final credits - november 2004

Angela Leigh
Founder of National Ballet of Canada
Born in Uganda, trained with the Royal Ballet in London. Was one of the 25 founding members of the National Ballet of Canada and danced most of the leading roles in its classical and modern repertoires.
Died November 30, 2004 at age 78.

Angela Schiller
Actress
Using stage name An Tsan Hu, her credits include the disaster movie spoof "The Big Bus," "Checkmate" and the made for TV movie "Like Normal People."
Died November 30, 2004 at age 66. Apartment fire.

Jack Shields
Member of Parliament
As a Progressive Conservative, represented the Athabasca, Alberta, Canada region from 1980 to 1983.
Died November 30, 2004 at age 74. Heart attack following bladder surgery.

Pierre Berton
Canadian
His humour and eccentric take on the world was legendary - as was his trademark bow tie, bushy white sideburns and dramatic sartorial style. Berton did as he pleased at work, once risking termination for reading comics on the job, but saving himself from being fired by landing a hot scoop the same day. In 2004, Berton was voted No. 31 on Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's The Greatest Canadian program. For more about this noted author, visit the Last Link Pierre Berton tribute page.
Died November 30, 2004 at age 84. Heart failure.

Pierre McNicoll
Radio host/actor
Worked in the Ottawa region for CBC Radio-Canada. Appeared in the TV hockey soap opera "He Shoots He Scores." Was scheduled to emcee a state dinner held for the visit of President George Bush when he died in the morning while exercising.
Died November 30, 2004 [in his sixties]. Heart attack.

Timothy Diener
Vintner
The Brothers of the Christian Schools had run a small business making sacramental and medicinal wines since the late 19th century. Brother Timothy was assigned the job of wine chemist at the winery in 1935. Brother Timothy spent more than 50 years making wines, becoming an unlikely leader in the shaping of the California wine industry. The brothers take a vow of poverty, so profits went to schools on the West Coast and paid for a retreat house and summer camps. He retired in 1989, when the Brothers of the Christian Schools sold their wine- and brandy-making operation to the Heublein Fine Wine Group.
Died November 30, 2004 at age 94.

Dale Dunham
Actor
Acting credits include "Drop Dead Gorgeous," "The Mighty Ducks," "The Stranger Within," "The Naked Man" and "Naked Minnesota." As a DJ in the 1950s, Dunham conducted one of the last interviews with Buddy Holly.
Died November 29, 2004 at age 73. Stroke.

Harry Danning
New York Giants catcher
Last surviving member of the pennant-winning 1937 New York Giants and the oldest Jewish major leaguer. One of fewer than 150 Jews to play in the major leagues, Mr. Danning said comments such as "Pitch under his nose, he can't see the ball" seldom bothered him and paled in comparison to what the league's first black players faced.
Died November 29, 2004 at age 93. Pneumonia.

Jack Deshields
Production designer/art director
Nominated for Emmy Awards four times in recognition of his work on "Washington: Behind Closed Doors," "Barbary Coast," "The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd" and "The Legend of Lizzie Bordon." Feature film credits include "Marathon Man," the Blaxploitation film "Black Gunn" and Tom Smothers' comedy "Pandemonium."
Died November 29, 2004 at age 81. Diabetes.

Jim Grant
Bassist
Member of The Mutineers who later became The Five Americans, charting hits with "I See The Light" and "Western Union." Later formed a successful design company most famous for the Chili's restaurant logo.
Died November 29, 2004 at age 61. Heart attack.

John D. Barrymore
Actor
Father of actress Drew Barrymore, part of acting clan that included father, famed stage and early film actor John Barrymore and his father's siblings, Lionel Barrymore and Ethel Barrymore. Drew Barrymore is daughter by third wife, Ildiko Jaid Barrymore. His mother was actress Dolores Costello. Early roles in the 1950s included movies "The Sundowners," "High Lonesome," "Quebec," "The Big Night," "Thunderbirds" and "While the City Sleeps." Career sidetracked by problems with drugs, drunken driving and violence, domestic and otherwise. By early 1960s he had left Holllywood for Italy, working in European movies. At various times Barrymore was reported to be living like a hermit or a beggar, and Drew once said in an interview that there were times when she did not know where her father was.
Died November 29, 2004 at age 72.

Morris Gold
Gold's Horseradish owner
Oldest of three brothers who made Gold's Horseradish a U.S. national brand in the 1970's after taking over the business two decades earlier from their parents. Company sells 17 million jars of horseradish a year. Gold created a slogan that the company used on and off for decades: "We do the crying for you."
Died November 29, 2004 at age 85. Congestive heart failure, Alzheimer's disease.

Rev. Billy James Hargis
Radio and tele-vangelist
In 1950, he founded the interdenominational Christian Crusade with the message "for Christ and against communism." His broadcast ministry spanned some 40 years on more than 500 radio and 250 television stations. In 1953 launched the Bible Balloon Project - inserting scriptures in balloons and floating them over the Iron Curtain, aiming them at residents of Czechoslovakia, Poland, Russia and East Germany. Had long-running fight with the IRS when it removed his ministry's tax-exempt status, citing conflict of religion and politics. 1976 sex scandal threatened to destroy his ministry. Denying charges, Hargis said "I was guilty of sin, but not the sin I was accused of."
Died November 29, 2004 at age 79. Alzheimer's disease.

Sister Anne Samson
Canada's oldest person
Listed as the seventh oldest person in the world with verified birthdate of February 27, 1891. Guinness World Records lists the oldest person in the world now as Hendrikje Van Andel-Schipper, born in the Netherlands on June 29, 1890. Oldest woman in Canada now considered to be Montrealer Julie Winnefred Bertrand who turned 113 on September 16, 2004. Annie Samson lived in three centuries, and Sister Rita Poirier said "she just stopped breathing."
Died November 29, 2004 at age 113.

Albert Dorskind
Created Universal Studios tours
In 1964, created the popular Universal Studios tour and spearheaded construction of Universal City. Idea for a studio tour, now one of California's top tourist attractions, was rooted in a problem with financial statement. After watching a Gray Line bus disgorge tourists to have lunch, came up with idea to charge $1 a head for the privilege of glimpsing a working studio and then have tourist stop at the studio commissary for over-priced food. He hired consultants and razed old structures to build modern office complexes, including the 14-story MCA headquarters. Next came two hotels and entertainment facilities that included amphitheater, movie complex, and theme park. An avid photo collector and amateur photographer, Dorskind also helped launch the Los Angeles County Museum of Art's photography department in 1984.
Died November 28, 2004 at age 82. Prostate cancer.

Edward 'Teddy' Ebersol
Son
Youngest son of NBC Sports Executive Dick Ebersole and actress Susan Saint James ("MacMillan and Wife" and "Kate and Allie").
Died November 28, 2004 at age 14. Plane crash.

Gunder Hagg
Runner
Held world record for the mile until Roger Bannister broke the 4-minute barrier. During a three-month period in 1942 he broke 15 world marks in middle-distance running and set 10 world records, became first person to run 5,000 meters in under 14 minutes. On July 17, 1945, Hagg set world record for mile of 4 minutes, 1.4 seconds that stood until Bannister's 1954 run of 3:59.4. Was nicknamed "Gunder the Wonder."
Died November 28, 2004 at age 85.

Leroy Aarons
Journalist
Worked at the Washington Post when the Watergate scandal occured. Later played a small role in the film "All the President's Men." Founder and first president of the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists, with now more than 1,300 members in 23 chapters around the United States.
Died November 28, 2004 at age 70. Bladder cancer, heart failure.

Molly Weir
Actress
Best known for playing Hazel the McWitch in the children's TV series "Rentaghost." Appeared in a number of films and TV shows including "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie," "The Hands of Orlac," "Scrooge," "Hands of the Ripper," "One of Our Dinosaurs is Missing" and "Captain Jack." Cremated, ashes were buried at Loch Lomond, her favourite vacation spot.
Died November 28, 2004 at age 94. Natural causes.

Christopher Salisbury
Expert in waterlogged wood
As a doctor, was among the first GPs to warn against the addictiveness of tranquillisers. As an archaeologist, specialised in excavating river bottoms throughout England, yielding the discovery of Viking and Norman fish traps, a mill, two log boats and the remains of four medieval bridges. Named Archaeologist of the Year in 1994; also won the Pitt-Rivers Award for best amateur project.
Died November 27, 2004 at age 75.

Gene Greif
Graphic designer
Working at CBS Records from 1977 to 1980, Grief helped popularize the retro style of graphic design during the 1980's. Designed scores of album covers including the Clash's album "Give 'Em Enough Rope." That album's flat colors, messy faux-Japanese lettering and eerie image of a slain cowboy being eaten by buzzards influenced other punk album graphics and helped introduce a postmodern graphic style noted for the reprise of passé images and found art. Designed a special Bloomingdale's shopping bag that combined elements of Cubism and Dada into a composition now shown in museum collections.
Died November 27, 2004 at age 50. Complications from hepatitis C contracted from a blood transfusion after 1977 car accident.

Jack Daniels
Draughtsman and engineer
In 1927, joined the MG Car Company. With Alec Issigonis, began work on what would become the Morris Minor in 1943. After the launch of the classic Morris Minor in 1948, the two men began work on a front-wheel drive Morris Minor prototype. Debuting in August 1959, the Mini proved a capable and nimble little car, its engine configuration leaving room for four people and quantities of luggage in a vehicle only 10 ft long. It became the "must have" car of the 1960s, favoured by Lord Snowdon, Peter Sellers, Twiggy, and Marianne Faithfull. It came to be recognised as one of the great design classics of the 20th century with the final model rolling off the production line in October, 2000. Acquired by BMW, a new Mini hit the road in 2001.
Died November 27, 2004 at age 92.

