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- Nancy Hughes was born on 22 April 1951 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Nancy was married to John Hughes. Nancy died on 15 September 2019 in Lake Forest, Illinois, USA.
- Octavia Butler was born on 22 June 1947 in Pasadena, California, USA. She was a writer, known for Parable of the Sower, Kindred (2022) and Wild Seed. She died on 24 February 2006 in Lake Forest Park, Washington, USA.
- Betty Moran was born on 1 July 1920 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. She was an actress, known for Seventeen (1940), All Women Have Secrets (1939) and Frontier Vengeance (1940). She was married to James N. White and Don Sharpe. She died on 1 November 1998 in Lake Forest, California, USA.
- Actress
- Additional Crew
Marilyn Lovell was born on 11 July 1930 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. She was an actress, known for V.I.P.-Schaukel (1971), Dateline NBC (1992) and American Experience (1987). She was married to Jim Lovell. She died on 27 August 2023 in Lake Forest, Illinois, USA.- Additional Crew
Born in St. Paul, Brooks played hockey at the University of Minnesota, where he later coached from 1972-79, winning three national titles. Brooks was inducted into the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame in 1990. Brooks never had his own moment as a player. He was the last one cut from the 1960 U.S. gold-medal team, and he played in the 1964 and 1968 Olympics without winning a medal. Last season, Brooks was the director of player development for the Penguins. He rejected a multimillion-dollar offer to coach the Rangers last summer, saying didn't want to be away from his wife and family in Minnesota.
Brooks coached the New York Rangers (1981-85), where he reached the 100-victory mark faster than any other coach in franchise history. He coached the Minnesota North Stars (1987-88), the New Jersey Devils (1992-93) and the Pittsburgh Penguins (1999-00). He also led the French Olympic team at the 1998 Nagano Games.- Maureen Crow was born on 14 February 1933 in the USA. She was an actress, known for Daniel Boone (1964) and Perry Mason (1957). She died on 28 July 2021 in Lake Forest. California, USA.
- Actress
Ginny Wren was born on 22 February 1936 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She was an actress. She died on 14 December 2020 in Lake Forest, Illinois, USA.- Mickey Cochrane was born on 6 April 1903 in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, USA. He was married to Mary. He died on 28 June 1962 in Lake Forest, Illinois, USA.
- Art Department
- Art Director
- Additional Crew
Leon Harris was born on 15 October 1929 in Ventura, California, USA. He was an art director, known for Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979), Dick Tracy (1990) and The Black Hole (1979). He was married to Gloria. He died on 1 June 2022 in Lake Forest Park, Washington, USA.- Laurette was born on 31 July 1912 in Toledo, Ohio, USA. She was an actress, known for Cavalcade of Broadway: Leon and Eddie's (1950). She was married to Clymas. She died on 1 February 2000 in Lake Forest, California, USA.
- Producer
- Actor
John C. Herklotz was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois. After graduating from high school at age 15, prior to entering the U.S. Army in 1943, he was employed by Chicago Title & Trust and the Chicago Tribune. During this period he attended college to accomplish his early goal to become a Certified Public Accountant.
While serving with the U.S. Army, he was a member of the 44th Infantry Division, the Army Specialized Training Program at the University of South Dakota and completed his service with the 191st Signal Repair Company in the China-Burma-India area. Following his military service, John entered DePaul University to further his education goals while working part-time at the Tribune. After graduation from DePaul with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting, Price Waterhouse employed him for two years during which time he obtained his C.P.A. license.
In 1951, John returned to the Chicago Tribune where his professional experience included employment as Internal Auditor, Manager of the Tax Department and Chief Financial Officer for the Tribune's subsidiary companies. In addition, he was Auditor and Controller for WGN Continental Broadcasting during seven years of their expansion. In 1968, John left corporate life to pursue a career as a media financial consultant and broadcast station broker. During the next twenty years, he rendered consulting and brokerage services to numerous radio, television, and cable companies.
In 1988, John formed the Cellular Financial Corporation and actively pursued opportunities in the new and expanding cellular telephone industry. The federal government awarded John's company a rural telephone license in New Mexico covering 22,000 square miles of service area including the cities of Santa Fe and Los Alamos. In 1990 he sold his company to Centel Corporation to pursue his lifelong dream of devoting time and resources to charitable and worthwhile causes. Over the last twenty-five years, John has established a legacy of helping numerous worthy causes. John was also the Chairman of Tesuque Radio Company that operated a communications site on Tesuque Peak, New Mexico. In December 2017 Tesuque Radio Company was sold to XCell Towers II, LLC.
