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- Michael Alig was born in South Bend, Indiana. He was a founding member of the notorious Club Kids, a group of young club goers led by Alig and James St. James in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
Alig learned from mentors, including St. James, while rising in popularity and prominence in the national underground club scene. Alig was also influential in the early promotion of DJ Keoki, Jenny Talia, Freez, Richie Rich, and many other Club Kid personalities. The Club Kids' outrageous behavior resulted in their appearing on the news and the television talk show circuit.
Alig's most notorious parties were held at The Limelight, owned by Peter Gatien. The Limelight was closed by the police, but subsequently reopened several times during the 1990s. In September 2003, it reopened under the name "Avalon".
The events of Alig's years as a club promoter up to his arrest were examined in the 1998 documentary, Party Monster (1998), and recreated in a 2003 film of the same name (see Party Monster (2003)), starring Macaulay Culkin as Alig and Seth Green as St. James. The events are also covered in St. James's memoir, 'Disco Bloodbath'.
Alig was eligible for parole in November 2006, but was denied. He was again denied parole in July 2008 and had his conditional release date in March 2010. His release was held up after Alig received another ticket for prescription drug use. Alig was eventually released on parole in May 2014. - Danny Hodge was born on 13 May 1932 in Perry, Oklahoma, USA. He was an actor, known for WCW Monday Nitro (1995), The Wrestler (1974) and WWE Raw (1993). He was married to Susan Mathis. He died on 24 December 2020 in Perry, Oklahoma, USA.
- Burt Pugach was born on 20 April 1927 in Bronx, New York City, New York, USA. He was a producer, known for Death Over My Shoulder (1958), Crazy Love (2007) and The View (1997). He was married to Linda Pugach and Francine Rifkin. He died on 24 December 2020 in Queens, New York City, New York, USA.
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- Composer
- Music Department
Ivry Gitlis was born on 22 August 1922 in Haifa, Palestine [now Israel]. He was an actor and composer, known for La 7ème cible (1984), Une larme dans l'océan (1973) and Madame Rosa (1977). He was married to Sandra Hochman, France Lambiotte and Sabine Glaser. He died on 24 December 2020 in Paris, France.- Composer
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- Soundtrack
Geoff's career began during his amateur theatrical days when he wrote songs and sketches for musical revues presented by his own company, The Four Arts Society (1959). He worked as a schoolteacher, air traffic controller and silk screen printer (1960-1963), before eventually becoming one of Britain's most successful songwriters. He has also written for the musical theatre - in 1983, Dear Anyone - (Jane Lapotaire, Stubby Kaye, book by Jack Rosenthal, lyrics Don Black) - Birmingham Rep and Cambridge Theatre London. The following year (1984), also at The Cambridge Theatre - The Magic Castle, music by Les Reed, lyrics Geoff Stephens. (2005) saw him collaborate with Peter Callander (lyrics), David Cosgrove (book) on the musical Bonnie And Clyde. In (2017) he started work on a completely new version of Dear Anyone entitled Everything's Terrific - Help! with Don Black.
Some of his hit songs include:
Winchester Cathedral, The Crying Game, There's A Kind Of Hush, Smile a Little Smile For Me, Doctor's Orders, Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast,Tell Me When, It's Like We Never Said Goodbye, Like Sister And Brother, A Cold, Cold Christmas, Silver Lady, You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me, Sorry Suzanne, Knock, Knock Who's There?, Daughter Of Darkness, The Lights Of Cincinatti, My Sentimental Friend, Semi-Detached Suburban Mr James, I'll Put You Together Again, and Goodbye Sam, Hello Samantha. Elvis Presley also recorded and released three of Geoff's songs: This Is Our Dance, The Heart of Rome and Sylvia.
Geoff is a Grammy Award winner (1966) for Winchester Cathedral and 4-time Ivor Novello Award winner, including the Jimmy Kennedy Award for lifetime achievement and the Basca Gold Badge Award for services to the music industry.- Patrice Bousson was born on 24 September 1933 in the USA. She was an actress, known for The Concrete Jungle (1982), I Hate Kids (2019) and Trashy Ladies Wrestling (1987). She died on 24 December 2020 in California, USA.
- Director
- Writer
S. Bharath was a director and writer, known for Kanti (2004). S. died on 24 December 2020 in Bangalore, Karnataka, India.- Composer
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Mojmir Sepe was born on 11 June 1930 in Jazbina, Crna na Koroskem, Kingdom of Yugoslavia [now Slovenia]. He was a composer and actor, known for Skrivnost (1959), Vrtickarji (2000) and Bojan the Bear (1985). He was married to Majda Sepe. He died on 24 December 2020 in Ljubljana, Slovenia.- Art Department
Dennis Stroud is known for Saw II (2005). Dennis died on 24 December 2020 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.- Writer
- Actor
- Director
Jacques Champreux was born on 31 March 1930 in Paris, France. He was a writer and actor, known for Bako, l'autre rive (1978), Shadowman (1974) and The Man Without a Face (1975). He died on 24 December 2020 in Paris, France.- Siv Widerberg was born on 12 June 1931 in Stockholm, Sweden. She was a writer, known for Ungdomsredaktionen (1973), Line (1975) and Fredax (1972). She was married to Bertil Widerberg. She died on 24 December 2020 in Stockholm, Sweden.
- Costume Designer
Bozana Jovanovic was born on 23 May 1932 in Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia. She was a costume designer, known for Love and Fashion (1960), The One Eyed Soldiers (1967) and Lito vilovito (1964). She died on 24 December 2020 in Belgrade, Serbia.- Jim Ruwaldt was born on 11 January 1971 in West Lafayette, Indiana, USA. He was an actor, known for Hell on Heels (2015) and The Tenure Games (2017). He died on 24 December 2020 in Herndon, Virginia, USA.
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- Sound Department
- Soundtrack
Slawomir Wesolowski was born in 1961. Slawomir is known for Gotowi na wszystko. Exterminator (2018), Man of Iron (1981) and Mister Blot's Academy (1984). Slawomir died on 24 December 2020.- Guy N. Smith was married to Jean. He died on 24 December 2020 in the UK.