Shogo Shimada
Actor
Mainly known as a stage actor, Shimada also appeared in a number of films including "Tora! Tora! Tora!" and "Zatoichi and the Chest of Gold."
Died November 27, 2004 at age 98. Stroke.

Stephen A. Girard Jr
Industrialist and automaker
Helped introduce the Jeep, formerly a generic military transport, to civilians around the world. In the 1960's, he was president and chief executive of the Kaiser Jeep Corporation, which at the time held the trademark rights to call its vehicle a Jeep. Kaiser sold the company to American Motors in 1970; the Jeep brand is now owned by DaimlerChrysler.
Died November 27, 2004 at age 91.

Ascher Shapiro
Fluid mechanics expert
Five-decade career focussed on how fluids move. In 1962, he conducted an experiment that made headlines and helped solve mysteries about the Coriolis forces involved in fluids heading down the drain. In the late 1970s was granted a patent for a recipe conversion calculator.
Died November 26, 2004 at age 80.

Emil Eschenburg
Brigadier General, Ret.
One of the few remaining members of an elite World War II force that inspired the 1968 film "The Devil's Brigade."
Died November 26, 2004 at age 88.

JJ Belle
Session musician, composer, producer
Worked with The Pet Shop Boys, Grace Jones, George Michael, Tina Turner, Dusty Springfield , Liza Minelli, Johnny Hates Jazz, Alison Limerick, Janet Jackson, Cher, Chaka Khan, Elton John, Madonna, Run DMC, Barry White, Dionne Warwick, Robert Palmer, Roberta Flack, Phil Collins, Leo Sayer, Kim Wilde, Linda Ronstadt, and Lionel Ritchie among many others.
Died November 26, 2004 at age 49. Cancer.

Lauriston S. Taylor
Scientist
Helped to establish national standards for X-ray exposure in the 1920's. Born in Brooklyn, family soon moved to Maplewood, N.J. As a grade school student, he visited Thomas A. Edison in his laboratory in nearby South Orange, and Edison gave him an X-ray tube. Is credited for being the first to build a portable radiation survey meter around 1929.
Died November 26, 2004 at age 102. End-stage Alzheimer's disease, complications of pneumonia.

Margaret Ann (Dixie) Jewison
Wife of film director Norm Jewison
Not a household name in her own right, she is mentioned frequently as an inspiration and loyal partner in "This Terrible Business Has Been Good to Me," Norman Jewison's recently published autobiography.
Died November 26, 2004 at age 74.

Miles Willard
Food inventor
Co-inventor of dehydrated potato flakes; developed several popular snack foods, including Hula Hoops (popular in Britain), O'Boisies and Tato Skins.
Died November 26, 2004 at age 80. Alzheimer's disease.

Philippe de Broca
Director
Best known for the 1966 anti-war film "The King of Hearts" which set records for an art house film. Polished his craft as an assistant director for such new wave masters as Francois Truffaut and Claude Chabrol (De Broca was assistant director on Truffaut's classic "The 400 Blows.") Other credits include 1964 comedy thriller "That Man From Rio" which earned him Best Original Screenplay Oscar nomination. Often made cameos in both his films and the films of other directors, playing a journalist in Godard's New Wave classic "Breathless" and as Adolph Hitler in "The King of Hearts." Last film, "Vipere au poing" (Viper In The Fist) sold more than 1 million tickets at time of his death since hitting screens in October, 2004. Once married to Canadian actress Margot Kidder.
Died November 26, 2004 at age 71. Cancer.

Arthur Mogull
Record company exec and music publisher
Began career in 1949 as a band boy for Tommy Dorsey's orchestra. Later became an executive with major music labels including Warner Bros., Capitol Records and MCA Records. In the 1970s, was president, chairman and co-owner of United Artists Records. Was involved in Bob Dylan's early career and also helped other musicians including Peter, Paul and Mary and Laura Nyro.
Died November 25, 2004 at age 77. Heart failure.

David Bailey
Actor
On television landed small parts on "Dennis the Menace," "The Andy Griffith Show" and "Bewitched" in the 1960s. Gained fame in the early 1970s for Mitchum deodorant commercial (he was the "man in bed"). Best known for ten-year stint as Russ Matthews on the soap opera "Another World." Other soap credits include "The Guiding Light," "Ryan's Hope" and "As the World Turns." Film credits include "The Good Thief," "The Believer," "Above the Rim," "Something the Lord Made," "Wicked, Wicked" and "Never Again."
Died November 25, 2004 at age 71. Drowned in his apartment pool.

Frank Haggerty
Guitarist
In 1933, at age 15, played with the Jimmy Dorsey Band when Dorsey's guitarist was sick. Recorded dozens of songs with Frank Sinatra, later performed with a who's who of artists, including Jimmy Durante, Mel Torme and Andy Williams.
Died November 25, 2004 at age 86. Congestive heart failure.

Kurt S. Adler
Importer
A Jewish refugee, Adler changed the look of Christmas décor as a major importer of handcrafted ornaments and convincing artificial trees. Restored a European sensibility to Christmas decorations after World War II, when glass balls and other adornments from Germany were boycotted. In the 1950's, began selling artificial trees from Nuremberg that looked so real a fire marshal demanded that he remove them from his New York Broadway showroom. In the late 1960's, he was among the first to sell strands of miniature lights from Italy.
Died November 25, 2004 at age 83. Heart failure, Parkinson's disease.

Randy Day
Lawyer
Drew national attention as Boundary County Idaho prosecutor in 1992 case and criminal investigation into the 1992 Ruby Ridge standoff, an 11 day standoff between federal agents and white separatist Randy Weaver and his family.
Died November 25, 2004 at age 54. Cancer.

Rick Garcia
Actor
Had a 30 year film and TV career that seemed to specialise in playing TV news anchors and reporters. Credits include films "Collateral Damage" and "Shadow of Doubt" and TV shows "24," "The X Files," "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," "Red Shoe Diaries" and "Tales from the Crypt" - all involving the portrayal of media types.
Died November 25, 2004. Heart attack.

Arthur Hailey
Author
Overcame an inclination to airsickness and served as airman in the Royal Air Force during World War II. Moved to Canada in 1947, received citizenship, and worked in Toronto as a sales promotion manager for a tractor-trailer manufacturer. In 1955, was aboard an air flight when he began daydreaming about what if all the passengers and crew were incapacitated, leaving him to land the plane. In seven days wrote teleplay "Flight Into Danger" produced by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (and later sold to NBC). The play received critical acclaim and Hailey received $600 for the screenplay generally regarded as the inspiration for 1980 spoof "Airplane." The TV play starred a young James Doohan, later to play Scotty on Star Trek. 1968 novel "Airport" was made into a film starring Burt Lancaster, and Dean Martin and spawned the multi-star 'disaster pic' genre. Roger Ebert said the genre was easy to spot: look for the movie posters with dozens of small pictures of the stars along the side. Other novels made into movies include "Wheels," "The Moneychangers" and "Strong Medicine."

Critics often dismissed Hailey's success as the result of a formulaic style, centering a crisis on an ordinary character and then inflating the suspense by adding multiple related plotlines. Would often spend a year researching a subject, six months reviewing notes, and 18 months writing. That research gave his novels a realism some contemporary critics complained was used to mask a lack of literary talent. There are 170 million copies of his books in print.
Died November 24, 2004 at age 84. Stroke, died in his sleep.

Howard Hinderstein
Producer/agent
Was Totie Field's manager for the last 18 years of her life. Was also a TV producer who worked on several Goodson-Todman productions including "Tattletales" and "Match Game."
Died November 24, 2004 at 79. Myeloma.

James Wong
Actor/composer
Prolific Hong Kong composer wrote lyrics to over 1000 songs. Composed the scores or provided additional music to many films including "City Killer," John Woo's brutal classic "Hard Boiled," "Once Upon a Time in China" and "Bullet in the Head." Acting credits include "Red-Headed Stranger," "Iron Monkey," "Return to a Better Tomorrow" and "Let's Rock."
Died November 24, 2004 at age 64. Lung cancer.

Joseph Hansen
Mystery writer
Southern California novelist best known for his groundbreaking mystery series featuring Los Angeles insurance claims investigator Dave Brandstetter. Like other fictional sleuths such as Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe or Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer, Hansen's middle-aged protagonist was tough, smart and self-assured. Indeed, Brandstetter was the mystery genre's typical shamus except for one thing: He dated men instead of women.
Died November 24, 2004 at age 81. Heart failure due to long respiratory illness.

Mette Janson
Actress/TV personality
Studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London. Worked as an intern at NBC in America before heading home to Norway, becoming the first woman news-anchor in that country in 1959. In late 1960s she infuriated viewers with a TV series about sexual education and prevention and once received an angry letter which didn't even have her name on it. It was simply addressed to "National Whore Number One."
Died November 24, 2004 at age 70. Leukemia.

Milas C. Hinshaw
Cinematographer
Worked extensively during the 1950s on Disney's television series known variously as "The Wonderful World of Disney" and "Walt Disney Presents."
Died November 24, 2004. Heart failure.

Frances Chaney
Radio/film actress
Appeared on popular radio series like "Topper," "Gangbusters" and "Mr. District Attorney." Had the regular role of the sultry Burma in "Terry and the Pirates." Budding film career was stifled after she and her husband, Ring Lardner Jr., were placed on a Hollywood blacklist. Mr. Lardner was one of the Hollywood 10, jailed in 1950 for contempt of Congress for refusing to answer whether they were Communists. Ms. Chaney was blacklisted because she was assumed to be, as Mr. Lardner's wife, a Communist. Eventually was able to return to television, landing a 10 year role in the soap opera "The Edge of Night," and appeared recently on "Law & Order." Appeared in the cop flick "The 7-Ups" and had a bit part in the documentary section of "When Harry Met Sally."
Died November 23, 2004 at age 89. Alzheimer's disease.

