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Omar Sharif, the Egyptian actor best known for playing Sherif Ali in Lawrence of Arabia (1962) and the title role in Doctor Zhivago (1965), was born Michel Demitri Shalhoub on April 10, 1932 in Alexandria, Egypt to Joseph Shalhoub, a lumber merchant, and his wife, Claire (Saada). Of Lebanese and Syrian extraction, the young Michel was raised Catholic. He was educated at Victoria College in Alexandria and took a degree in mathematics and physics from Cairo University with a major. Afterward graduating from university, he entered the family lumber business.
Before making his English-language film debut with "Lawrence of Arabia", for which he earned a Best Supporting Actor Academy Award nomination and international fame, Sharif became a star in Egyptian cinema. His first movie was the Egyptian film The Blazing Sun (1954) ("The Blazing Sun") in 1953, opposite the renowned Egyptian actress Faten Hamamah whom he married in 1955. He converted to Islam to marry Hamama and took the name Omar al-Sharif. The couple had one child (Tarek Sharif, who was born in 1957 and portrayed the young Zhivago in the eponymous picture) and divorced in 1974. Sharif never remarried.
Beginning in the 1960s, Sharif earned a reputation as one of the world's best known contract bridge players. In the 1970s and 1980s, he co-wrote a syndicated newspaper bridge column for the Chicago Tribune. Sharif also wrote several books on bridge and has licensed his name to a bridge computer game, "Omar Sharif Bridge", which has been marketed since 1992. Sharif told the press in 2006 that he no longer played bridge, explaining, "I decided I didn't want to be a slave to any passion any more except for my work. I had too many passions, bridge, horses, gambling. I want to live a different kind of life, be with my family more because I didn't give them enough time.".
As an actor, Sharif had made a comeback in 2003 playing the title role of an elderly Muslim shopkeeper in the French film Monsieur Ibrahim (2003). For his performance, he won the Best Actor Award at the Venice Film Festival and the Best Actor César, France's equivalent of the Oscar, from the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma.
Diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 2012, Sharif died of a heart attack on July 10, 2015, in Cairo, Egypt.- Actor
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Like a number of British actors of the same generation (John Hurt and Alan Rickman, to name two), Roger Rees originally trained for the visual arts. He was born on May 5 1944 in Aberystwyth, Wales, and acted in church and Boy Scouts stage productions while growing up in South London, but studied painting and lithography at the Slade School of Art. He had to quit his studies, however, when his father died and he had to help support the family. His first paying jobs in show business were as a scenery painter. He was painting scenery, in fact, when he was asked to sub in for a part and made his acting debut. He put away his brushes for good after this.
He turned to acting on a full-time basis in the mid-1960s and appeared on both the London and Scottish stages. After his fourth audition, the Royal Shakespeare Company finally hired him as a walk-on, sword carrier and bit player in 1968. He then worked his way up through the RSC's ranks, finally achieving stardom in the early 1980s in the 8-1/2 hour stage adaptation of "The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickelby", which had a cast of 40 actors, and for which he won both an Olivier Award and a Tony Award. Rees was also nominated for an Emmy Award for the television version of the play. By this time, he had several TV movies to his name, but he did not make his big-screen debut until Star 80 (1983).
Living in the United States since 1989, Roger made a name for himself in America when he joined the cast of the TV hit comedy Cheers (1982) as the priggish Britisher Robin Colcord and later the glib British ambassador Lord John Marbury on the series The West Wing (1999). More recently, he appeared as a frequent guest in several British and American television series and in a number of independent films.
