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Florida-born Peggy O'Rourke's parents divorced when she was very young. Peggy's mother eventually married a wealthy attorney named Stewart, and Peggy took his name. She grew up in Atlanta (where she developed the athletic skills she would later demonstrate in her many westerns for Republic Pictures). On a family vacation to Los Angeles to visit her grandmother, Peggy, as a lark, attended classes at a dramatic school, but the acting bug hit her hard and when it was time to return to Atlanta, Peggy talked her mother into letting her staying with her grandmother. As luck would have it, a resident of the apartment building they lived in was character actor Henry O'Neill, who took a liking to Peggy and got her cast in her first film, Wells Fargo (1937). She picked up a few more small roles, and acquitted herself so well the parts started getting bigger and she was working more often. She married actor Don 'Red' Barry in 1940, and was eventually signed by Republic Pictures, Barry's studio, to make westerns and serials. In three years, Peggy did almost 30 films at Republic, most of them westerns. She appeared in two of the studio's more successful serials, but when Republic assigned her to another one, she protested. She didn't particularly like working in serials, preferring the feature westerns, which didn't take as long to film. Eventually, the struggle with Republic got to the point where Peggy asked for her release, and she got it. Although she wanted to start doing films other than westerns, she had made so many at Republic that she found herself basically unable to find work in any other genre. She freelanced for Monogram, Allied Artists, PRC and other small studios until she was picked up by Columbia--which immediately put her into serials. She eventually decided to leave the film business, and did so in 1953. She did do some television work (mostly westerns!) while raising her family, and also performed in the Los Angeles theatrical community. She kept her hand in the film business, making occasional appearances in some lower-budget westerns, made-for-TV movies and inexpensive horror pictures.- Leo was an actor, known for Pet Sematary (2019) and My Cat Is a YouTuber (2018). He died on 29 May 2019.
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Mir Ferry was born on 22 November 1928. He was an actor, known for The Young Dracula (1976), Kilma, reina de las amazonas (1976) and Ciudad Baja (Downtown Heat) (1994). He died on 29 May 2019.- Alfredo Herger was an actor, known for Animal (2005), Más allá del límite (2002) and Kidnapped (2006). He died on 29 May 2019 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
- Kenneth Deel was born on 29 August 1961 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. He was married to Farah Rose Deel. He died on 29 May 2019 in Springfield, Missouri, USA.
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Noted horror author and editor Dennis William Etchison was born on March 30, 1943 in Stockton, California. Etchison graduated from Lynwood High in Lynwood, California in 1961 and went on to attend both Los Angeles State College and the University of California in Los Angeles. Dennis worked a variety of part-time jobs that include several years as a gas station attendant in Malibu, California while writing his early short stories on the side in the 1960's and became a full-time writer in 1976. Etchison's original novels include "Darkside" (1986), "Shadowman" (1993), "California Gothic" (1995), and "Double Edge" (1996). His short stories were collected in the anthology compilations "The Dark Country" (1982), "Red Dreams" (1984), "The Blood Kiss" (1988), "The Death Artist" (1999), "Talking in the Dark" (2001), "Fine Cuts" (2006), "Got to Kill Them All & Other Stories" (2009), and "A Long Time Til Morning" (2014).
Moreover, Dennis also served as an editor for the anthologies "Cutting Edge" (1986), three volumes of the "Masters of Darkness" series (1986, 1988, and 1991), "Lord John Ten: A Celebration" (1988), the World Fantasy Award winners "MetaHorror" (1992) and "The Museum of Horrors" (2001), and "Gathering the Bones" (2006). His short stories "The Olympic Runner" (1986) and "The Dog Park" (1993) both won British Fantasy Awards while "The Dark Country" (1981) won both the British Fantasy and World Fantasy Awards. In addition, Etchison was the recipient of a Bram Stoker Award for lifetime achievement in 2017. He also taught creative writing as well as wrote for television. Etchison died at age 76 on May 28, 2019. He was survived by his wife, Kristina.- Michael Spicer was born on 22 January 1943 in Bath, Somerset, England, UK. He was married to Patricia Hunter. He died on 29 May 2019 in the UK.
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Jirí Stránský was born on 12 August 1931 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. He was a writer and actor, known for Kousek nebe (2005), Boomerang (1997) and Zdivocelá zeme (1997). He was married to Jitka. He died on 29 May 2019 in Prague, Czech Republic.- Alfred D. Herger Jr. was an actor, known for Más allá del límite (2002), Mi Princesa (2015) and Deceived (2016). He died on 29 May 2019 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
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Bonnie Macker was born on 3 May 1948 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is known for UHF (1989), Loaded Weapon 1 (1993) and The Outsiders (1983). She died on 29 May 2019 in Sherman Oaks, California, USA.- Michael Petzet was born on 12 April 1933 in Munich, Germany. He died on 29 May 2019 in Krailling, Bavaria, Germany.
- Lidia Valeanschi was born on 26 December 1937 in Coteala, Republic of Moldova. She was an actress, known for Naydi na schaste podkovu (1983) and The Unsaved (2013). She died on 29 May 2019.
- Vi Faulkner was an actor, known for CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000), Note to Self (2012) and Serendipitous Suspect. He died on 29 May 2019.
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- Writer
Alan Drury was born on 22 May 1949 in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK. He was a writer, known for The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne (2000), Theatre Night (1985) and Screenplay (1986). He died on 29 May 2019 in London, England, UK.- Jean-Paul Faubert was born on 26 December 1961 in Scarborough, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Jean-Paul died on 29 May 2019 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.