Lucien Hold
Promoter
Comedy club talent booker and manager who helped discover and promote the early careers of New York comedians like Chris Rock, Jerry Seinfeld and Adam Sandler. Hold built The Comic Strip in 1975 out of the remains of a defunct bar on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. One of the earliest comics booked was a skinny, foulmouthed Brooklyn teenager named Eddie Murphy who used the Strip as his home base.
Died November 23 at age 57. Scleroderma.

Pat Corleto
Assistant director
Credits include "Bye, Bye, Birdie," "The Three Stooges Go Around the World in a Daze," "Operation Mad Ball," "Under the Yum, Yum Tree" and the TV series "Dennis the Menace."
Death announced November 23, 2004. Age 94.

Pete Franklin
Sports radio host
Using the on-air nickname "The King," Franklin worked at WWWE in Cleveland in the 1970s and '80s before heading to New York as afternoon drive-time host at WFAN, the nation's first 24-hour sports radio station. Was known for his rough treatment of callers, whom he would sometimes abruptly dismiss with audio of a flushing toilet. Franklin ended his career in 2000 at KNBR, San Francisco.
Died November 23, 2004 at age 76.

Arthur Hopcraft
Screenwriter
Adapted several John Le Carre novels to the small screen, including "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" which starred Alec Quinness. Also adapted "The Perfect Spy." Won a BAFTA Writer's Award for his adaptation of Charles Dickens' "Bleak House." Other credits include the TV movies "Agatha" and "Rebecca."
Died November 22, 2004 at 72.

Daniel McCauley
Assistant director
Worked with some of the most noted directors in film history. With Alfred Hitchcock, assisted on "Vertigo," "To Catch a Thief" and "The Wrong Man." Other credits include working with Cecil B. DeMille on "The Ten Commandments," John Sturges on "Marooned" and "The Last Train From Gun Hill," Otto Preminger on "In Harm's Way," Henry Hathaway on "Nevada Smith," Roman Polanski on "Rosmary's Baby," Hal Ashby on "The Last Detail," Richard Fleischer on "Soylent Green" and Robert Wise on "Star Trek: The Motion Picture."
Died November 22, 2004 at age 88.

Francess Lantz
Author of the 'Luna Bay' series
Over the last two decades, Lantz wrote more than 30 books, including several juvenile bestsellers. Her novel, "Stepsister From Planet Weird," was made into a Disney Channel movie in 2000. As a children's librarian in Massachusetts, she would take children to a nearby cemetery to read them scary stories. After running out of stories that were short, easy to read aloud and suitably spooky, so she began to write them herself. Became steeped in beach culture after moving to Santa Barbara in 1986 where at 47 learned to surf.
Died November 22, 2004 at age 52. Ovarian cancer.

Donald Puddy
NASA flight director
Supervised Apollo, Skylab and early space shuttle missions from Mission Control in Houston, Texas. Directed a number of significant missions, including the Apollo moon missions, Skylab space-station flights, the Apollo-Soyuz mission in 1975 that brought U.S. and Soviet spacecraft together, and the landing of the first shuttle mission in 1981.
Died November 22, 2004 at age 67.

Jerry Bick
Hollywood producer
Produced Robert Altman's "The Long Goodbye," Arthur Penn's "Bonnie and Clyde" and Jonathan Demme's "Swing Shift."
Died November 22, 2004 at age 81. Complications from Parkinson's disease.

Stephen Mallatratt
Actor/writer
Recently wrote the 2002 TV remake of "The Forsythe Saga" and the 2004 WWII drama "Island at War." Contributed to the long-running British TV series "Coronation Street." Acting credits include roles in "Chariots of Fire," and "Jewel In The Crown."
Died November 22, 2004 at age 57.

Audley Bowdler Williamson
Inventor
In 1947, developed Swarfega, a green gel famed for its ability to clean engine oil, grease and grime off of anything. In 1934, Williamson was a trainee chemist at Dalton's, the manufacturers of Silkolene lubricants. In 1941 he set up his own company, Deb Ltd - as in "debutante." Its first product was Deb Silkware Protection, a mild detergent designed to preserve silk stockings. The arrival of nylon from America at the end of WWII ended the silk stocking market so Williamson decided to adapt the formula and named the new product Swarfega. Swarfega is now sold in 100 countries; in March of 2004, the Williamson family sold a majority stake in the brand for £135 million.
Died November 21, 2004 at age 88.

Harold L. Roberts
Musician
Also known as "Robby" and "Tommy." During World War II, Roberts served in the Army as a bandleader, directing a group of musicians that included at various times such well-known performers as drummer Gene Krupa, singer Ray Eberle, trumpeter and singer Ish Kabibble and bandleader and composer Xavier Cugat. Based at Fort Lee, Virginia, his band performed at military bases and other events throughout the U.S. Said his most challenging job was playing for the Barnum & Bailey Circus. After the war, Roberts returned to New York where he became a licensed mortician. Worked in a mortuary for a short time before becoming a sales representative of a mattress company.
Died November 21, 2004. Complications from a stroke, Parkinson's disease.

Marion Hamner Hawkes
Tomboy
Inspired the character of 'Mary Ellen' on television's "The Waltons." Hawkes was sister of show's creator, Earl Hamner Jr. Graduated from the University of Virginia with a nursing degree. Like Hawkes, the character of Mary Ellen also grew up to become a nurse. A ratings hit for CBS from 1972 to 1981, "The Waltons" told the stories of a large, close-knit family in Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains through the narrative of the oldest son, John Boy, an aspiring writer.
Died November 21, 2004 at age 74.

Robert Courtleigh
Actor
Son of William Courtleigh, one of the creators of Actor's Equity union. Star of the 1950s sci-fi TV series "The Atom Squad." Also appeared in an episode of the 1960 sci-fi series "Men Into Space." Played the evil stepmother's date in the TV special "Cinderella" which starred Lesley Anne Warren. Had small supporting roles in John Huston's "Winter Kills" and Sylvester Stallone's "F.I.S.T."
Died November 21, 2004 at age 88.

Alexander Ragulin
Soviet hockey star
Defenseman on Soviet hockey teams of the 1960s and 1970s. For CSKA Moscow, won nine Soviet national championships playing 427 games with 63 goals. Also won 10 IIHF world championship gold medals in 12 tournaments played between 1962 and 1973. Nicknamed Rags by Canadians who played against him, also won Olympic gold medals in 1964, 1968 and 1972. Inducted into the International Ice Hockey Hall of Fame in 1997.
Died November 20, 2004 at age 63.

Dr. Ancel Keys
Promoter of Mediterranean Diet
Built a career that changed the thinking on factors responsible coronary heart disease, putting saturated fat on the map as a major cause. In the 1940s, the War Department asked him to develop pocket-size food rations for World War II paratroopers. The result was the infamous K ration. Best known for landmark epidemiological research project called the "Seven Countries" study which began in 1958 and lasted decades. Study of 12,000 healthy middle-aged men living in Italy, the Greek Islands, Yugoslavia, the Netherlands, Finland, Japan and the United States lent convincing support to the belief that saturated fat was primary cause of arterial blockages, demonstrating the preventability of heart attacks.
Died November 20, 2004 at age 100. Declining health due to several strokes and broken hip.

Anna Keaveney
Actress
Appeared in the popular soap opera UK "Brookside." Starred in numerous films, including "Shirley Valentine", and most recently appeared in "Vera Drake,"
Died November 20, 2004 at age 55. Lung cancer.

Bob Maize
Bassist
Fixture of the West Coast jazz scene since the early 1960s, supporting artists like Anita O'Day, Rosemary Clooney, Sarah Vaughn, Herb Ellis, Billy Eckstine, Mose Allison and Monty Alexander. In the early 1970s he joined the Concord Jazz stable playing with Scott Hamilton, Dave McKenna, Emily Remler, Richie Cole, and Tal Farlow. Also worked with Mel Torme, Boots Randolph, Stacy Rowles and Lanny Morgan.
Died November 20, 2004 at age 59. Accidental chlorine inhalation while cleaning his pool.

Charles G. Lang Jr.
Actor/writer
Launched film career with 1940 drama "One Crowded Night." Also appeared in "Keep 'Em Flying" with Abbott and Costello and "Never Give a Sucker an Even Break" with W.C. Fields and Mae West. Co-starred with Fay Wray in "Wildcat Bus." Turned to screenwriting in the 1950s, penning Budd Boetticher's "The Magnificent Matador," a 1955 bullfighting film starring Maureen O'Hara and Anthony Quinn, as well as Boetticher's "Buchanan Rides Alone" and "Decision at Sundown," both starring Randolph Scott. TV writing credits also include episodes of "Cheyenne," "Perry Mason," "Bonanza" and "The High Chaparral."
Died November 20, 2004 at age 89.

Charlie Cline
Musician
Former member of Bill Monroe's Bluegrass Boys and Jimmy Martin's Sunny Mountain Boys. With brother Curly Ray Cline, founded the Lonesome Pine Fiddlers.
Died November 20, 2004 at age 73.

