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- Walter Greaza was born on 1 January 1897 in St. Paul, Minnesota, USA. He was an actor, known for The Defenders (1961), The Street with No Name (1948) and Treasury Men in Action (1950). He was married to Helene Ambrose (actress) and Mary Young (singer and dancer). He died on 1 June 1973 in Kew Gardens, New York, USA.
- Lucy Landau was born on 28 January 1905 in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Thrill of It All (1963), The DuPont Show of the Month (1957) and The Edge of Night (1956). She died on 23 July 1990 in Kew Gardens, Queens, New York City, New York, USA.
- Kitty Genovese was the oldest of five children, a 28-year-old daughter of working-class Italian-American parents. Her father owned a coat and apron supply business. Kitty was an attractive, outgoing woman, and graduated from Brooklyn's Prospect Heights High School in 1954. She moved to Queens, rented an apartment with a girlfriend, and worked as a manager at a local tavern. Kitty left work around 3 a.m. on March 13, 1964. As she parked her car and walked the 20 feet to her apartment door, a man approached and began to stab her. Kitty screamed loudly, pleaded for help, and though apartment lights went on in nearby buildings, and neighbors peered out at the scene, no one notified the police.
Her attack lasted over half an hour, during which time at least 38 neighborhood residents observed the assault but did nothing. Though Kitty tried to crawl away from her attacker, he pursued her, eventually stabbing her 17 times and taking $49 from her wallet. Not until 3:50 a.m. did one neighbor finally call the police. (Before he did, he called a friend.) By the time police arrived, Kitty had bled to death.
As the details of the killing emerged, it became plain that Kitty would probably have survived if she had received medical attention sooner. The murder made national headlines after dozens of witnesses were interviewed and said they declined to help because they thought it was a "lover's quarrel" and "didn't want to get involved." One even coldly declared, "I was tired and went back to bed." The brutal murder and the disturbing lack of action by her neighbors became emblematic in what many perceived as an evolving culture of violence and apathy in the United States. While some saw the unwillingness to help as representative of the times, the Genovese murder sparked national debate about bystander apathy and its psychological causes, particularly in urban settings. Forty years later, her name has become synonymous with a dark side of an urban character that, for many people, represents a harsh and disturbing reality of big city life. In fact, psychologists now dub unwillingness to help those in trouble "Kitty Genovese Syndrome."
The man arrested for the crime was a 29-year-old petty criminal who confessed to the murders of three women, including Kitty Genovese, as well as numerous burglaries and rapes. He chose his victims at random. Though the jury recommended the death penalty, his sentence was commuted to life in prison. Having been denied parole several times, he remained incarcerated in a maximum security prison in upstate New York until his death on March 28, 2016, at the age of 81. - Richard Bojarski was born on 24 May 1934 in New York, USA. He died on 25 April 2009 in Kew Gardens, Queens, New York, USA.
- J. Arthur Young was born on 22 September 1879 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for Murder by Invitation (1941), No Greater Sin (1941) and The Living Ghost (1942). He was married to Marguerite Vanderfrift. He died on 14 September 1943 in Kew Gardens, New York, USA.
- Priestly Morrison was born in 1872 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. He was an actor, known for The Adventure Shop (1919) and The Girl-Woman (1919). He was married to Mrs. Priestly Morrison. He died on 26 January 1938 in Kew Gardens, Queens, New York, USA.
- Harold Gwynn was born on 10 November 1897 in New York, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Virtuous Wives (1918). He died on 2 August 1927 in Kew Gardens, New York, USA.
- Alan G. Barbour was born on 25 July 1933 in Oakland, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Captain Celluloid vs. the Film Pirates (1966) and Busby Berkeley (1974). He was married to Jean Barbour. He died on 12 February 2002 in Kew Gardens, New York, USA.