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Walter Matthau was best known for starring in many films which included Charade (1963), The Odd Couple (1968), Grumpy Old Men (1993), and Dennis the Menace (1993). He often worked with Jack Lemmon and the two were Hollywood's craziest stars.
He was born Walter Jake Matthow in New York City, New York on October 1, 1920. His mother was an immigrant from Lithuania and his father was a Russian Jewish peddler and electrician from Kiev, Ukraine. As a young boy, Matthau attended a Jewish non-profit sleep-away camp. He also attended Surprise Lake Camp. His high school was Seward Park High School.
During World War II, Matthau served in the U.S. Army Air Forces with the Eighth Air Force in Britain as a Consolidated B-24 Liberator radioman-gunner, in the same 453rd Bombardment Group as James Stewart. He was based at RAF Old Buckenham, Norfolk during this time. He reached the rank of staff sergeant and became interested in acting.
Matthau appeared in the pilot of Mister Peepers (1952) alongside Wally Cox. He later appeared in the Elia Kazan classic, A Face in the Crowd (1957), opposite Patricia Neal and Andy Griffith, and then appeared in Lonely Are the Brave (1962), with Kirk Douglas, a film Douglas has often described as his personal favorite. Matthau then appeared in Charade (1963) with Audrey Hepburn and Cary Grant. In 1968, Matthau made his big screen appearance as Oscar Madison in The Odd Couple (1968) alongside Jack Lemmon. The two were also in the sequel (The Odd Couple II (1998)) as well as Grumpy Old Men (1993) and Grumpier Old Men (1995). Matthau was in Dennis the Menace (1993), alongside Mason Gamble. On July 1, 2000, Matthau died of a heart attack in Los Angeles, California. He was 79 years old.- Burt Douglas was born on 21 November 1930 in Denver, Colorado, USA. He was an actor, known for Emergency! (1972), The Outer Limits (1963) and High School Confidential! (1958). He was married to Chris White. He died on 1 July 2000 in Denver, Colorado, USA.
- Amanda Varela was born on 24 October 1911 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She was an actress, known for The Prodigal Returns (1939), La canción del gaucho (1930) and Papa Soltero (1939). She died on 1 July 2000 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Sarah Payne was born on 13 October 1991 in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England, UK. She died on 1 July 2000 in Pulborough, West Sussex, England, UK.
- Set Decorator
- Art Department
David Horowitz was born on 20 November 1922 in Marin County, California, USA. He was a set decorator, known for Salvage 1 (1979), Police Story (1973) and Goliath Awaits (1981). He was married to Sylvette Megna. He died on 1 July 2000 in Orange County, California, USA.- Begum Aga Khan III was born on 15 February 1906 in Sète, Hérault, France. She was married to Aga Khan III.. She died on 1 July 2000 in Le Cannet, Alpes-Maritimes, France.
- Ray Scherer was born on 7 June 1919 in Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA. He died on 1 July 2000 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA.
- Actor
- Composer
- Soundtrack
Michael "Cub" Koda was born on October 1, 1948, in Detroit, Michigan. His father Max owned a small-town newspaper in Manchester, Michigan. He got his nickname Cub from the character of Cubby on the TV show The Mickey Mouse Club (1955). Koda was a drummer at age five and formed his first group, The Del-Tinos, while attending Manchester High School. The group recorded three singles before breaking up in 1966. Cub formed the rock band Brownsville Station in 1969, which scored a big hit in 1973 with the terrifically thrilling teen attitude anthem classic "Smokin' in the Boy's Room," which peaked at #3 on the Billboard pop charts and sold over two million copies. Brownsville Station continued to perform in concert and record albums, but disbanded in 1979.
Koda began recording one-man band songs in such diverse music genres as country, blues, R&B, jazz, rockabilly and early rock'n'roll with a multi-track tape recorder while still a member of Brownsville Station; these recordings were released as the album "That's What I Like About the South!" in 1984. In 1979 he started writing the regular column "The Vinyl Junkie" for "Goldmine" magazine. In 1980 Koda worked with blues singer Hound Dog Taylor's backing band The Houserockers. He also began writing liner notes and compiled records for numerous CD compilations issued by Rhino Records, Time-Life, MCA and Motown; among the compilations he wrote liner notes for are three volumes of the acclaimed "Blues Masters" series and "Best of" retrospective compilations for such artists as Link Wray, The Trashmen, Jimmy Reed and The Miller Sisters. He was the editor and a contributing writer for the book "The All Music Guide to Blues" and both co-wrote and edited the paperback publication "Blues for Dummies" in 1998. In addition, Koda recorded and released albums of his own material, which include "Welcome to My Job," "Abba Dabba Dabba: A Bananza of Hits," "Box Lunch," and the especially well-received "Noise Monkeys."
Cub Koda was still writing and recording music when he died suddenly of kidney failure at the tragically young age of 51 on July 1, 2000.