David Grierson
CBC Radio host and producer
Had career that spanned 20 years with the CBC, mostly widely heard as the voice of the National Research Council Time Signal. Most recent hosting duty was Victoria's morning show, On the Island. An active arts writer, contributed to the Georgia Straight, Downbeat, Swing Journal and Canadian Musician magazine. He also wrote The Expo Celebration, a retrospective of 1967 World's Fair in Montreal that featured work of more than 50 Canadian photographers. Grierson also contributed to a wide range of local and national CBC programs including Richardson's Roundup, The Arts Report, Stereo Morning, Morningside, Gabereau, Sunday Morning, Prime Time, Arts National, Sunday Matinee, Vanishing Point and DiscDrive.
Died November 20, 2004 at age 49. Heart attack.

Floyd H. Schenk
Judge
In 1987, became the first California jurist to penalize drunk drivers by sentencing them to visits to County morgues and area trauma centers to witness the possible consequences of their crimes.
Died November 20 at age 82. Complications of Alzheimer's disease.

Hiltgunt Margret Zassenhaus
Physician and author
In 1940, while attending university in her native Germany, was ordered by the Third Reich to read and censor letters written by Jews that requested food from friends and relatives. With the help of shipping agents, she smuggled the letters out of the country. Was then ordered to monitor activities of 1,200 Danish and Norwegian resistance fighters in German prison camps. A card file she kept was used by the Red Cross to locate and rescue political prisoners before the Nazis could execute them. Nominated for the 1974 Nobel Peace Prize.
Died November 20, 2004 at age 88. Pneumonia.

Jimmy Tapp
Canadian broadcast pioneer
Best known as voice of Hercules on the 1960s syndicated cartoon "The Mighty Hercules." Tapp's broadcast career spanned four decades of both radio and television. In the early 1950s, hosted the magazine format show "Carte Blanche," the game show "A Kin to Win" and the local variety program "Camera Call" for Montreal's CFCF-TV. Pioneer status was secured in 1955 after he became host of CBC Television's "The Tapp Room," one of Canada's first talk shows. Died just one week before he was to be inducted into Canadian Broadcasting Hall of Fame.
Died November 20, 2004 at age 86. Natural causes.

Tom Rivers
Disc jockey
Known for "larger than life" delivery style, Rivers worked throughout Canada and the U.S., including stops in Detroit, San Francisco, Philadelphia and at 630 CHED & Mix 96 in Edmonton (1993).
Died November 20, 2004 at age 57. Cancer.

Electra Johnson
Circumnavigator
With husband, Irving, circumnavigated the globe seven times in 25 years with amateur crews and chronicled their adventures in books, travelogues and National Geographic articles. Married in 1932, the couple sailed a schooner, a brigantine and a ketch - each named Yankee - more miles than an astronaut's round trip to the moon. They discovered five previously uncharted South Sea islands and named them for Johnson family members.
Died November 19, 2004 at age 95. Natural causes.

Fred Hale
World's oldest man
Was 12 days shy of his 114th birthday. First tried boogie-boarding at 95. When he was 107, a local news crew filmed him shoveling the snow off his roof. Acknowledged by Guinness World Records as oldest living man in March, 2004 and held record for being the world's oldest driver at 108 (still found slow drivers annoying). Attributed longevity to heredity - both parents lived into their 90s - and to eating a teaspoon of bee pollen every day. Lifelong fan of the Boston Red Sox, saw team win World Series in both 1918 and 2004. Was born when there were only 43 stars on the American flag. The world's oldest living man is now Hermann Dornemann, of Germany, age 111. There are 26 living woman older than him, according to Gerontology Research Group. Second Red Sox fan to have witnessed both wins to pass away this month: Virginia Muise, November 2.
Died November 19, 2004 at age 113. Died in his sleep, recovering from pneumonia.

George Canseco
Songwriter
Former Philippines first lady Imelda Marcos commissioned Canseco to compose the song, "I am a Filipino," a hymn that paid tribute to the nation. Canseco also worked as a cinematic music director, and many of his ballads became theme songs for Philippine movies, winning him awards for best musical score.
Died November 19, 2004 at age 70. Complications from liver disease and lung cancer.

Helmut Griem
German actor
Able to portray evil like few others. Extensive film credits include Lucchino Visconti's "The Damned," "The McKenzie Break," portraying Max in Bob Fosse's "Cabaret," Visconti's "Ludwig," Stuart Rosenberg's "Voyage of the Damned," Sam Peckinpah's "Cross of Iron" sequel "Sergeant Steiner," Rainer Werner Fassbinder's classic TV mini-series "Berlin Alexanderplatz," mini-series "Peter the Great" and as Rommel in "The Plot to Kill Hitler."
Died November 19, 2004 at age 72.

Dr. John Vane
Pharmacologist
Shared a Nobel Prize for identifying the secret of aspirin's ability to reduce fever, pain and inflammation and helping to expand its use.
Died November 19, 2004 at age 77. Failing health since undergoing heart surgery two years ago.

Ruth Manning
Actress
Stage, screen and television character actress who gained nationwide recognition in the 1980s playing Aunt Harriet in a series of commercials for Kraft Real Mayonnaise. Among Manning's nearly 50 film and TV credits are Disney's "No Deposit, No Return," "Audrey Rose," "The Last Flight of Noah's Ark," "The Devil and Max Devlin," "The Billionaires Boy's Club," "E.R.," "Three's Company," "Maude," "All in the Family," "MacGyver" and "Night Court."
Died November 19, 2004 at age 84. Heart attack.

Terry Melcher
Producer, composer, songwriter
Helped shape the 1960s California surf music sound. Got his start songwriting in 1964 with the Rip Chords, a partnership that included future Beach Boy Bruce Johnston, registering a hit with "Hey, Little Cobra." At Columbia, produced the hit songs "Turn, Turn, Turn" and "Mr. Tambourine Man" for The Byrds. Produced songs for the Beach Boys, playing on the album "Pet Sounds" and later co-wrote the 1988 hit "Kokomo." Rented his home to Roman Polanski and wife Sharon Tate. Tate and four others were murdered in the home in August of 1969. Though Melcher had turned down Charles Manson for a recording contract, it was proven that the Manson Family knew that Melcher no longer lived there. Mr. Melcher was the executive producer of his mother's TV series "The Doris Day Show."
Died November 19, 2004 at age 62. Melanoma cancer.

Bobby Frank Cherry
Murderer
Former KKK member was convicted in 2002 and sentenced to life in prison for killing four black girls in the racially-motivated bombing of a Birmingham, Alabama church in 1963. Case went unsolved for years until new FBI evidence recently became available.
Died November 18, 2004 at age 74.

Cy Coleman
Broadway composer
Debonair jazz pianist and composer of such legendary Broadway tunes as "Witchcraft," "Big Spender," and "The Best is Yet to Come." His musical "Sweet Charity," an adaptation of Federico Fellini's film "Nights of Cabiria," was directed for the stage and choreographed by Bob Fosse. Adapted for the screen in 1969, with Shirley MacLaine as lead, "Sweet Charity" brought Coleman an Oscar nomination for best score of a musical.
Died November 18, 2004 at age 75. Heart attack

Gregory Mitchell
Actor
Appeared in numerous Broadway plays, but also worked in films such as Woody Allen's "Everybody Says I Love You," "Chicago," "Random Hearts" and "Cradle Will Rock." Did guest appearances on "The Cosby Mysteries" and "Law & Order." Collapsed on stage at the Kennedy Center and died a week later.
Died November 18, 2004 at age 52. Heart attack.

Jack Horner
Politician
First elected to Parliament in 1958. Quickly dubbed one of Diefenbaker's cowboys, earning reputation as a spokesman for western farmers. Ran for Tory leadership in 1976 but lost to Joe Clark. In 1977, bolted from the Conservatives and the next day Trudeau named Horner minister without portfolio. Later became minister of industry, trade and commerce but was defeated in the 1979 election.
Died November 18, 2004 at age 77.

Marion Schilling
Actress
Veteran of the silent and early talkies era. Toured with Bela Lugosi in the theatrical version of "Dracula." Appeared in 40 films during her career, working with the likes of Buster Keaton, Fatty Arbuckle and Buck Jones. Best known for her work on Western serials including "The Red Rider," and appeared in MGM's first all-talkie "Wise Girls."
Died November 18, 2004 at age 93.

Robert Bacher
Nuclear physicist
Central figure behind creation of atomic bomb. Served as head of Manhattan Project's experimental physics division before leading its bomb physics division in 1944 and 1945. Bacher urged Manhattan director J. Robert Oppenheimer to reject placing the project under military control as a way to ensure greater secrecy and security (project continued under civilian oversight). In 1946, took inventory at Los Alamos and later testified before a joint congressional committee that he had been "deeply shocked to find how few atomic weapons we had." Bomb production increased soon afterward. In 1954, testified in defense of former boss Oppenheimer when his security clearance was questioned and revoked after Oppenheimer was accused of having Communist ties. Bacher helped initiate creation of the Owens Valley Radio Observatory, one of the leading radio astronomy facilities in the world.
Died November 18, 2004 at age 99. Natural causes.

Anthony Magro
Sound effects and film editor
Nominated for three Emmys for work on the TV series "Murder She Wrote" and the TV specials "A Streetcar Named Desire," winning Emmy for "The Executioner's Song" (the account of killer Gary Gilmore's death by firing squad). Sound editing credits also include "Earthquake," "Smokey and the Bandit," "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" and Sam Peckinpah's "The Osterman Weekend."
Died November 17, 2004 at age 81. Pneumonia.

