was a producer, and went on to arrange and conduct music for double-platinum album artists Ella Fitzgerald's Cole Porter and many others. He helped launch "the Verve", and served as the record company's head of A & R. Bregman later produced and directed television and film in Europe, for both the BBC, producing 28 shows within the first two years, and the London Weekend ITV, where he served as Head of Entertainment. Bregman passed away on the 8th of January after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease.- Michael Flatley was born on 16 November 1952 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor, known for 87th Precinct (1961), Pete and Gladys (1960) and The Virginian (1962). He was married to Carla Moser. He died on 8 January 2017 in New Springfield, Ohio, USA.
- Actor
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Nicolai Harry Gustav Gedda (Nikolaj Ustinov) was born on July 11, 1925, in Stockholm, Sweden. He was adopted by his Russian-Swedish aunt, named Olga Gedda, and her Russian husband, named Mikhail Ustinov; who came to Sweden after the Russian Civil War and sang with an émigré Don Cossac choir and also was a cantor in a Russian Orthodox Church.
His first voice and music teacher was his father. He took his adopted son to the Cossac choir rehearsals and to a Russian Orthodox Church services in Leipzig, where they lived from 1928-1934. The family had to flee from the tide of Nazism under Adolf Hitler. Back in Stockholm he continued singing with his father in the Russian church. Gedda initially worked as a bank teller at a local Stockholm bank, where a wealthy client overheard him speaking of his dream of becoming a professional opera singer. The sponsor paid for his studies with tenor Karl Martin Oehmann at the Stockholm Conservatory.
Gedda made his debut in April 1952 at the Stockholm Opera in the role of Chapelou in Adam's 'Postillon de Longjumeau'. After a success in Stockhiln, he was auditioned by Herbert von Karajan. He was so impressed that he took Gedda along to Italy, promoting him both in concerts and opera performances. In 1953 he was contracted by La Scala to sing Don Ottavio in "Don Giovanni" by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. In 1954 he made his Paris Opera debut in Oberon by Carl Maria von Weber. A few months later he sang the title role in Faust by Charles Gounod. Since then Gedda had a permanent engagement with the Paris opera for several years and established himself as the leading interpreter of the French repertoire.
In 1957, Gedda made his debut at the Pittsburg Opera with the title role in 'Faust'. In November of 1957 he made his Metropolitan Opera debut with the same role. In 1958, Gedda created the role of Anatol in the premiere of 'Vanessa'. The role was specially written for him by Samuel Barber. Gedda sang with the Met for the next 26 seasons and performed 28 roles there. He also continued his voice training in New York with the international teacher Paola Novikoa. She taught Gedda a healthy technique, contributing to his long and successful career. His latest recordings were made in 2003.
Gedda's mastery of nine languages enables him to singing with total freedom the entire standard operatic repertoire. He sings with natural beauty on Italian, English, Latin, Hebrew, French, German, Pan-Scandinavian, and his native Russian and Swedish. Nicolai Gedda is arguably the most versatile of tenors in the second half of the 20th Century. Luciano Pavarotti said of him, "there is no tenor with a greater ease in the upper register than Gedda." He is equally strong in opera and song. He made over 200 recordings over the course of his career. In the autobiography 'My Life and Art' (1999), written in collaboration with his third wife, Aino Sellermark Gedda, he revealed his devotion to art and his indifference to fame.
Nicolai Gedda is living in retirement in Switzerland.- Actor
Bob was born in Chicago in 1918 to Charlie and Jennifer Spiro as a first generation American. He was a cantor for over 50 years, and married for nearly 70 years. He had two sons, Claude and Tom. He and his wife moved to NYC after WWII during which he was a Captain in the US Army. He was a successful singer and union exec until he retired in the late 1990s. He was well known first for being a consummate professional, and later, to fight for the rights of performers.- Nadezda Gajerová was born on 11 March 1928 in Brno, Czechoslovakia. She was an actress, known for Jeste svatba nebyla (1954), At' zije Republika (1965) and Neporazení (1956). She died on 8 January 2017 in Prague, Czech Republic.
- Jackie Brown was born on 31 May 1943 in Holdenville, Oklahoma, USA. He died on 8 January 2017 in Holdenville, Oklahoma, USA.
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Sound Department
- Art Department
Amy Vanderbeck was an assistant director, known for Battle in Seattle (2007), Storyville (1992) and The Observation Room (2005). She died on 8 January 2017 in Seattle, Washington, USA.- Actor
- Director
- Composer
Dr. Feelx was born on 21 November 1960 in Lagos, Nigeria. He was an actor and director, known for The Last Judgement (2020), Posti in piedi in paradiso (2012) and Lightning Strike (2012). He died on 8 January 2017 in Milan, Italy.- Writer
- Producer
- Actor
James C. Christensen was born on 26 September 1942 in Culver City, California, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Voyage of the Unicorn (2001), Davie & Golimyr (2008) and Jonah: A Great Fish Story (2005). He was married to Carole Larsen. He died on 8 January 2017 in Utah, USA.- Director
- Actor
- Writer
Valery Ponomaryov was born on 27 May 1943 in Yurga, Kemerovo Oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He was a director and actor, known for Na Chernykh Lyadakh (1995), Delo dlya nastoyashchikh muzhchin (1984) and Amnistiya (1982). He died on 8 January 2017.- Maria Remusat was born on 9 March 1923 in Paris, France. She died on 8 January 2017 in Clamart, Hauts-de-Seine, France.
- Ingeborg Thomé was born on 7 February 1925 in Koblenz, Germany. She died on 8 January 2017 in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
- Roy Innis was born on 6 June 1934 in St. Croix, Virgin Islands. He was married to Doris Funnye. He died on 8 January 2017 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
- Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani was born on 25 August 1934 in Bahraman, Kerman Province, Iran. He was married to Effat Marashi. He died on 8 January 2017 in Teheran, Iran.
- James R. Mancham was born on 11 August 1939 in Victoria, Seychelles. James R. died on 8 January 2017 in Glacis, Seychelles.