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- A child prodigy who conquered viewers for his role as Paçoca in Chiquititas (2013), Rafael Miguel is also best remembered due to a hilarious TV commercial where he breaks down in despair when his mother doesn't buy him broccoli at the market. The commercial launched his career in many TV series, two films and one miniseries.
His first credits were in Cristal (2006) and the miniseries JK (2006). Another roles include Pé na Jaca (2006), the film Meu Mundo em Perigo (2007) and Cat's Cradle (2009). After Chiquititas (2013) he took a break from acting; but sadly returning on TV and on the news due to a tragic event.
On the afternoon of 9 June, 2019 - a month shy of his 23rd birthday - Rafael was brutally killed by his girlfriend's father at their house. His parents were also murdered in what would be a simple conversation between both families to discuss the couple's relationship; however, the girl's father didn't offered them any chance, shooting all three and fleeing the crime scene.
Rafael Miguel will be remembered as a young talent, full of energy, who sadly left us too soon. - Writer
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Bill Wittliff was born in Taft, a small town in south Texas, in 1940. After his parents divorced, he and his brother Jim moved with their mother to Gregory, Texas, where Mrs. Wittliff ran a small telephone office during World War II (these experiences provided the basis for "Raggedy Man," Wittliff's feature film). Later, when his mother remarried, the family moved to a ranch in Blanco, a rural community of 700 in the hill country of central Texas.
In 1964, shortly after graduating from the University of Texas, Wittliff, with his wife Sally, founded a book publishing company, The Encino Press, which specialized in regional material about Texas and the Southwest. To date, Encino has won over 100 awards for quality of design and content. The press operated out of a 19th-century Victorian house in Austin in which O. Henry once lived and wrote
An accomplished photographer, Wittliff's photographs documenting the life of the Mexican vaquero (taken 1969-71) have been exhibited in numerous galleries and institutions throughout this country and in Mexico, including the National Cowboy Hall of Fame, the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City, and the Texas Capitol. In Japan, they represented the United States during its bicentennial year. After twenty years, the exhibit is still shown as a traveling display in the U. S. and Mexico under the auspices of the Institute of Texan Cultures.
At 29, Wittliff was elected to the Texas Institute of Letters. He served as president during 1974-78, and sat on the Executive Council until 1990. In 1993, he was elected Fellow of the the Institute. He is a member of the historic Texas Philosophical Society, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences; and he served for six years on the Executive Board of Trustees of Robert Redford's Sundance Institute.
In 1985, with the donation of their lifelong collection of original manuscripts and books, Bill and Sally founded the Southwestern Writers Collection at Southwest Texas State University. Since that time the collection has grown rapidly, supported by donors from all over the country. It features original manuscripts by J. Frank Dobie, John Graves, Larry McMurtry, Walter Prescott Webb, Bud Shrake, Larry L. King, Horton Foote, Preston Jones, Sam Shepard, Willie Nelson, and many others. It also includes paintings by numerous regional artists including William Lester, Tom Lea, John Groth, Jerry Bywaters, Kermit Oliver, Robert Wade. Expanding the scope of the current facility, in 1996 the Wittliffs endowed the Wittliff Gallery of Southwestern & Mexican Photography which already includes works by Russell Lee, Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Ansel Adams, Keith Carter, Henri Cartier Bresson, Lola Bravo, Laura Gilpin, Edward Weston, Graciela Iturbide, Edward Curtis, Nacho Lopez, Erwin E. Smith, Marco Antonio Cruz, Jim Bones, Paul Strand, Mariana Yampolsky, and many others. Both collections are housed in eight specially designed rooms and a large, chambered gallery on the top floor of the Albert B. Alkek Library on the university campus.
The Wittliffs have two grown children and live in Austin, Texas.- Actor
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Bushwick Bill was born under the name Richard Stephen Shaw in Kingston, Jamaica, on December 1, 1966. His father is a merchant marine, and his mother a maid. According to a source from the Houston Chronicle, he is a high school dropout, and reads at the fourth grade level. He has failed a majority of courses in his freshman year in high school. Like actors Billy Barty and Herve Villechaize, he is a dwarf. His stage name came from the Brooklyn district that he lived in.- Actor
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Haktan Pak was born on 6 May 1969 in Izmir, Turkey. He was an actor and production designer, known for Kolpaçino (2009), Love for Rent (2015) and Hirsiz Var! (2005). He was married to Müge Turali. He died on 9 June 2019 in Istanbul, Turkey.- Ju-Lung Ma was born on 1 April 1939 in Taiwan, Japan. He was an actor, known for Monga (2010), Cape No. 7 (2008) and Half a Loaf of Kung Fu (1978). He was married to Hsiao-Lan Pei. He died on 9 June 2019 in Taipei, Taiwan.
- Mercedes Pascual was born on 25 September 1930 in Madrid, Spain. She was an actress, known for Muchachitas (1991), Novia que te vea (1994) and Tamara and the Ladybug (2016). She was married to Víctor Flores Olea and Claudio Brook. She died on 9 June 2019 in Mexico City, Mexico.
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Mary Max was born on 20 October 1966 in New York City, New York, USA. She was a producer, known for Vegucated (2011) and Here We Grow: A Restoration of Food (2009). She was married to Peter Max. She died on 9 June 2019 in New York City, New York, USA.- Gerlind Reinshagen was born on 4 May 1926 in Königsberg, East-Prussia, Germany [now Kaliningrad, Russia]. She was a writer, known for Sonntagskinder (1980), Himmel und Erde (1976) and Himmel und Erde (1999). She was married to Herr Reinshagen. She died on 9 June 2019 in Berlin, Germany.
- Jim Pike was born on 6 November 1936 in St, Louis, Missouri, USA. He was married to Susan Jeanne Kennedy. He died on 9 June 2019 in Prescott, Arizona, USA.
- Ángeles Ladrón de Guevara was an actress, known for Hispania, la leyenda (2010), Psicofonias 1.0 (2005) and Trompeta. She died on 9 June 2019 in Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
- Lloyd R. Knight was born on 5 October 1922 in Limerick, Maine, USA. He was an actor, known for Route 66 (1960). He died on 9 June 2019 in Portland, Maine, USA.
- Agar Delos was born in 1937 in Cairoma, La Paz, Bolivia. She was an actress, known for Amargo mar (1987), Sealed Cargo (2015) and ¿Quién mató a la llamita blanca? (2007). She was married to Gonzalo Murillo. She died on 9 June 2019 in La Paz, Bolivia.
- Aleksei Safiulin was born on 22 February 1975 in Moscow, USSR. He was an actor, known for Bratany (2009) and Golos (2012). He died on 9 June 2019.
- Brian Stavechny was born on 12 July 1946. He was an actor, known for And No Birds Sing (1969), Le Camarguais (2002) and Entrusted (2003). He died on 9 June 2019.
- Lloyd Knight was born on 5 October 1922 in Limerick, Maine, USA. He was an actor, known for The United States Steel Hour (1953), Armstrong Circle Theatre (1950) and Celanese Theatre (1951). He died on 9 June 2019 in Portland, Maine, USA.