Samuel Billison
Navajo code talker
Billison's fluency in English and complex Navajo language made him perfect candidate for "code talker" - marines trained to use code based on Navajo language to encrypt orders relayed over walkie-talkies. With five other Navajo code talkers, Billison transmitted more than 800 error-free messages, never cracked by Germans or Japanese, at battle of Iwo Jima. Department of Defense ordered code talkers not to discuss their military experiences and their contributions remained classified until 1968. However, for the next four decades Billison traveled around the world sharing tales of the code talkers' World War II exploits. Provided the voice of Hasbro's Navajo Code Talker GI Joe doll. Received the Congressional Silver Medal in 2001.
Died November 17, 2004 at age 79 or 80. Heart complications.

Jasper H. Kane
Biochemist
Suggested that antibiotics could be manufactured in mass quantities rather than dose-by-dose in a laboratory. While a teenager, worked as an assistant at the Chas. Pfizer & Company chemical manufacturing Brooklyn. In 1942 proposed using a fermentation process to mass-manufacture penicillin, streptomycin and other antibiotics. Idea helped steer Pfizer, at the time a chemical supplier for the food industry, toward pharmaceutical production. The newly manufactured drugs were used to treat hundreds of infected soldiers during World War II.
Died November 16, 2004 at age 101. Natural causes associated with aging.

Ken Hannam
Director
Directed film that is regarded as one of the best Australian films of all time, "Sunday Too Far Away" which starred Jack Thompson of "Breaker Morant" fame. Other credits include a number of Australian and British TV series including "Z Cars," "The Colditz Story," "The Day of the Triffids," "Moonbase 3" and "Lovejoy."
Died November 16, 2004 at age 75. Cancer.

Margaret Hassan
Aid worker
British-Irish director of CARE International spent more than 30 years helping disadvantaged Iraqis. Seized by unknown gunmen, then shown on Arab TV pleading for her life and calling on Tony Blair to withdraw troops from Iraq. Body has not been found.
Died November 16, 2004 at age 59. [Likely] executed.

Massimo Freccia
Conductor
The Ital-American conductor had an international reputation but never held a post as music director of a major orchestra or opera house. Was for several years he was an assistant to Arturo Toscanini. He was one of the last men to fight a duel, on a Mediterranean island in 1934. Attacked by a rival for the attentions of a woman, Freccia (illegally) challenged his assailant to a duel. His opponent was a cavalry officer, but Freccia had merely had fencing lessons as a boy and went for a "crash course" at a fencing school in the week before the encounter. They met at 5 a.m. and Freccia's sword pierced his rival's right arm. After 15 minutes of medical treatment, defeat was admitted.
November 16, 2004 at age 98.

Patricia Dean Hulsman
Stuntwoman
Specialized in aquatic work, often as stunt double for Esther Williams and Jane Russell among others. Film and TV credits include "The Creature From the Black Lagoon," "Seahunt" and "Underwater."
Died November 16, 2004 at age 81.

Reed Irvine
Media critic
In 1969, founded Accuracy in Media, an organization devoted to exposing perceived liberal bias in American journalism. Ideologically paved the way for conservative talk shows, web sites and news programming that followed decades later. AIM also spent much of its time pursuing conspiracy theories. In 1988, Irvine started campaign to "Can Dan [Rather]." Dan Rather announced retirement from CBS News one week after Irvine's death.
Died November 16, 2004 at age 82. Complications from a stroke.

John Morgan
Comedian
Founding cast member of CBC's "Royal Canadian Air Farce." Best known for characters Jock McBile, the perpetually disgusted Scotsman, and the monosyllabic Mike from Canmore. Originally a comedy writer, did not start performing until he was 40 years old. Had a series on BBC Radio, "It's All in the Mind of John Morgan." Began writing career in 1966, penning the pilot episode for the Al Waxman sitcom "King of Kensington." Co-created the CBC Radio series "Funny You Should Say That." Morgan was once asked his reason for being a writer. "I figured if I was going to get stabbed in the back, I'd prefer it to be with a pen," he responded. Big screen credits include "Cool Runnings" and "Duct Tape Forever."
Died November 15, 2004 at age 74. Heart attack

Lindsay Bourquin
Actress/dancer
Child dancer and acrobat, Bourquin played the wife of stooge Moe Howard in the short film "Gents Without Cents." Also appeared in the 1940s films "Youth Aflame" and "Affairs of Geraldine."
Died November 15, 2004 at age 84.

Charlie Jemison
Father of first black woman in space
Mr. Jemison took great pride in the accomplishments of his kids. His daughter Mae Jemison was first woman African-American astronaut to fly, enetering space on the shuttle Endeavor in 1992. Eldest daughter, Ada Jemison, is the medical director of the Child Adolescent and Family Program at Lawrence and Memorial Hospital in New London, Connecticutt.
Died November 14, 2004 at age 78. Heart attack.

Lawrence J. Pierce
Rhododendron cultivator
In 1929, started a rhododendron garden eventually covering four acres. Had more than 1,000 varieties of rhododendrons, drawing gardening enthusiasts from around the world. A rhododendron species, piercei, is named for him. A registered rhododendron hybrid, Isabel Pierce, is named for his wife.
Died November 14, 2004 at age 104. Complications following spinal fracture from a recent fall.

Lester Seeleg
TV and film writer
Prolific writer during the 1950s and 60s, with TV and film credits that include the Lee Marvin film "Sergeant Ryker," "Perry Mason," "Climax!," "The Outer Limits," "The Virginian," "Bonanza" and "Hawaii 5-0."
Died November 14, 2004 at age 91.

Margaret "Peg" Linstroth
Icon
Her father, James T. Williams, bought a Minneapolis macaroni manufacturer in 1908. Williams printed a cartoon of his daughter Peg wearing a white hat with a big red bow on the company's boxes of elbow macaroni and spaghetti. She became known as the "Creamettes Girl," and her childhood image still appears on store shelves 60 years later.
Died November 14, 2004 at age 89.

Mario Scarpetta
Actor
Appeared in a number of films including Lina Wertmuller's "The End Of the World in Our Usual Bed in a Night Full of Rain."
Died November 14, 2004

Michel Colombier
Composer
Prolific French-born composer scored more than 100 motion pictures and television productions including "White Nights," "Against All Odds," and "Purple Rain." Collaborated with some of the most prestigious artists in his native France including Charles Aznavour, Jean-Luc Ponty, Catherine Deneuve, Jeanne Moreau, and Stephane Grappelli. His collaboration with Herb Alpert gave birth to the legendary album "Wings". During the course of his career, Colombier worked with the Beach Boys, Supertramp, Lani Hall, Quincy Jones, Roberta Flack, Barbra Streisand, Johnny Mathis, Neil Diamond, Herbie Hancock, Earth Wind and Fire, Joni Mitchell, Jaco Pastorius, David Sanborn, Branford Marsalis, Bobby McFerrin, AIR, Mirwais and Madonna.
Died November 14, 2004 at age 65. Cancer.

Arnold Lynch
Engineer
From 1936 to 1974, Lynch specialised in the measurement of the electrical and magnetic properties of materials. Both during and after the war his work assisted the drive towards miniaturisation of radio and radar sets. His work was crucial to the cracking of the Fish code, an exceptionally complex teleprinter cypher used by the German Nazi High Command. Lynch's optical tape reader was essential to the construction of the Colossus machine, which was used to break Fish. The Colossus has been considered to be the first programmable electronic computer, and could read punched tape at 5,000 characters per second, five times faster than devices of previous design.

Lynch's research of dielectric loss led to the choice of British polyethylene in preference to American in the first transatlantic telephone cable laid in the mid-1950s. As a member of the archives committee of the Institution of Electrical Engineers, he took a great interest in the project to rebuild Colossus at the Bletchley Park Museum. Bletchley Park was the location of British code-breaking efforts during World War II.
November 13, 2004 at age 90.

Consuelo Romero
Super-centenarian
While not the oldest American, she might have been the oldest person to have become a U.S.citizen, arriving from Morocco in 1964. She credited God's will for her long life, and she enjoyed a nip of Southern Comfort whiskey or anise liqueur every so often.
Died November 13, 2004 at age 112. Pneumonia.

Domenic Mobilio
Soccer player
One-time Edmonton Driller, former member of the Canadian men's soccer team and one of two of the first players signed by the Vancouver 86ers in November 1986.
Died November 13, 2004 at age 35. Apparent heart attack.

Edgar F. Rummel
Lawyer, radio hobbyist
On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, Rummel climbed into his 1998 Land Rover and drove to the smoking wreckage of the Pentagon. For three days, Rummel voluntarily provided a ham radio communications channel to help coordinate disaster response. A month before 9/11, he had been hiking one of the most forbidding trails on the continent, the Canol Heritage Trail in Canada's Northwest Territories, a pristine patch of wilderness 1,400 miles north of Edmonton. Rummel ignored the emphysema he'd had for years and, in five days, he and a friend hiked 53 miles across a region so remote it can be reached only by small airplane. At the time of his death, he was planning to take up welding.
Died November 13, 2004 Pancreatic cancer.

Ellen Fairclough
Politician
First woman to serve in a Canadian cabinet. In 1950 elected to Parliament as a Conservative for Hamilton West; only woman in the House of Commons until she was joined by three more in the 1953 election. Was named secretary of state in 1957, later held post as minister of citizenship and immigration. Appointed postmaster general in 1962, but federal career ended with defeat in the 1963 election.
Died November 13, 2004 at age 99. Stroke.

