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Dominic Carmen Frontiere, 86, Emmy and Golden Globe winning film and television composer, former head of music at Paramount Pictures, passed away in Tesuque, New Mexico on 21 December 2017. He is survived by his wife Robin and their children Emily, Joseph, Nicholas and Sofia, as well as daughter Victoria from a previous marriage.- Actor
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A native of suburban Detroit, Michigan, Dick Enberg grew up near Pontiac, one of Detroit's suburbs. Upon graduating from high school Enberg went to college first at Central Michigan University and then at Indiana University. After graduating from college Dick moved to Los Angeles to become an assistant baseball coach at Northridge State University (Cal State-Northridge).
Shortly thereafter Dick became a sportscaster. At first Enberg called local minor league sports, but then became the play-by-play man for the (then) Los Angeles Rams, the California (now Anaheim) Angels, and the UCLA Bruins. He first earned national fame on the cartoon Where's Huddles? (1970), then earned a breakthrough role as the host of Sports Challenge (1971). His NBC connection began with Baffle (1973), and, upon the cancellation of Three for the Money (1975) became a full-time sportscaster for NBC, calling NFL games that year. Eventually he rose to become NBC's top play-by-play announcer, calling during the late '70s, the '80s and '90s such sports as college and NBA basketball; golf, including many U.S. Opens in the '90s; tennis, including Wimbledon and the French Open; baseball; and, of course, NFL football, including 8 Super Bowls, the last of which also was NBC's final NFL game and was held in San Diego, California, where he currently resides. Months after NBC lost the NFL, Enberg received his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his work as a sportscaster. After NBC lost NFL rights Enberg was seen rarely on the Peacock web, calling only a few sports events, including college basketball and tennis. In 1999 he was replaced on NBC's golf coverage by Dan Hicks , and at years's end left NBC and joined CBS, not only to resume NFL football, but also to become of the Eye web's college basketball announcers. In addition, he now calls the U.S. Open tennis tournament for CBS.- Jim French was born in 1928 in Pasadena, California, USA. At the age of eight he knew he wanted to be a radio announcer. During WWII, Jim got a job as an announcer on a radio station called KPAS. He entered the Army a few years later and, after being sent to Japan with other troops, was assigned to an Armed Forces Radio Service where he started writing weekly radio shows.
In 1948, he returned to Seattle where he wrote more radio dramas, including the famous "Harry Nile" series and "The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes".
Having written and performed over 500 radio shows, Jim's unique, booming voice caught the attention of Valve, a video game developer. Gamers can hear his voice in Valve's Half-Life 2 (2004), in which he voiced Father Grigori and in Left 4 Dead (2008), also by Valve, in which he voiced Bill. More recently, Jim also voiced the Elder Titan in Valve's Dota 2 (2013).
Sadly, he passed away at the age of 89. - John Sterland was born in 1927 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He was an actor, known for Batman (1989), Heil Caesar! (1973) and Stalky & Co. (1982). He was married to June Bailey. He died on 21 December 2017 in Epsom, Surrey, England, UK.
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Bruce McCandless II was born on 8 June 1937 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for Max Q (1998), A Beautiful Sunset (2016) and Horizon (1964). He was married to Ellen Shields. He died on 21 December 2017 in California, USA.- Camera and Electrical Department
Al Bettcher began his career with the 168th Signal Photo Corp in WWII. After the war he filmed the Japanese War Crimes Trials in the Philippines. When he returned home, he started at the Columbia studios still lab, where he worked for 7 years before breaking in as an assistant cameraman on the feature Overexposed. He assisted for 9 years, then rose to operator. He has nearly 50 years of credits to his name, including the original Blade Runner, King Kong, Body Heat, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, the original Batman series and its 1967 feature, Breathless, Lovespell, Pal Joey, Bye Bye Birdie, Pepe, three different Three Stooges movies, and countless television shows. He was the hand-held cameraman on The Graduate - those are his feet in the flippers. He was given an SOC Lifetime Achievement Award in 1990, and he was inducted into the Academy for Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 1985.- Nancee Parkinson was an actress, known for Li'l Abner (1971). She died on 21 December 2017 in Texas, USA.
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Roy Mingaye was born in 1931 in Kensington, London, England, UK. Roy is known for Let It Be (1970), Whicker's World (1959) and The Beatles: Get Back (2021). Roy was married to Norma Shawyer and June Smith. Roy died on 21 December 2017 in Norwich, Norfolk, England, UK.- Manouchehr Boroumand was born on 26 March 1934 in Babolsar, Iran. He died on 21 December 2017 in Babolsar, Iran.
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Jatileshwar Mukherjee was born on 13 December 1934 in Chinsura, Bengal Presidency, British India. Jatileshwar is known for Nati Binodini (1994), Garmil (1990) and Ora Charjan (1988). Jatileshwar died on 21 December 2017 in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.- Captain (Retired) Jerry Yellin is an Army Air Corps veteran who served in WWII between 1941 and 1945. Yellin enlisted two months after the bombing of Pearl Harbor on his 18th Birthday. After graduating from Luke Air Field as a fighter pilot in August of 1943, he spent the remainder of the war flying P-40, P- 47 and P-51 combat missions in the Pacific with the 78th Fighter Squadron. He participated in the first land based fighter mission over Japan on April 7, 1945, and also has the unique distinction of having flown the final combat mission of World War II on August 14, 1945 - the day the war ended. On that mission, his wing-man (Phillip Schlamberg) was the last man killed in a combat mission in WWII. After the war ended, Jerry struggled with severe undiagnosed PTSD. He always wondered why he survived, while so many of his comrades died during the war. Jerry Yellin is the award-winning author of four books, including Of War and Weddings, The Blackened Canteen, The Resilient Warrior, and The Letter.
- Nina Pontier was born on 10 July 1926 in San Juan, Argentina. She was an actress, known for Cuatro hombres para Eva (1966), Ritmo, amor y juventud (1966) and La muchacha del cuerpo de oro (1967). She died on 21 December 2017 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- Actor
- Producer
Seymour Rosen was born on 27 May 1924 in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for Mambo Madness (1955), The Red Skelton Hour (1951) and How to Marry a Millionaire (1957). He died on 21 December 2017 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Roswell Rudd was born on 17 November 1935 in Sharon, Connecticut, USA. He was an actor, known for Wavelength (1967), Ten for Two: The John Sinclair Freedom Rally (1972) and Inside Out in the Open (2001). He was married to Marilyn Schwartz and Moselle Galbraith. He died on 21 December 2017 in Kerhonskon, New York, USA.
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Chu Ishikawa was born in 1966. He was a composer and actor, known for Gemini (1999), Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989) and Killing (2018). He died on 21 December 2017 in Japan.