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Phillip Crosby was born on 13 July 1934 in Los Angeles County, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Duffy's Tavern (1945), Robin and the 7 Hoods (1964) and Out of This World (1945). He was married to Peggy Crosby, Georgi Edwards, Mary Joyce Gabbard and Sandra Jo Drummond. He died on 13 January 2004 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.- Dr. Harold Shipman was born the son of Vera and Harold Shipman. He was the middle of 3 children. His father was a lorry driver and his mother a home maker. In 1957 he studied at High Pavement grammar school (6th form). He was an avid rugby player as a child. His mother's lingering death from lung cancer in June 1963 had a profound effect on the psyche of young Harold. In September 1965 he enrolled at Leeds University Medical School. He met his future wife on a double decker during his daily trips to Leeds. After medical school he got his first medical job at Pontefarct General Infirmary where he worked for 3.5 years. In March 1974 he joined a group practice in Todmorden. While there he was very involved in social functions like the Rochdale Canal Commission. It was during his time there that the first signs of his criminal behavior were noticed. He started having blackouts in public that were initially thought to be epilepsy. In July 1975 it was realized that he was prescribing a large amount of pethidine to his patients according to a pharmacy log. The patients were questioned but none of them admitted to ever having received the powerful narcotic. When Shipman was confronted by his colleagues he admitted to having acquired an opiate addiction from his days in medical school when he had accidentally tried it. That explained the 'blackouts'. He was advised to go to the Retreat in York (an institution that helped with drug addiction) if he wanted to keep his job. However in November 1975 he was charged with 'forgery of prescriptions'. The Shipman family disappeared from Todmorden. Dr. Shipman got a job at the National Coal Board in Doncaster where he did physicals on miners. In February of 1976 he had a job in County Durham for the SW Durham Health Authority. By 1977 he had secured a job with Donneybrook Medical Center in Hyde as part of a group practice. It is believed that some of his earliest victims may have been from his time here. In July 1992 Shipman left his practice to work at The Surgery. He would give his victims a lethal dose of morphine during a house visit and actually come by again when he believed them to be dead. At this time he would perform a cursory medical examination and pronounce his patient dead and no one would be the wiser. He generally preyed upon elderly women who lived alone as they made easy targets. However his youngest victim was 49 and he may have killed a few men as well. Even though his victims were middle aged or elderly they were not generally infirm at the time of death which made a lot of relatives suspicious about their premature deaths. His last victim died on 24 June, 1998. Shipman had apparently changed his patient's will which bequeathed her entire estate to him with nothing for her own daughter. The daughter obviously found this suspicious and alerted detectives. Her body was exhumed on August 1st and an autopsy was performed. Around this time a local taxi driver who did errands for most of his victims realized that they all had one thing in common - their doctor was Shipman. This further added suspicion to Shipman. The news of his crimes was released to the public only by 20 August, 1998. On September 2, 1998 the toxicology report proved that his victim had died from a fatal dose of morphine and not 'natural causes' as he had claimed in the death certificate. When he was initially confronted with the findings he claimed that his patient was a drug addict and he had covered up for her. He was formally arrested on September 7, 1998. In order to cover his tracks Dr. Shipman had made fake entrées in his patients files. Hoever a Visa card statement showed he was elsewhere at the time the extra entries had been made. The bodies of several of his patients were exhumed and examined for morphine. His computer at work was examined and its hard drive revealed when extra entries were made and dates changed on MedDoc. During his incarceration prior to trial he believed the police were conspiring to kill him, surprisingly the same way he killed his patients. He was initially in Strangeways jail in Manchester. Then he was moved to Preston prison later in 1998 and to Walton jail in Liverpool afterward. On 5 October, 1999 he was first arrragned in court and charged with 15 counts of murder an 1 count of forging a will. The trail began on Octber 11, 1999 and went on for a marathon 57 days. The jury retired on January 24 and deliberated until January 31, 2000. At 4:44 pm he was pronounced guilty and given 15 life sentences plus 4 years for forgery. It is officially believed he killed about 215 people making him one of the most prolific serial killers of all time. He killed 7 people in February 1998 alone! Harold Shipman was found dead in his prison cell on 13th January 2004, the day before what would have been his 58th birthday. Verdict: suicide by hanging.
