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- Dan Wheldon was born on 22 June 1978 in Emberton, Buckinghamshire, England, UK. He was married to Susan Behm. He died on 16 October 2011 in North Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
- Composer
- Music Department
- Actor
One of the great arrangers of the Big Band era, Sicilian-born Peter Rugolo was five years old when his family moved to Santa Rosa, California. He attended San Francisco College and in the 1930's studied composition under the classical composer Darius Milhaud. After military service in World War II, he joined Stan Kenton and His Orchestra, where he contributed numerous distinctive arrangements and compositions. He had a critical influence on the progressive image of the band, which sounded unlike any other in the business. Rugolo and Kenton formed a very close personal friendship, akin to that of Duke Ellington and his arranger Billy Strayhorn.
In 1949, Pete became musical director at Capitol records , where he produced recording sessions with big name jazz stars, including Miles Davis (he came up with the title of Davis's ground-breaking album "The Birth of the Cool"), Charlie Parker, Nat 'King' Cole and Peggy Lee. He continued a part-time collaboration with Kenton and also arranged for Kenton's former star vocalist June Christy (her "Something Cool" album).
The 1950's were a busy decade for Rugolo. He briefly fronted his own band in 1954, featuring Patti Page as his vocalist. He also had contractual affiliations first with Columbia Records and then with Mercury Records, writing, among others, for Sarah Vaughan. By that time, he had branched out into musical genres other than jazz. At MGM, he was employed as a staff composer/arranger on a number of musicals, including Kiss Me Kate (1953) and Easy to Love (1953). From there he went on to prolific television work, writing the jazzy theme scores for popular crime shows like The Fugitive (1963) and The Outsider (1968), as well as westerns (Alias Smith and Jones (1971)) and numerous TV movies. He was nominated for six Emmy Awards, of which he won three. Retiring in 1985, Rugolo was honoured in 1993 by receiving the Golden Score Award from the American Society of Music Arrangers and Composers.- Zarko Mijatovic was born on 28 January 1933 in Subotica, Serbia, Yugoslavia. He was an actor, known for Walter Defends Sarajevo (1972), Koze (1982) and My Part of the World (1969). He died on 16 October 2011 in Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Umar El-Hariri was born on 16 June 1922 in Cairo, Egypt. He was an actor, known for Saladin (1963), Son of the Nile (1951) and El Sab'a Afandi (1951). He was married to Nadia Sultan, Aamal Al Selihdar and Rashida. He died on 16 October 2011 in Cairo, Egypt.- Hiroshi Arikawa was born on 2 November 1940 in Kagoshima, Japan. He was an actor, known for Ergo Proxy (2006), Seiju Sentai Gingaman (1998) and Monster (2004). He died on 16 October 2011 in Tokyo, Japan.
- Henning Sjöström was born on 13 May 1922 in Burträsk, Sweden. He was an actor, known for Bamse (1968), Gäst hos Hagge (1975) and Sommar & Vinter i P1 (1959). He died on 16 October 2011 in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden.
- Actor
- Writer
- Additional Crew
Ratch Wallace was born on 7 November 1944 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was an actor and writer, known for Age of Innocence (1977), The Hard Part Begins (1973) and Tales of the Klondike (1981). He died on 16 October 2011 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.- Casting Department
Elouise Cobell was born on 5 November 1945 in Browning, Montana, USA. She is known for War Party (1988) and 60 Minutes (1968). She was married to Alvin Cobell. She died on 16 October 2011 in Great Falls, Montana, USA.- Writer
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Helmut Reinberger was born on 30 August 1931 in Vienna, Austria. He was a writer and actor, known for Aufgspielt wird in Joschi's Beisl (1993), Toni Strobl und Helmut Reinberger - Die besten Witze aus 3 Jahrzehnten (1994) and Ein Abend im Schmäh (1979). He died on 16 October 2011 in Vienna, Austria.- Burlesque dancer and stripper Joan Arline was born on December 11, 1932 in New Britain, Connecticut. The only child of Doris and James Connery, Arline started taking Russian ballet dance lessons at the age of three before going on to expand to jazz, tap, ballroom, and theater lessons. Joan performed in numerous recitals, dances, shows, and reviews as well as was one of the youngest dancers to perform in repertory theater in Connecticut. Moreover, Arline played the mother in her high school senior class production of "Mother Was a Freshman." Joan lived in New Britain until the age of twenty. Arline auditioned and was accepted as a Rockette in New York City, but ultimately decided to move to Buffalo, New York due to a waiting period with the Rockettes. Joan began her show business career as a chorus girl at McVan's nightclub, where she met band leader and future first husband Don Roth. Roth encouraged Arline to perform in burlesque and even wrote a little "ripple" in the music Arline danced to as a cue as to when she should start removing her clues in her routine. Known as the Sexquire Girl, Joan was a headliner on the burlesque circuit from 1953 to 1958. Arline performed on stage with two trained Russian wolfhounds and a pink-furred chaise lounge.
After retiring from burlesque to raise a family, Joan moved to Detroit, Michigan and opened a dance studio in the basement of her home. She later went on to become a precious metals commodities broker in the Detroit area. Arline successfully auditioned for the Palm Springs Follies in 1994 and subsequently moved to Palm Springs, California. Joan went on to join the Branson Follies in Branson, Missouri in 2006. Arline returned to burlesque around this time and was elected into the Burlesque Hall of Fame. Her last official public performance was as a living legend at the Burlesque Hall of Fame Reunion in June, 2011. Joan died at age 78 from leukemia on October 16, 2011. - Judith Montgomery was born on 19 May 1943 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Facing the Enemy (2001), King Cobra (1999) and American Tragedy (2000). She died on 16 October 2011 in Culver City, California, USA.
- Ursula Cain was born in 1927 in Dresden, Germany. She died on 16 October 2011 in Leipzig, Germany.
- Eric Granros was born on 19 May 1960 in Glen Cove, New York, USA. He died on 16 October 2011 in Mooresville, North Carolina, USA.
- Dean Brackley was born on 9 August 1946 in Wynantskill, New York, USA. He died on 16 October 2011 in San Salvador, El Salvador.
- Rick Huseman was born on 9 July 1973 in Riverside, California, USA. He died on 16 October 2011 in Newberry Springs, California, USA.
- Miguel Angel Granados Chapa was born in 1941 in Mexico. He died on 16 October 2011 in Mexico City, Mexico.