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Raif Özkan Ugur (born October 17, 1953 in Istanbul) is a Turkish pop musician, member of the renowned band Mazhar-Fuat-Özkan and an actor.
He was born as the 5th child of his family. He graduated Resat Nuri Güntekin Primary School where he met and started playing mandolin. Afterwards, while he was studying in Fenerbahçe High School, he formed a band called Atomikler and covered popular songs of the time.
He started his career as a musician in the Serif Yüzbasioglu Orchestra as a bass guitarist. In 1971, Özkan joined Mazhar Alanson and Fuat Güner in the duo "Kaygisizlar" ("The Unworrieds") The band was dissolved in 1972. Between 1972 and 1975, Özkan played Anatolian rock music with Baris Manço in his band Kurtalan Ekspres, in "TER" of Erkin Koray, "Dostlar" of Edip Akbayram, "Kardaslar" of Seyhan Karabay and "Dadaslar" of Ersen. In 1976, he left Anatolian rock music genre and joined the quintet "Ipucu" led by the MFÖ trio. Özkan formed in 1978 the band "Grup Karma" with Galip Boransu and Cengiz Teoman. He is now playing in the group MFÖ (the three letters stand for the names of the three members: Mazhar Alanson, Fuat Güner, Özkan Ugur). While playing the bass guitar in MFÖ, he performs incredibly difficult vocals with his tenor timbre. He released "Aynada" ("In The Mirror" in Turkish) single from DMC in 2016.
He was also a judge in O Ses Türkiye (2011) (Turkish version of The Voice).
In first of his professional years, he tried to make a bass guitar. The bass guitar he is using is a Fender Jazz Bass which was given by Baris Manço. Also he had a fretless guitar which he makes the maintenance and repair himself every month. One of his interview he talk about value of his bass guitar : " I spent my life with it. I will never sell it even they give me billions of dollars."- Writer
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Srdjan Koljevic was born on 31 December 1966 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia. He was a writer and director, known for The Woman with a Broken Nose (2010), The Red Colored Grey Truck (2004) and The Trap (2007). He was married to Melina Pota Koljevic. He died on 8 July 2023 in Belgrade, Serbia.- Camera and Electrical Department
Herb Ault was born on 1 April 1952 in Chillicothe, Ohio, USA. He is known for Tenet (2020), Vanilla Sky (2001) and Ad Astra (2019). He died on 8 July 2023 in Ventura, California, USA.- Marcela Ruiz was born in the city of Rosario, Santa Fé, Argentina. In the beginning of her career, she was a very well known model where she works for the Ditella Institute. Then, she became an actress and, since then, has worked with very important actors and actresses such as Andrea Del Boca, Delfy De Ortega, Hector Bidonde, Gino Renni, Alfredo Alcón, Ricardo Darín to name just a few. She is very well remembered for her role in the soap opera "Zíngara",(1997) for her role of Dora Visconti among many other important roles during her extensive career.
Marcela ruiz is also a set designer and a lighting technician. - Gloria Mange was born on 18 June 1931 in Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, Mexico. She was an actress, known for Del can-can al mambo (1951), ¿Qué te ha dado esa mujer? (1951) and La vida en broma (1950). She was married to Pablo Funtanet Martí. She died on 8 July 2023 in Mexico, Distrito Federal, Mexico.
- The Rev. Dr. A. Stephen Pieters is a long-term survivor of AIDS. Diagnosed with AIDS-related complex (ARC) in 1982, and AIDS/Kaposi's Sarcoma and stage four Lymphoma in 1984. His remarkable story of recovery serves as an inspiring example of healing and hope. He has been interviewed by the Los Angeles Sunday Times, Time magazine, Omni magazine, Life magazine, and numerous television talk and news shows including CNN, Headline News, Tammy's House Party with Tammy Faye Bakker, CBS This Morning, the Tom Snyder Show, America Talks Back, and Real Life with Jane Pauley. He is featured in "The Eyes of Tammy Faye" (2000).