- Don Blakely was born on 26 July 1938 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995), Pulp Fiction (1994) and Brubaker (1980). He was married to Dolores Patricia Vanison. He died on 13 January 2004 in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Dean Miller was born on 1 November 1924 in Hamilton, Ohio, USA. He was an actor, known for December Bride (1954), Skirts Ahoy! (1952) and Small Town Girl (1953). He was married to Ida Miller. He died on 13 January 2004 in Grosse Pointe, Michigan, USA.
- Fletcher Allen was born on 5 May 1922 in the USA. He was an actor, known for The Lady Lovelace Deception System (2002), Route 66 (1960) and Playhouse 90 (1956). He died on 13 January 2004 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Molly Craig was born in 1917 in Australia. She died on 13 January 2004.
- Actress
- Director
- Writer
Aino Lehtimäki was born on 20 May 1914 in Vaasa, Finland. She was an actress and director, known for Solveigin laulu (1974), Katupeilin takana (1949) and Totuus on armoton (1963). She was married to Martti Romppanen. She died on 13 January 2004 in Helsinki, Finland.- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Herman Clebanoff was born on 2 May 1917 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Herman is known for Choices (1981). Herman died on 13 January 2004 in Sherman Oaks, California, USA.- Composer
- Music Department
- Script and Continuity Department
A native of Worcester, Massachusetts, Donald Alan Siegal wrote his first piece of music at the age of 6, the day the piano was delivered to the house. He sat down and began banging on the keys. Miraculously, it seemed to make some kind of musical sense! Experimenting with the white keys and combining them with the black ones, was Donald's life work, his compositional journey.
Growing up in a musical family, Donald was surrounded by music. His father had played classical violin as a child, and then later, bass fiddle in college. In the Navy, his father played with Major Bowes (Edward Bowes) and on the Ted Mack Radio Hour. Donald's brother played clarinet and saxophone. There was always music in the house.
Donald commenced his studies on classical piano at age 6 with Czech cello virtuoso, Bedrich Vaska, whose second instrument was piano. Though performing all of the classical repertoire, at age 7, Donald would compose little pieces for piano and cello. His first was entitled "Bedrich's Blues," with his teacher picking bass parts on the cello. Although he became quite technically proficient playing classical piano, Donald continued writing original pieces.
With considerable encouragement, Donald's father taught him how to play chords, and by age 10, Donald was playing 'gigs' on weekends while continuing his classical studies. But now he was intrigued by Jazz players, the likes of Bill Evans and Oscar Peterson. Against his mother's wishes - but with his father's blessing - he played with a Jazz quartet at a popular 'strip club.' He was only 11, but learned a lot about Jazz, among other things(!).
One of the great joys of his childhood was a trip to New York and attending Broadway shows. At his first ever Broadway musical, this 10-year-old turned to his father and said, "That's what I want to do." His father misunderstood, thinking his son wanted to play in the orchestra pit or sing on stage. Donald went on to clarify, "I want to write songs!"
By high school, Donald had formed the Don Siegal Trio, playing gigs throughout the New England area, becoming an accomplished Jazz player. He spent summers in Boston, studying at the famed Berklee College of Music, honing his compositional talents. Writing songs in a variety of styles, in his senior year of high school, Donald directed and wrote music and lyrics for his first ever original musical, which received rave reviews and played to packed houses. When it came to college, there was only one place to go - New York. And, to assist in fulfilling a dream, New York University obliged by providing a full scholarship.
At New York University, Donald majored in music and psychology, studying the masters in both. Through intensive musical analysis of the great composers, along with harmony and theory studies, he cultivated an appreciation of the composers he had performed as a child, but now he understood their music through the eyes and ears of a composer.
