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Lisa Loring was an American actress and former child model. She is primarily known for having played Wednesday Addams in the comedy-horror sitcom "The Addams Family" (1964-1966). The sitcom was the first screen adaptation of the comic strip "The Addams Family" (1938-1988) by Charles Addams, which featured a wealthy aristocratic clan who took delight in the macabre. Wednesday was the perpetually gloomy daughter of the family in the comic strip. Loring's version of the character was sweet-natured, but eccentric. This version of Wednesday owned a collection of decapitated dolls, and named her favorite doll after Marie Antoinette, the executed Queen of France. Wednesday raised spiders as a hobby.
In 1958, Loring was born on the Kwajalein Atoll, the southernmost of the Marshall Islands. The island is located about 2,100 nautical miles (3,900 kilometers; 2,400 miles) southwest of Honolulu, Hawaii. It has hosted an American naval base since World War II. Her parents were both personnel of the United States Navy. Loring's parents separated shortly after her birth, and Judith Loring (Loring's mother) received custody of Loring. Lisa Loring was initially raised in Hawaii, before moving with her mother to Los Angeles.
In 1961, Loring started working as a child model. She eventually took a few acting roles, and reportedly guest starred in a 1964 episode of the medical drama "Dr. Kildare". When cast to play Wednesday in "The Addams Family", Loring was only 6-years-old. It was her first regular role in television. The series lasted for 2 seasons and 64 episodes, ending in 1966.
Loring was cast in the role of Susan "Suzy" Pruitt in the short-lived sitcom "The Pruitts of Southampton" (1966-1967). The sitcom was the brainchild of David Levy, who had previously produced "The Addams Family". The series used much of the former cast of "The Addams Family". The premise of this sitcom was that the Pruitts were a formerly wealthy family who still lived in an aristocratic mansion in the Hamptons. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) had found out about their loss of wealth, but instructed them to maintain their pretensions of great wealth in order to avoid a potential loss of confidence in the financial system. Episodes revolved about the family's efforts to raise money while maintaining secrecy.
In 1973, aged 15, Loring married her boyfriend Farrell Foumberg. She gave birth to her daughter Vanessa that year. The couple divorced in 1974. Judith Loring died in 1974 from alcoholism. Lisa Loring had to provide for herself. She appeared infrequently in television films during the late 1970s. Loring was cast as Wednesday Sr. in the television film "Halloween with the New Addams Family" (1977). Wednesday was depicted in the film as having a look-alike younger sister, known as Wednesday junior (played by Jennifer Surprenant). In 1980, Loring joined the cast of the soap opera "As the World Turns". She portrayed Cricket Montgomery, a half-sister of the regular character Margo Montgomery Hughes. Loring continued appearing in the series until 1984.
In 1981, Loring married the soap opera actor Doug Stevenson. They had daughter Marianne early in their marriage, but received a divorce in 1983. Loring's acting career was in hiatus until she agreed to play in the slasher film "Blood Frenzy" (1987). Its premise was that a killer stalked the patients of psychiatrist Dr. Barbara Shelley (played by Wendy MacDonald) during their trip through a desert. The film's plot reportedly combined plot elements from the earlier films "Ten Little Indians" (1974) and "Friday the 13th" (1980). The film was an early attempt by pornographic film producer Hal Freeman to create his own horror films.
Loring was an uncredited co-writer in the pornographic film "Traci's Big Trick" (1987). She was introduced to porn actor Jerry Butler (born Paul David Siederman; 1959-2018), and they started dating. They were married within 1987, but their relationship was tumultuous. They divorced each other in 1992, following failed a number of failed attempts in reconciliation.
In 1988, Loring co-starred in the slasher film "Iced". Its premise was that a group of old friends has received invitations to a new ski resort. They reunite there, but are stalked by a killer who has mysterious ties to their past. Loring's performance and humorous dialogue were reportedly among the highlight of the film. But the film has a relatively poor reputation among horror fans, due to soap opera-like plot elements and an inconclusive ending to its mystery. It was her last notable role for several years.
By the early 1990s, Loring was feeling depressed due to the decline of her career and her poor relationship with her husband. She tried to self-medicate her condition, leading to a drug addiction. In 1991, Loring was the first person to discover the corpse of her friend Kelly Van Dyke, who had committed suicide by hanging. Loring was in a fragile state of mind. She made a suicide attempt not long after. In 1992, she went to rehab and beat her addiction. She gave a few interviews in the mid-1990s, but semi-retired from acting. She resumed her acting career in the mid-2010s, with appearances in two different horror films. In 2023, Lisa Loring died, aged 64.- Kevin O'Neal was born on 26 March 1945 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor, known for What's Up, Doc? (1972), Love Story (1970) and No Time for Sergeants (1964). He was married to Sheila Stubbs. He died on 28 January 2023 in Thousand Oaks, California, USA.