Errol "ET" Thompson
Jamaican sound engineer
One of the characteristics of Jamaican music is that its success has been as much to do with the producers and recording engineers behind the hit records as with those who sung on them. With the producer Lee "Scratch" Perry, Thompson mixed some of the most potent tracks by Bob Marley and the Wailers committed to tape. He also worked with producers such as Bunny Lee, Winston "Niney" Holness and Clive Chin, with whom he Augustus Pablo's hit "Java" and his landmark debut album "Java Java Java Java." Although King Tubby is usually credited with the invention of the style known as dub, Thompson was also a key player in its development, and Pablo's album was one of the first recorded in the style. In 1973, he mixed Big Youth's "Screaming Target" (one of the earliest DJ albums) and in 1975 he engineered Burning Spear's monumental "Marcus Garvey." In the 1980s, as reggae turned into the rap-inflected style known as dancehall, he engineered records by Eeek-A-Mouse, Yellowman, the DJ Trinity, Barrington Levy and Cornell Campbell. After his studio was sued over the non-payment of royalties on J. C. Lodge's version of the American singer Charley Pride's country hit "Someone Loves You Honey" he found himself working in a grocery store.
November 13, 2004 at age 56. Stroke.

Harry Lampert
Creator of DC Comics superhero The Flash
Began drawing professionally at 16, inking cartoons at Fleischer Studios for characters as Popeye, Betty Boop and KoKo the Clown. Six years later, he created the DC comic book "Flash Comics #1" based on the character in mythology (Hermes). His favorite drawings were gag cartoons which appeared in Time, Esquire, The New York Times, Saturday Evening Post and Saturday Review. After his animating career, Lampert started an advertising agency in New York, winning awards such as The Golden Lion at Cannes, Cleos and ANDYs. After retiring in 1980 became a noted bridge player, instructor and the author of four gaming books. Received the American Bridge Teachers Association Lifetime Achievement Award in 2003. According to the Comics Guaranty Corporation, a Florida company that certifies comics before sale, a near-mint copy of Flash Comics No. 1 recently sold for $350,000.
Died November 13, 2004 at age 88. Cerebral hemorrhage, cancer.

John Balance
Musician
Born Geoffrey Laurence Burton, aka Jhon Balance, Johnn Balance. Played for experimental industrial band Coil which Balance formed in 1982 with Industrial Records co-founder Peter Christopherson when both left Psychic TV. Contributed music to two of Derek Jarman's films: "Blue" and "The Angelic Conversation." Produced soundtrack for the Clive Barker horror flick "Hellraiser" which was rejected for 'unlistenability.'
Died November 13, 5004 at age 42. Accidental fall from a window at his home.

John Elsenbach
Cinematographer
Received three Emmy nominations for his camera-work on the shows "The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory," "Murder She Wrote" and "Code Name: Firefox." Other credits include "Bah Bah Black Sheep," "Kojak," the TV version of "The Paper Chase" and "Knot's Landing."
Died November 13, 2004 at age 79. Heart failure.

O.D.B. aka Russell T. Jones
Rapper
Aka Ol' Dirty Bastard, Dirt McGirt, Joe Bannanas, Osiris, Unique Ason and Big Baby Jesus. Founding member of the Wu-Tang Clan. In 1998, he helped save a little girl's life after she was hit by a car (he and his friends physically lifted the vehicle off of her). A few days after the rescue, O.D.B. behaved like a sore loser at the Grammy Awards. Upset that rapper P. Diddy (then known as Puff Daddy) won for best rap album, O.D.B. stormed the stage, took over the microphone and complained that he had spent a lot of money on his clothes because he thought the Wu-Tang Clan was going to win. His repeated run-ins with the law stood out even in a field where many performers have criminal records in direct proportion to their commercial success. Charged in 1997 with failure to pay child support for three of his children. Pleaded guilty the next year to attempted assault on his wife. Later clashes with the law involved charges of menacing security officers, drug offenses, shoplifting, driving with a suspended license, making terrorist threats, illegal possession of body armor, lewd behavior and assault. Was sentenced to prison in 2001 for drug possession and for fleeing a drug rehabilitation clinic. Cherry Jones, Mr. Jones's mother, described her son as "the kindest, most generous soul on earth." Collapsed and died in a Manhattan recording studio.
Died November 13, 2004 at age 35. Drug overdose.

David Levin Sr.
Economist and opera singer
As an information officer with the U.S. Foreign Service, he was assigned to Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok and Jakarta where he made Voice of America broadcasts in Indonesian for the NASA Gemini missions. Returned to Washington DC in 1970, worked as a Commerce Department economist in the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Levin was devoted to opera and early Renaissance music and sang more than 25 operas various Washington opera companies. In one memorable production, the set caught fire. While continuing to sing, Levin calmly put out the fire with water from a wineskin.
Died November 12, 2004 at age 71. Acute myelogenous leukemia.

Harry Hargreaves
Cartoonist
Worked for the London Evening New. Best known for his illustrations of Michael Bond's "Paddington Bear" stories for the Blue Peter annuals. Designed promotional toys for Kellogg's cereals.
Died November 12, 2004 at age 82. Aneurysm

Jacques Dynam
Actor
French character actor with film career stretching back to the 1930s. Was dubbed in voice for a number of American Western films released in his native land. Among his nearly 149 film and TV credits: "The Taming of the Shrew," "Dangerous Games," "Agent 38-24-36," "The Sleeping Car Murders," "French Connection II" and Claude Chabrol's version of "Madame Bovary."
Died November 12, 2004 at age 91.

Joan O'Brien
Agent/writer
As a publicist, worked for legendary producer David O. Selznick. Also was an agent for Elvis and Ronald Reagan. O'Brien co-wrote, along with TV critic Charles Denton, the Jerry Lewis film "The Day the Clown Cried" which has never been released. The film revolves around a German clown who entertains children at Auschwitz as they enter the gas chambers. Shot years before "Life is Beautiful," the movie was never released due to protracted legal wranglings.
Died November 12, 2004. Complications from a stroke.

Richard Alan Simmons
Writer/producer
Nominated for two Emmy Awards for "Columbo" and "The Dick Powell Show." The episode of "The Dick Powell Show" also won Emmy for young actor Peter Falk. Falk and Simmons collaborated on eleven of Falk's "Colombo" TV movies. Wrote over 30 films and TV shows. Did uncredited script doctoring on classic sci-fi film "The Incredible Shrinking Man." Wrote the made for TV horror-thriller "Fear No Evil" and wrote story for Western-comedy "Skin Game."
Died November 12, 2004 at age 80. Natural causes.

Carlo Rustichelli
Film composer
Scored over 400 films during a career that stretched back to the 1930s. Rustichelli scored dozens of italian horror films, spaghetti westerns, and sword and sandal movies including "And Then There Were None," "Alfredo, Alfredo," "Operation Snafu," Sharon Tate's final film "The 13 Chairs," "The Secret War of Harry Frigg," "The Gospel According to St. Matthew," and "Divorce - Italian Style."
Died November 12, 2004 at age 87.

John 'Jack' Reilly
Auto executive
Automotive industry pioneer who helped start the U.S. operations of Volkswagen, Porsche, Audi and Isuzu. As chairman of Association of International Automobile Manufacturers, Reilly successfully lobbied against measures to limit car imports in the 1980's and early 1990's. While other Japanese manufacturers were selling S.U.V.'s in Japan, American Isuzu Motors was the first to promote them heavily in the United States. Son of touring vaudeville performers.
Died November 12, 2004 at age 77. Complications from lung cancer.

M. Irené Ferrer
Cardiologist and educator
Contributed to laboratory research that led to the cardiac catheter, a flexible tube passed through a patient's veins and directly into the heart or coronary arteries, allowing angioplasty and other revolutionary heart treatments. In 1956 its development was recognized with the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine. In later work Dr. Ferrer turned to the electrocardiogram, commonly known as an EKG, the electrical record of the heart's beating. She helped devise a computer-assisted algorithm that allowed a clearer and more immediate reading of that record. Survived by a brother, actor and director Mel Ferrer.
Died November 12, 2004 at age 89. Pneumonia combined with congestive heart failure

Norman Rose
Actor
His room-filling baritone prompted colleagues to dub him "the Voice of God." Best known for the "Juan Valdez" ("...only the ripest beans") coffee commercials. Lent his distinctive voice to radio programs such as "Dimension X," "The Martian Chronicles" and "CBS Radio Mystery Theater." Narrated the short film "Harold and the Purple Crayon" in 1959, and provided several of the voices on the CBS cartoon "Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales." Also played in the ABC soap operas "One Life to Live" and "All My Children" (portraying the same character-psychiatrist Dr. Marcus Polk) and supplied the voice heralding ABC network news shows. Worked often with Woody Allen who used his voice in "Radio Days." Also played Allen's attorney in Martin Ritt's film about the Hollywood Blacklist, "The Front." And living up to his reputation, actually provided the voice of God in Allen's "Love and Death." Was the narrator of the English dubbed version of the classic Russian film "War and Peace." Best known amongst the counter-culture for the National Lampoon take-off on the poem "Desiderata" called "Deteriorata" advising listeners "go placidly amid the noise and waste." The parody appeared on the 1972 album "Radio Dinner."
Died November 12, 2004 at age 87. Pneumonia.

Dayton Allen
Voice actor/comedian
Provided the voice for Terrytoons cartoon studio's "Deputy Dawg," the magpies "Heckle and Jeckle" and as "Flub a Dub" on "The Howdy Doody Show." Francis Ford Copolla cast Allen in a small role in his gangster/musical "The Cotton Club." Mr. Allen was a semi-regular on the Steve Allen version of "The Tonight Show" playing the "man on the street."
Died November 11, 2004 at age 85. Massive stroke.

Elizabeth Emanuel
Author, research assistant
Worked with disaster-film producer Irwin Allen on "The Poseidon Adventure," "The Towering Inferno" and the TV series "Lost in Space," "Land of the Giants" and "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea." Contributed dialogue to "My Fair Lady."
Died November 11, 2004 at age 93.