In September, 1985, he was a featured speaker at the first entertainment industry dinner AIDS benefit, given by Elizabeth Taylor and honoring former First Lady Betty Ford. In November, 1987 he presented the Buddy of the Year Award to Whoopi Goldberg at APLA's third annual entertainment industry benefit. In the summer of 1990, he appeared as himself in the hit play, "AIDS US/II." His story also appears in the books, Surviving AIDS by Michael Callen, Voices That Care by Neal Hitchens, and Don't Be Afraid Anymore by Rev. Troy D. Perry.
Rev. Pieters was born and raised in Andover, Massachusetts, where his father chaired the Mathematics Department at Phillips Academy. Steve attended Phillips Andover in preparation for his theater studies at Northwestern University, where he received his Bachelor of Science in Speech in 1974.
In 1976, he joined Good Shepherd Parish Metropolitan Community Church in Chicago, where he decided to pursue a calling to the professional ministry. He received his Master of Divinity Degree from McCormick Theological Seminary in 1979, at which time he accepted a call as Pastor of the Metropolitan Community Church of Hartford, Connecticut.
In Hartford, he served on the Board of Directors of the Hill Center, Inc., and Center City Churches, and on the Executive Committee of the Sexual Minorities Task Force of the Capitol Region Conference of Churches. The Gay Switchboard for the region was kept in his home, and he was interviewed in the print media, as well as on many TV and radio shows as one of the few local gay activists.
In April, 1982, Steve began experiencing the first symptoms of what we now know as HIV infection, but then was called GRID: Gay Related Immunodeficiency. Steve resigned his position in Hartford, and moved to Los Angeles, where he experienced a series of illnesses, including hepatitis, cytomegalovirus, mononucleosis, and pneumonia. That led to his diagnosed with ARC: AIDS-related complex. In April, 1984, he was diagnosed with AIDS/Kaposi's Sarcoma and stage four lymphoma, and he was told by one health professional that he would not live to see 1985.
There were no treatments available, and his doctor, Alexandra M. Levine, M.D., told him, "You in the church have more to offer at this point than we do in medicine." She also challenged him to "do everything you can to create the conditions for medication to work when we find something," adding, "If 0.001% end up surviving AIDS, than why not believe that you will be among that 0.001%, and act accordingly?"
Not only did he live to see 1985, but during that year he became "patient number 1" on the first anti-viral drug trial to treat HIV. He took suramin for a total of 39 weeks. Within six weeks of treatment with suramin, both cancers went into complete remission. Due to toxic side effects, the drug was discontinued for use against AIDS. However, Rev. Pieters continues to enjoy a complete remission of his cancers, according to his physician, Alexandra M. Levine, M.D., Chief Medical Officer of City Of Hope.
Since his diagnosis, Rev. Pieters has served on the Boards of Directors of AIDS Project Los Angeles, the AIDS Interfaith Council of Southern California, the AIDS National Interfaith Network (USA), and the first Los Angeles City/County AIDS Task Force, and was Field Director for the AIDS Ministry of the Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches from 1987 to 1997. He has written a series of articles for Journey magazine about his experiences with AIDS, which have been collected with other writings of Rev. Pieters' in the book, I'm Still Dancing.
Rev. Pieters was one of twelve guests at the first AIDS Prayer Breakfast at the White House with U.S. President Bill Clinton, Vice President Al Gore, and National AIDS Policy Coordinator Kristine Gebbie on November 30, 1993. The President talked about Rev. Pieters in his World AIDS Day speech on December 1, 1993.