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Soul music singer and songwriter Barrett Strong was born on February 5, 1941, in Westpoint, Mississippi. He moved to Detroit, Michigan, and was one of the first artists to sign with Berry Gordy's legendary Motown Records label in the early 1960s. In fact, his recording of "Money (That's What I Want)" on the Anna Records label in 1960 was so successful (it peaked at #2 on the R&B radio charts and almost cracked the Top 20 pop charts) that it produced the necessary capital for Gordy to start his Motown label (the song has been covered by such artists as The Beatles, The Searchers, Jerry Lee Lewis, Buddy Guy and The Flying Lizards). Strong wrote, played piano and sang vocals on many early Motown recordings. He frequently collaborated on songs with noted producer and songwriter Norman Whitfield. Among the many classic soul songs Barrett co-wrote for Motown are "I Heard It Through the Grapevine", "War", "Smiling Faces Sometimes", "Cloud Nine", "I Can't Get Next to You", "Ball of Confusion (That's What the World is Today)", "Too Busy Thinking About My Baby", "Just My Imagination" and "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone." In addition, he co-wrote "Take Me in Your Arms and Love Me" for Gladys Knight and The Pips. In 1972 Strong left Motown and signed with Epic Records. After one failed single with Epic, he went on to record two albums for Capitol Records in the mid-'70s. Strong continued to work in the 1980s: he recorded the single "Rock It Easy" on an independent label in 1981 and both wrote and arranged "You Can Depend on Me" for the album "The Second Time" by The Dells in 1988. He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2004.- Composer
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Tom Verlaine was born on 13 December 1949 in Morristown, New Jersey, USA. He was a composer, known for The Diary of a Teenage Girl (2015), I'm Not There (2007) and Gold (2016). He died on 28 January 2023 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.- Halina Krukowski was born on 20 August 1947 in Germany. She died on 28 January 2023 in Novato, California, USA.
- Pepe Antequera was born in 1935 in Huévar del Aljarafe, Seville, Spain. He was an actor, known for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (2017), Lorca (1999) and Vidas cruzadas (1997). He died on 28 January 2023 in Barcelona.
- Noureddine El Attab was born in Morocco. He was an actor, known for La Unidad (2020), Victim Number 8 (2018) and 30 Coins (2020). He died on 28 January 2023 in Castelló de la Plana, Castelló, Comunitat Valenciana, Spain.
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Gloria Sáez was born in Spain. She was a costume designer, known for What Happened to Santiago (1989), La gran fiesta (1986) and Undercurrent (1998). She died on 28 January 2023 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.- Art Director
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Vyacheslav Nazaruk was born on 4 March 1941 in Moscow, USSR [now Russia]. Vyacheslav was an art director and production designer, known for The Wizard of Oz (1974), Cat Leopold (1975) and Sostyazanie (1974). Vyacheslav died on 28 January 2023 in Moscow, Russia.- Actor
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Diego Reggente was born on 3 October 1944 in Rijeka, Primorsko-Goranska County, Croatia. He was an actor, known for Execution Squad (1972), AD Project (2006) and Gli uccisori (1977). He died on 28 January 2023 in Rome, Italy.- Actress
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Viola Léger was born on June 29, 1930 in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, United States but spent most of her life in Canada. One of her best known roles is that of "La Sagouine" written by Antonine Maillet, a role she performed over 2, 500 times, winning rave reviews.
She was appointed to the Canadian Senate in 2001 at the recommendation of then Prime Minister Chrétien, representing L'Acadie, New Brunswick. She was made an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1989. She was awarded the Order of New Brunswick in 2007.
In 2013, she received the Governor General's Performing Arts Award for her work as an actress. She died in New Brunswick, Canada, on January 28, 2023, aged 92.- Evgeniy Mogilevskiy is a Soviet and Belgian pianist and music teacher. He was born in Odessa, Soviet Union. The son and student of the music teacher Serafima Mogilevskaya. His father was Gedeon Izrailevich Leyzerovich, a professor at the Odessa Conservatory.
After graduating from the music school of P. Stolyarskiy in the class of his mother, Mogilevskiy entered the Moscow Conservatory, where he studied with G. Neuhaus and Ya. Zak, and almost immediately won the prestigious Queen Elizabeth International Piano Competition in Brussels (1964) . Mogilevskiy's performance was recognized as a sensation: the audience greeted him standing. The "Time" magazine wrote with noticeable shock that an hour and a half before the performance in the final, 18-year-old Mogilevskiy was serenely playing table tennis.
Further Mogilevskiy's career developed very successfully. His US tour was produced by the famous Sol Hurok. In 1973, Mogilevskiy received an award in the United States for the best interpretation of the year (Third Concerto for Piano and Orchestra by Sergei Rachmaninoff, Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Kirill Kondrashin). In the second half of the 1970s, Mogilevskiy traveled all over the world with an orchestra led by Yevgeni Svetlanov. Since 1992 he has been a professor at the Brussels Conservatory. - V.R. Das was a producer, known for Mizhikal Sakshi (2008) and Colour Balloon (2014). V.R. was married to Vilasini. V.R. died on 28 January 2023 in India.
- Anthony Spina was an actor, known for Stake Land (2010), The Sopranos (1999) and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999). He died on 28 January 2023 in the USA.
- Jaroslav Sedivý was born on 12 November 1929 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. He died on 28 January 2023.
- Guil Fisher was born on 16 January 1930 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for The Return Address (2010), Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) and Mystic Nights and Pirate Fights (1998). He died on 28 January 2023 in Englewood, New Jersey, USA.
- Xavier Rubert de Ventós was born on 1 September 1939 in Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. He was a writer, known for Arribada de la flama olímpica a Empúries (1992), Urbanitats (1992) and Galería (1973). He died on 28 January 2023 in Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
- Florent Veilleux was born in 1941. He died on 28 January 2023 in Montréal, Québec, Canada.
- Harry Kelsey was born in 1929 in Illinois, USA. He was married to Mary Ann. He died on 28 January 2023 in Altadena, California, USA.
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Odd Børre was born on 9 August 1939 in Harstad, Norway. He died on 28 January 2023 in Norway.