Murray Ramsay
Scientist
Developed the concept of using glass fibre to carry telephone messages or television pictures in place of copper wires. Son of physician who was the first to recognise the disease ME (myalgic encephalomyelitis or chronic fatigue syndrome).
Died November 11, 2004 at age 76.

Osmund Caine
Painter, 'inventor' of the bikini
Received international celebrity in 1996 when a newspaper reported that he was the true inventor of the bikini. A London art dealer pointed out that Caine's 1938 painting Bathing Beach featured bikini-clad figures eight years before the French structural engineer Louis Réard proposed the bathing costume while working on the American nuclear tests at Bikini Atoll.
Died November 11, 2004 at age 90.

Richard Dembo
Director
Dembo's first film "Dangerous Moves" won the 1984 Best Foreign Film Oscar and the French Cesar for Best First Work. Did not direct second film "The Instinct of the Angel" for another ten years. Was involved in the post-production of his third and fourth films when he died.
Died November 11, 2004 at age 56.

Yasser Arafat
World figure, fashion maverick
Leader of the Palestinian people and a recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. First person to address the general assembly of the UN while carrying a gun. Tea towel head gear, long a personal trademark, failed to catch popular favour. Cause of death a matter of dispute: reported as (including but not limited to) brain haemorrhage, kidney and liver failure, complications from an unknown blood disease, poisoning.
Died November 11, 2004 at age 75. Cause pending.

Ken Swor
Assistant director
He shared the Directors Guild Award for the made for TV movie "The Queen of the Stardust Ballroom." Other assisant director credits include Monty Hellman's cult classic "Two Lane Blacktop," the thriller "Two Minute Warning," "Secrets," "The Other Side of the Mountain" and "The Great Santini." Produced "Endangered Species," "The Formula" and "Diner."
Died November 10, 2004 at age 69. Heart disease.

Ed Kemmer
Actor
Played the heroic, steel-jawed Commander Buzz Corry on the ABC TV and Radio series "Space Patrol" which ran from 1950 to 1955. "Space Patrol" chronicled the adventures of Corry, fighting intergalactic villains of the 30th century flying his Terra V spacecraft with comic sidekick, Cadet Happy (played by Lyn Osborn). Switched from playing heroes to bad guys with appearances on "Perry Mason," "Gunsmoke" and "Maverick." During WWII, was shot down over France following D-Day and was interred in the same prison camp immortalized in "The Great Escape." Kemmer escaped the camp but was later recaptured; later awarded an Air medal with three oak leaf clusters, the European campaign ribbon with two battle stars and a Purple Heart. Was also a regular on numerous TV soap operas including "The Edge of Night," "The Secret Storm," "The Doctors," "Clear Horizon," "Another World," "Somerset" and "All My Children."
Died November 9, 2004 at age 83. Stroke.

Edward S. Waters
TV writer and producer
Won Emmy for TV series "Police Story," an anthology series created by L.A.P.D. cop turned writer Joseph Wambaugh. Nephew of actor Edmund O'Brien. Also wrote scripts for "The Equalizer," "Kung Fu," "Jake and the Fatman," "The F.B.I.," "Mannix," "The Virginian," "Baretta" and "Combat!"
Died November 9, 2004 at age 74.

Frank Meeks
Pizza franchise owner
Owner of 60 Domino's Pizza franchise stores in the Washington D.C. and Maryland area. Often delivered to the White House. Was known for antics and creative promotions, citing non-scientific polls that said the top fake name used that year by people ordering pizza was Paris Hilton, the night of Saddam Hussein's capture was the biggest tipping night of the year and that the Washington Redskins ordered more pizza than any other NFL team.
November 9, 2004 at age 48. Pneumonia.

Helen Tew
Sailor
In her late 80's, crossed the Atlantic in a 64-year-old, 26-ft vintage gaff cutter - probably the oldest person to do so in the smallest boat. Crossing took 26 days, 23 hours, and 50 minutes (enduring a 36-hour storm).
Died November 9, 2004 at age 92.

Iris Chang
Journalist
Wrote best-selling book "The Rape of Nanking," a chronicle of the World War II atrocities committed in that city by occupying Japanese forces. The publication helped break a six-decade-long international silence on the subject. So sickening was the spectacle of the torture that even Nazis in the city were horrified. At the time of her death, she was researching a book on American soldiers who served in tank units on the Bataan peninsula before World War II. In the course of her research, Chang became severely depressed and had to be hospitalized.
Died November 9, 2004 at age 36. Self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Frank Shelley
Actor/director
Stage career dated back to the 1930s and worked with many of the greats of the English stage. Discovered quite a few new talents: Ronnie Barker the comedian left his job as a bank clerk upon Shelley's encouragement. Barker's 1993 autobiography was dedicated to Frank Shelley. Feature films credits include John Schlesinger's 1965 "Darling," and played Neville Chamberlain in 1993 Merchant/Ivory production "The Remains of the Day."
Died November 8, 2004 at age 92.

Melba Phillips
Physicist
At a time when there were few women working as scientists, Dr. Phillips was a leader among her peers. Was one of the first doctoral students of J. Robert Oppenheimer, who later led the team that built the first atomic bomb. In 1935, Phillips and Oppenheimer offered an explanation for what were then unexpected reactions of different kinds of subatomic particles. Known as the Oppenheimer-Phillips effect, it is considered one of the classics of early nuclear physics. Worked at Brooklyn College and the Columbia University Radiation Laboratory but lost both jobs in the 1950's after refusing to testify before a Senate subcommittee investigating accusations of Communist activities.
Died November 8, 2004 at age 97. Coronary artery disease.

Robert B. Krupansky
Federal judge
Led grand jury investigation of the Kent State University shootings by Ohio National Guard troops in 1970.
Died November 8, 2004 at age 93.

Thomas B. Allen
Illustrator
Helped originate a post-Norman Rockwell style of moodily impressionistic illustration. Best known for his colourful portraits of country and western, bluegrass and jazz musicians for album covers. Became a close friend of Earl Scruggs of the bluegrass duo Flatt and Scruggs and created album art for them. Starting in 1966, he did portraits of jazz musicians for Whitney Balliet's columns on jazz in the New Yorker. Illustrated more than a dozen children's books, and last spring he completed the illustrations for "Grandma's General Store: The Ark" by Dorothy Carter, to be published in 2005.
Died November 8, 2004 at age 79. Complications from heart surgery.

Gibson Kente
Playwright
His musicals (including "Manana, The Jazz Prophet," "How Long" and "Sikhalo") focused on issues in the poor black townships of South Africa. Produced 23 plays and 3 TV dramas between 1963 and 1992. Earned praise from President Nelson Mandela for defying social mores by announcing he had HIV/AIDS in 2003.
Died November 7, 2004 at age 72. Complications from AIDS.

Howard Keel
Actor
Burly barrel-chested baritone star of lavish MGM Hollywood musicals "Show Boat," "Kiss Me Kate," "Oklahoma," "Annie Get Your Gun,"and "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers." Most recently known as oil-rich widower Clayton Farlow on TV show "Dallas."
Died November 07, 2004 at age 85. Colon cancer.

Charles French
Pianist, recording studio owner
Beginning in the 1940s, owned and operated four recording studios in the Boston area. Recorded artists such as Nat King Cole, Rudy Vallee, radio personalities Bob And Ray, Roy Haynes, Milt Jackson, Arthur Fiedler. He recorded the first LP made by musical social satirist Tom Lehrer. It became one of the biggest selling humor music albums of the 1950s.
Died November 6, 2004 at age 90. Ruptured ulcer.

Edward Warschilka Sr.
Film editor
Father of Emmy-nominated film editor Edward Warschilka Jr. and sound effects editor Paul Warschilka. Elder Warschilka cut the film "Child's Play 3" with the junior Edward Warschilka. Works included Hal Ashby's "Harold and Maude," "The Last of Sheila," "Raggedy Man," Walter Hill's "The Long Riders" 1960s cartoon series "Johnny Quest," "Child's Play," "Rambo III," "The Running Man" and "Brainstorm."
Died November 6, 2004 at age 76.

Elizabeth Rogers
Actress
Played Lt. Palmer on the original "Star Trek" TV series. Was a personal friend of producer Irwin Allen, appearing in several of his films including "The Poseidon Adventure," "The Towering Inferno" and "The Swarm." Other credits include "Something Evil," "Grand Theft Auto," "The Van," "Mannix," "Gunsmoke," "The Little House on the Prairie," "Bonanza" and "The Time Tunnel." Also played David Keith's mother in Taylor Hackford's "An Officer and a Gentleman."
Died November 6, 2004 at age 70. Complications from stroke and lung cancer.

Fred Dibnah
Steeplejack turned TV host
His love of steam engines led him to become an unlikely cult hero in Britain, appearing in 20 documentaries. Died just weeks after completing tour of the UK on his 1912 engine, part of a 12-part television series for the BBC.
Died November 6, 2004 at age 66. Prostate cancer.

Hattie Bilson
Writer
Began her career as the head of Warner Brother's Trailer Department. Was a journalist for several movie magazines during the 1940s and 50s. Wrote four episodes for the RKO short film series about "Pal," a dog rescued by a boy named Gary (played by child actor Gary Gray) which also starred Flame, the Wonder Dog! Mother of Emmy winning director Bruce Bilson ("Get Smart"), the grandmother of writer/producer/director Danny Bilson (creator of the TV series "Viper") and the great-grandmother of actress Rachel Bilson ("The O.C.").
Died November 6, 2004 at age 97.

