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Leigh Douglass Brackett was born in 1915 in Los Angeles. She was the author of numerous short stories and books regarding science fiction and has been referred to as the Queen of Space Opera. Hollywood director Howard Hawks was so impressed by one of her novels that he had his secretary call in "this guy Brackett" to help William Faulkner write the script for The Big Sleep (1946). As a screenwriter, she is best known for her work in The Big Sleep, Rio Bravo (1959), and Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980). She died of cancer in 1978 in Lancaster, California.- Music Department
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Malvina Reynolds was born on 23 August 1900 in San Francisco, California, USA. She was an actress and composer, known for Weeds (2005), The Boxtrolls (2014) and Dogfight (1991). She was married to William 'Bud' Reynolds. She died on 17 March 1978 in Berkeley, California, USA.- Soundtrack
Champion surfer and lifeguard Edward Ryon Makuahanai Aikau was born on May 4, 1946 in Maui, Hawaii. The son of Solomon and Henrietta Aikau, Eddie was the third in a family of six children. Aikau grew up in Lahaina and attended St. Anthony School in Kailua. Eddie began surfing at age eleven and moved with his family to the Hawaiian island of O'ahu in 1959. Aikau dropped out of high school at age sixteen and bought his first surfboard with the money he made working at a Dole pineapple cannery. One of the first surfers to make a name for himself braving and besting the monster waves at the beach in Waimea Bay, Eddie in 1968 became the first lifeguard to be hired by the City & County of Honolulu to work on the North Shore. Well known for his exceptional courage and selfless nature as well as for the fact that no one ever drowned at sea on his watch, Aikau was named Lifeguard of the Year in 1971. Eddie won first place in the prestigious Duke Kahanamoku Invitational Surfing Championship contest in 1977. In 1978 Eddie volunteered as a crew member for a canoe voyage from Hawaii to Tahiti. After the canoe developed a leak in one of its hulls and subsequently capsized, Aikau decided to paddle back to shore on his surfboard in order to get help. Although all the other crew members were eventually rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard, Eddie's body was alas never found despite the efforts of an extensive manhunt. In honor of Aikau's memory the surf wear company Quicksilver has held the regular surfing tournament the Quicksilver Big Wave Invitational in Memory of Eddie Aikau in Aikau's beloved Waimea Bay.- Sally Phipps was born on 25 May 1911 in Oakland, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Why Sailors Go Wrong (1928), Bertha, the Sewing Machine Girl (1926) and Joy Street (1929). She was married to Alfred Marion Harned and Benedict Gimbel Jr. She died on 17 March 1978 in Brooklyn, New York, USA.
- Garth Adams was born on 14 January 1921 in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950), Softly Softly (1966) and Supersonic Saucer (1956). He was married to Elizabeth Bradley. He died on 17 March 1978 in Camden, London, England, UK.
- Akitake Kôno was born on 8 October 1911 in Japan. He was an actor, known for Sansho the Bailiff (1954), Sanshiro Sugata (1943) and The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail (1945). He died on 17 March 1978 in Japan.
- Poul Smyrner was born on 17 December 1899 in Denmark. He was an actor, known for Den glade enke (1959), Boy of Two Worlds (1959) and Winslow-affæren (1960). He died on 17 March 1978 in Denmark.
- Horst Biernath was born on 8 July 1905 in Lyck, East Prussia, Germany. He was a writer, known for Glückspilze (1935), Die Leute mit dem Sonnenstich (1936) and Schüsse in Kabine 7 (1938). He died on 17 March 1978 in Trostberg, Bavaria, Germany.