Rev. Pieters has received awards for his ministry in the AIDS crisis from the Board of Elders of the Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches; Evangelicals Together, Inc.; the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles; The Lazarus Project of the West Hollywood Presbyterian Church; and the West Hollywood City Council. In 1989 he received an Honorary Doctor of Ministry Degree from Samaritan College, the seminary of the Metropolitan Community Churches. In 1990, he received the prestigious Sheldon Andelson Award from the Stonewall Democratic Club, and the Sandra L. Robinson Award from Community Unity in Dayton, Ohio.
Rev. Pieters received an M.A. in Clinical Psychology from Antioch University in 2003, and subsequently worked as a psychotherapist for the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center; Alternatives, Inc.; Teen Line; and the Westminster Counseling Center.
Reverend Pieters has been a singing member of the Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles since 1994. From 1994-99, he served on their Board of Directors, and as Chair of the Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles Board from 1997-99. With the Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles, he has performed in some of the great concert halls of the world, including Carnegie Hall in New York (in 1994 and 2019), Tchaikovsky Hall in Moscow, and the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles.
Reverend Pieters has served as Staff Clergy at Founders Metropolitan Community Church of Los Angeles. He has traveled the world, teaching, preaching, and sharing his belief in God's healing and sustaining power while living with HIV/AIDS. Everywhere he spoke, he carried a fairy wand to teach about the importance of believing in fairies when so many good fairies were dying, of believing in each other and in ourselves, enough to do the work of healing, whether that be healing into life, or healing into death.
In October, 2019, examples of his work in AIDS Ministry and of his life as a person with HIV/AIDS were placed in the Smithsonian National Museum of American History. Included in that collection is his fairy wand. - Producer
- Editor
- Director
Pierre Minhondo was born on 26 July 1981 in Novato, California, USA. Pierre was a producer and editor, known for Neoproto (2003), Away Days (2016) and Art and Life: The Story of Jim Phillips (2024). Pierre was married to Jasmine Wallsmith. Pierre died on 8 July 2023 in Oakland, California, USA.- Helen Steudler was born on 31 July 1967 in Switzerland. Helen was a director, known for Sportpanorama (1977), Der Club (1985) and Potzmusig (2012). Helen died on 8 July 2023 in Zürich, Switzerland.
- Renault Robinson was born on 8 September 1942 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He died on 8 July 2023 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
- James V. Caputo was born on 24 April 1955 in Providence, Rhode Island. James V. was married to Gail Caputo. James V. died on 8 July 2023 in Providence, Rhode Island, USA.
- Art Department
Warren Cicotte was born on 11 March 1958 in Dearborn Heights, Michigan, USA. He is known for Julian Po (1997). He was married to Jan. He died on 8 July 2023 in Salem, New York, USA.- K. Ravindranathan Nair was born on 3 July 1932 in Kollam, Travancore, British Raj. K. Ravindranathan was a producer, known for Thampu (1978), Esthappan (1980) and Anantaram (1987). K. Ravindranathan was married to Usha Ravi. K. Ravindranathan died on 8 July 2023 in Kollam, India.
- Jeanette Erdmann died on 8 July 2023 in Germany.
- José Mattoso was born on 22 January 1933 in Leira, Portugal. He died on 8 July 2023 in Portugal.
- Yuriy Brylynskyi was born on 25 March 1942 in Borynia, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union. He died on 8 July 2023 in Lviv, Ukraine.
- Gary Allen was born on 23 April 1960 in Baldwin Park, California, USA. He was married to Hilda. He died on 8 July 2023 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Additional Crew
- Writer
Adrian Tan was born on 31 March 1966 in Singapore. Adrian was a writer, known for The Teenage Textbook Movie (1998), The Pupil (2010) and Teenage Textbook (2021). Adrian was married to Angelina. Adrian died on 8 July 2023 in Singapore.- Luciano Rossi was born on 5 September 1945 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He was a composer, known for Sertoli, Sertoli, Sertoli (2009), Sofia Arvaniti: An mia mera se haso/If I Ever Loose You (2020) and Musica Estate Pesaro 82 (1982). He died on 8 July 2023 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.