Marion Shilling
Actress
Launched film career in 1929 with MGM's "Wise Girls." A year later co-starred with William Powell in "Shadow of the Law." As a leading lady in numerous 1930s B-Westerns she appeared opposite Buck Jones, Hoot Gibson, and Tim McCoy. After appearing in 40 films, Shilling left the business in 1936 at age 25. In 2002, received Golden Boot Award from Motion Picture and Television Fund for contributions to the western genre.
Died November 6, 2004 at age 93. Natural causes.

Pete Jolly
Keyboardist
Played piano, organ and accordion and was heard on television theme songs including "Get Smart," "The Love Boat," "I Spy," Mannix," "Dallas" and "M*A*S*H," as well as on movie soundtracks including "The Wild Party," "The Man With the Golden Arm," "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" and over 200 others. His composition "Little Bird" was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1963. Born Peter Ceragioli Jr., at 7 he appeared on U.S. coast-to-coast radio broadcast "Hobby Lobby," on which the announcer mispronounced his name as "Pete Jolly."
Died November 6, 2004 at age 72. Complications from bone marrow cancer and irregular heartbeat.

Robert Lang
Actor
Appeared in nearly 100 films and TV shows. Never achieved the on-screen recognition that he earned on stage, Lang was a versatile actor who improved any production he appeared in. Appeared in Ken Russell's challenging "Savage Messiah," "Four Weddings and a Funeral," "The House That Dripped Blood," "The Mackintosh Man," "The Great Train Robbery," "The Medusa Touch," "Night Watch," "Othello," "Rasputin," "Uncle Vanya" and the 1965 Dave Clark Five musical "Catch Us If You Can"
Died November 6, 2004 at age 70. Cancer.

Jack Foster
WWII fighter pilot
After an illustrious career as a British nightfighter ace, Foster flew as a test pilot during the dangerous quest to break the sound barrier. At the Royal Aircraft Establishment at Farnborough, he test-flew 48 different types of aircraft, including the Gloster Meteor, Britain's first operational jet. However, Foster's first attempts to achieve supersonic flight took place in piston-engined aircraft. On one occasion he achieved Mach 0.82 diving a Mustang from 40,000 feet, and on another his Tempest's hood ripped off in a dive at Mach 0.76. His best effort was in January, 1946 when he dived a Spitfire and reached Mach 0.88. Foster's work at Farnborough earned him the Air Force Cross. The sound barrier was eventually broken by American Chuck Yeager in October, 1947 in a Bell XS-1.

The term "sound barrier" was coined by British aerodynamicist W. F. Hilton. His description of air/wing resistance was misquoted, and newspapers of the day misconstrued his statement to mean that there was some sort of physical barrier to travel at or beyond the speed of sound, and no object would ever be able to reach those speeds. However, engineers had known for many years that the speed of sound could be passed simply because cannon balls and bullets were known to pass through the sound barrier as far back as Isaac Newton's day. Further development of supersonic flight was based on findings by George S. Schairer, whose designs led to development of the B-47 Stratojet, the B-52 and the Boeing 707, the first passenger jet.
November 4, 2004, at age 83.

John F. Davis
Engineer
Longtime Shell Oil Co. chemical engineer who helped develop the lightweight plastic polypropylene. Uses ranged from dishwasher-safe plastic food containers to fiber for the indoor-outdoor carpeting found at swimming pools and miniature golf courses.
Died November 4, 2004 at age 75. Declining health caused by dementia.

Robert Heaton
Drummer
Member of the post-punk UK band New Model Army.
Died November 4, 2004 at age 43. Pancreatic cancer.

Dr. Sidney Goldring
Neurosurgeon
Early advocate for a brain operation developed for patients with severe epilepsy. While the patient was conscious, electrodes were placed on the brain to determine precise areas involved in setting off seizures and the tissue could then be cut out without damaging the surrounding brain (procedure remains in use today).
Died November 3, 2004 at age 81. Alzheimer's Disease.

Fritz J. Russ
Electrical engineer
Tested space suits, designed equipment for WWII nuclear tests, invented a power supply now used in every TV set and also developed the first transistorized wireless electric guitar.
Died November 3, 2004 at age 84.

James H. Binger
Chairman of Jujamcyn Theaters
Owned five Broadway houses; third largest owner of theaters on Broadway. Producer of "Angels in America" and "Jelly's Last Jam." Also served as CEO of Honeywell, Inc. and bred a Kentucky Derby winner (1990's Unbridled).
Died November 3, 2004 at age 88. Cancer.

'Joe' Joseph Bushkin
Pianist, songwriter
With John DeVries, co-wrote the 1942 hit "Oh, Look At Me Now" which launched the career of then Tommy Dorsey Band vocalist Frank Sinatra. Performed with the best musicians of his time, including Fats Waller, Bing Crosby, and appeared on Billie Holiday's first recording under her own name. The eight "mood albums" he produced with a full orchestra became standards in jazz circles. Bushkin played 'Frankie J' in the 1960 film "The Rat Race" with Tony Curtis and Debbie Reynolds.
Died November 3, 2004 at age 87. Pneumonia.

Robert Koch Woolf
Decorator
With partner architect John Elgin Woolf, created a new style of luxury in Hollywood in the 1950's and 1960's. They synthesized 19th-century French, Greek Revival and Modernist styles into a mixture now known as 'Hollywood Regency'. Designed houses for George Cukor, John Wayne, David O. Selznick, Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, Judy Garland and Barbara Hutton. After having fallen into disfavor in the last two decades, the Woolf style is enjoying a minor resurgence. The 1942 Pendleton house, one of the grandest that John Woolf designed, is now home of film producer Robert Evans.
Died November 3, 2004 at age 81. Complications from surgery.

Sergei Zholtok
Hockey player
Played center for the Nashville Predators & Minnesota Wild. Missed several games in the 2003-2004 season because of fatigue and dizziness. Once diagnosed with an irregular heartbeat, but was cleared to return to play. Due to the 2004 NHL player lockout, went to overseas to play for HC Riga 2000 in Minsk, Belarus. Left a game on November 3 and collapsed on his way to the locker room.
Died November 3, 2004 at age 31. Heart failure.

Theo van Gogh
Filmmaker
Controversial Dutch filmmaker; great grandson of Theo van Gogh (brother of painter Vincent van Gogh). Van Gogh had received death threats after the release of his film "Submission," which criticized the treatment of women in the Islamic faith.
Died November 2, 2004 at age 47. Murdered.

Virginia Muise
World's 31st oldest person
Born on July 27, 1893, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. As avid fan of the Boston Red Sox, Muise always kept a Red Sox cap on nightstand by her bed. Was delighted by the baseball team's recent World Series victory - its first since 1918. Until her health deteriorated, had been a regular at Fenway Park. Worldwide ranking in longevity was verified by the Los Angeles-based Gerontology Research Group, which tracks "super-centenarians" (those over 110). Was 18 when the Titanic sank in April, 1912. Along with her dockworker father she watched Titanic survivors disembark from rescue ships and saw hundreds of coffins stacked along wharves. Recalling the 1917 explosion of an ammunition ship in Halifax Harbour that killed 2,000 people (considered the largest man-made explosion in history prior to the detonation of the atomic bomb), she once said bluntly: "The whole city blew out its windows." Family moved to Boston in 1923, and Virginia immediately became interested in the Red Sox, still basking in their glory as 1918 World Series champions. Also in 1923, Muise became manager of the cafeteria at the former Boston Lying-In Hospital, a position she held until her retirement in 1958.
Died November 2, 2004 at age 111. Natural causes associated with aging.

Lord James Edward Hanson
Industrialist
Amassed a great fortune by acquiring poorly-run low-tech companies and turning them into money-makers. Once engaged to Audrey Hepburn.
Died November 1, 2004 at age 82. Cancer.

Mae Madison
Actress
Silent screen and early talkie actress; a favorite of director Busby Berkley, appearing in most of his films made in the 1930s. Known as 'the girl who jumps off the high board into the pool and swims through the legs of thirty girls and comes up smiling.' Worked with John Barrymore in "The Mad Genius," John Wayne in "The Big Stampede" and William Wellman in "So Big!" among others.
Died November 1, 2004 at age 89.

Malcolm Klein
TV executive, program innovator
Emmy Award-winning broadcast executive pioneered televising of such cultural events as Hollywood Bowl concerts and art exhibits.
Died November 1, 2004 at age 76. Prostate cancer.

Rusty Allen
Actress
Billed as "The most beautiful girl in the world" Allen starred in Herschel Gordon Lewis's nudist camp exploitation film "Daughter of the Sun." Also appeared with Elvis in "Girl Happy." Also the star of the 1965 exploitation film "The Sexperts." Allen's real name was Terri Kay Cooper.
Died November 1, 2004 at age 60.

Richard Terrance "Terry" Knight
Music producer/composer
Knight produced popular 1960s and 1970s power trio "Grand Funk Railroad," formed from the remains of Terry Knight's own band "Terry Knight and the Pack." After bringing former bandmates to the forefront of the American and world music scene, the band fired Knight after accusing him of stealing their money. At time of this posting, Temple, Texas police are questioning the 26-year-old boyfriend of Knight's daughter concerning his murder.
Died November 1, 2004 at age 61. Stabbed to death.

Terry Knight update

On April 27, 2005, Donald Alan Fair was found guilty of Knight's murder. Prosecutors said Fair was the boyfriend of Knight's 17-year-old daughter, and that the three of them shared an apartment where they lived. According to trial testimony, Knight was stabbed repeatedly after he intervened in an argument between Fair and the daughter over methamphetamine. Fair's defense attorney said there was "strong evidence" Fair was high on meth when he stabbed Knight 17 times. Fair was scheduled to be sentenced five years to life in prison.

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