As owner and Chief Executive Officer of Herklotz Enterprises, Inc., John produced a feature film, "The Giant of Thunder Mountain", a heart-warming story for the entire family. As Chairman of Plaza Entertainment, Inc. and the Family Universal Network, John worked closely with C.E.O. Eric Parkinson on the marketing of the home video of "The Giant of Thunder Mountain" to sales of more than 400,000 VHS tapes in 1998 - considered to be a record sales achievement for a limited release, independent family film. Additionally, the video marketing of this film included a charitable element which paid out over $500,000 in donations, including sums to the Children's Miracle Network, the USC School of Film & Television and the House Ear Institute.
John's charitable endeavors include his role as financial contributor and Chairman of the Board of Directors of American Happenings. John has generously contributed to more than 50 meritorious groups, including the release of over $35-million from his Charitable Remainder Annuity Trust upon his death.- Ted Peshak was born Theodore Joseph Peshak on Dec. 22, 1917, in Plymouth, Iowa. He was the house director for Coronet Instructional Media, a major producer of the genre known as "classroom training films", in the 1940s and 1950s. Many of the actors appearing in his films were his family, friends and neighbors from Libertyville, IL, where he lived.
He was trained as a journalist at the University of Iowa and was a photographer during his Army service during World War II, and also photographed and directed training films during his army hitch. After working at a variety of jobs, including an advertising agency, he went to work for Coronet as a director, his debut there being Shy Guy (1947) (its leading man was future Bewitched (1964) star Dick York). He eventually left Coronet and started his own company, Peshak Films, and directed industrial films for a variety of clients, including McDonald's and the American Health Care Association. He left the filmmaking business in the 1960s and became a successful real-estate developer in Illinois.
He died in Lake Forest, IL, on Oct. 9, 2006, of colon cancer. - Jim Dooley was born on 8 February 1930 in Stoutsville, Missouri, USA. He was an actor, known for The NFL on CBS (1956), NFL Monday Night Football (1970) and The NFL on NBC (1965). He died on 8 January 2008 in Lake Forest, Illinois, USA.
- Virginia Claiborne Orr was born on 22 December 1907 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. Virginia Claiborne was a writer, known for Suspicion (1957) and General Electric Theater (1953). Virginia Claiborne was married to William Allan Pinkerton Watkins. Virginia Claiborne died on 11 September 1974 in Lake Forest, Illinois, USA.
- Helen Hannah Campbell was born on 25 September 1915 in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. She died on 24 March 2013 in Lake Forest, California, USA.
- Paul Christman was born on 5 March 1918 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. He was an actor, known for Triple Threat (1948), The Beverly Hillbillies (1962) and AFL on ABC (1960). He died on 2 March 1970 in Lake Forest, Illinois, USA.
- Valmere Barman was born on 14 December 1922 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She was an actress, known for The Little Witch (1945) and Boogie Woogie (1945). She died on 13 February 2012 in Lake Forest, California, USA.
- Scott Sanderson was born on 22 July 1956 in Dearborn, Michigan, USA. He was married to Cathleen Cavanaugh. He died on 11 April 2019 in Lake Forest, Illinois, USA.
- Pauline Frederick was born on 13 February 1908 in Gallitzin, Pennsylvania, USA. She was an actress, known for Special for Women: The Trapped Housewife (1960), Special for Women: Mother and Daughter (1961) and The Working Mother (1961). She died on 9 May 1990 in Lake Forest, Illinois, USA.
- Jim Jodat was born on 3 March 1954 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. He died on 21 October 2015 in Lake Forest, California, USA.
- Actor
Lou Stringer was born on 13 May 1917 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA. He was an actor. He died on 19 October 2008 in Lake Forest, California, USA.- Camera and Electrical Department
- Additional Crew
Anna Armatis was born on 27 September 1987 in Stillwater, Minnesota, USA. Anna is known for 33 Griffin Lane (2008) and Love Is Bananas (2009). Anna died on 11 October 2022 in Lake Forest, California, USA.- Robert Owen Boulding was born on 15 June 1927 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor. He died on 28 April 2009 in Lake Forest, California, USA.
- Robert C. Barnhart Jr. was born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, USA. He was married to Valmere (Dolly) Kasala and Paula Jeen Gay. He died on 5 December 2012 in Lake Forest, California, USA.