At the age of 18, he was the youngest person ever accepted into the prestigious Lehman Engel BMI Musical Theatre Workshop as a songwriter. This was to become his most important classroom. It was here that he truly learned the craft of songwriting, particularly for characters in dramatic situations. Donald's fellow participants at the Workshop have also received notable acclaim - Alan Menken and Howard Ashman ([error], Beauty and the Beast (1991), Aladdin (1992)), Carol Hall (The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982)), Maury Yeston (Nine (2009)) and Ed Kleban lyrics to A Chorus Line (1985)).
Until his death in 1987, Edward Kleban was one of Donald's mentors, and he regarded him as his protégé. Donald's other mentor was Sheldon Harnick, lyricist for Fiddler on the Roof (1971) and Fiorello.
Graduating New York University - Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa - Donald had many offers and opportunities available to him at the graduate level in music. He turned them all down, deciding to stay in New York and study privately with Professor Fred Werle, who taught at Julliard and served as Dean at Mannes College of Music.
Public performances of Donald's songs in major New York theatres and cabarets, brought him tremendous attention, launching his songwriting career. In the next twenty years in New York, Donald became a staff songwriter for the Emmy Award-winning Sesame Street (1969) and Captain Kangaroo (1955). His musicals were produced at major off-Broadway and regional theatres, such as Manhattan Theatre Club and Goodspeed Opera House. Donald was most complimented when asked by award-winning librettist Arthur Kopit, to write music & lyrics for his Lewis & Clark musical.
Major artists have recorded and performed Donald's songs including Trisha Yearwood, Roberta Flack, Randy Travis, Jim Henson, James Galway, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Blossom Dearie, Nancy Dussault and John Davidson. Also included are Tony winners Betty Buckley, Faith Prince, Michael Maguire and Debbie Shapiro Gravitte. His commercials aired nationally for products like Tree Top, Mercedes-Benz, French's and Burger King.
In 1994, Donald moved to Los Angeles to work with Disney director, Ralph Zondag (writer and lead animator on Pocahontas (1995) and director for the CGI film Dinosaur (2000) at Disney) on an animated musical, writing songs and co-writing the story. Donald was heavily involved in creating stories, not only songs and music.
Other animated musicals for which Donald was doing songs and story/script were with Dick Zondag (Cats and We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (1993))and Ron Clark (High Anxiety (1977), Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978)); Ms. Fortissimo's Christmas with Baer Animation (Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), Annabelle's Wish (1997)); and, for Warner Bros, songs for a Looney Tunes project and songs/scripts for Frosty the Snowman (1969).
In the live action arena, Donald had two projects with Avery Corman (Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)), one based on a story Donald wrote entitled, Andy and Wally, and the other, a Jazz project, Hotter Than That: The Louis Armstrong / Lil Hardon Story.
Afflicted with leukemia, Donald Alan Siegal passed away on January 13, 2004, at the age of 53.- Robert Ansell was born on 18 November 1917 in Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, England, UK. He died on 13 January 2004 in Coln Saint Aldwyns, Gloucestershire, England, UK.
- Dinko Dinev was born on 12 March 1924 in Pleven, Bulgaria. He was an actor, known for Pesen za choveka (1954), Tova se sluchi na ulitzata (1956) and Na tihiya bryag (1963). He died on 13 January 2004 in Sofia, Bulgaria.
- Miluse Dreiseitlová was born on 27 March 1942 in Prerov, Protektorát Cechy a Morava [now Czech Republic]. She was an actress, known for Dvanáct (1964), Life Without a Guitar (1963) and Bakalári (1972). She died on 13 January 2004 in Prague, Czech Republic.
- Tom Hurndall was born on 27 November 1981 in London, England, UK. He died on 13 January 2004 in London, England, UK.
- Mike Goliat was born on 5 November 1921 in Yatesboro, Pennsylvania, USA. He died on 13 January 2004 in Seven Hills, Ohio, USA.
- Joey Nagy was born on 1 April 1969. He was an actor, known for Dennis the Menace in Mayday for Mother (1981) and Breaking Up Is Hard to Do (1979). He died on 13 January 2004 in Henderson, Nevada, USA.