However, Roger Rees remained primarily a man of the theatre with secondary careers as a playwright and stage director. Married to theatre collaborator Rick Elice since 2011, Roger was subsequently diagnosed with cancer. Performing on Broadway in the musical "The Visit" starring Chita Rivera, he was forced to quit the show in late May of 2015. The 71-year-old actor died on July 10, 2015.- Totty Ames was born on 3 November 1922 in Willow, Oklahoma, USA. She was an actress, known for The Twilight Zone (1959), In Like Flint (1967) and Skullduggery (1970). She died on 10 July 2015 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Sami El-Adl was born on 2 November 1946 in Mansoura, Egypt. He was an actor and producer, known for El-Batal (1998), The Dealer (2010) and Antar Zamanuh (1994). He was married to Magida Nour Eddine, Nadia Shukri and Afaf Rashad. He died on 10 July 2015 in Cairo, Egypt.- Actor
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Carlos Quezada was an actor and writer, known for Record (2010), Heart of Pain (2014) and La Familia Reyna (2015). He died on 10 July 2015 in New York City, New York, USA.- Writer
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Antonio Corencia was born on 28 September 1946 in Villacarrillo, Jaén, Spain. He was a writer and actor, known for Juego de amor prohibido (1975), Dame un beso (2004) and Fedra (1981). He died on 10 July 2015 in Talavera de la Reina, Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain.- Actor
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Outspoken and somewhat controversial, but highly acclaimed, Canadian tenor with a huge voice and a repertoire ranging from German, to English, to Italian and to French opera and song. He is the most highly acclaimed "Peter Grimes" of the last forty years. He is known not only for his beautiful and expressive voice, but for an intense ability to dig deep into whatever role he is singing in opera. His strong convictions have sometimes compelled him to highly controversial stands, such as a refusal, based on his religious and moral beliefs, to sing the title role in Wagner's "Tannhauser". His ability to bring a character to vivid life has been compared to Laurence Olivier's ability in the world of straight drama. Among his most famous roles are Peter Grimes, Tristan in "Tristan und Isolde", Siegmund in "Die Walkure", Otello in Verdi's "Otello", Florestan in "Fidelio", and Canio in "Pagliacci".- Ozo Akubueze was an actor, known for Issakaba (1999), Fair Game (2006) and Charge & Bail (2003). He died on 10 July 2015 in Enugu, Nigeria.
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Audigier grew up in poor and socially disadvantaged circumstances. He finished school without a qualification. He made his first steps in the fashion world as a salesman and later as a jeans designer. After initial economic success, he worked for several major labels such as Diesel, Lee and Levi's from the mid-1970s, after which he settled in Los Angeles, USA. In 1999 he became chief designer for Von Dutch. Within just a few years, the company became a globally operating fashion brand. He set a fashion trend, especially with the so-called Von Dutch baseball caps, actually trucker hats. The caps alone generated sales of $260 million. The biker brand also received a lot of media attention thanks to prominent wearers such as Madonna, Mike Tyson and Bill Clinton. In addition, Christian Audigier concentrated on his own fashion line.
Meanwhile, the American tattoo artist and fashion designer Donald Ed Hardy founded the fashion label Ed Hardy in 2002, which was licensed by the Christian Audigier label in 2004. Inspired by white trash and rock'n'roll fashion, Christian Audigier created unusual and colorful designs with a vintage look. He combined these with tattoo motifs from the workshop of Donald Ed Hardy, who had since retired. The Ed Hardy by Christian Audigier label became one of the most successful fashion brands of the decade. The casual to provocative style brought him buyers in all age groups. In 2008, Ed Hardy by Christian Audigier had annual sales of $300 million. Audigier's other projects included Smet in collaboration with Johnny Hallyday, his daughter Crystal's Crystal Rock label and the Christian Audigier label. In addition, accessories such as sunglasses, bags, bed linen, perfume and energy drinks were also released from the Ed Hardy series.
Christian Audigier died on July 9, 2015 at the age of 57 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles from complications of myelodysplastic syndrome.- Herta Mayen was born on 19 June 1922 in Vienna, Austria. She was an actress, known for Rendezvous im Salzkammergut (1948), Tanz mit dem Kaiser (1941) and Spiel mit der Liebe (1944). She died on 10 July 2015 in Vienna, Austria.
- Özgür Uçkan was born on 9 March 1961 in Kayseri, Turkey. He died on 10 July 2015 in Paris, France.
- Diarmuid Mac an Adhastair was born in 1944 in Ireland. He was an actor, known for Cré na Cille (2007), Ros na Rún (1996) and Corp & Anam (2011). He was married to Máirín. He died on 10 July 2015 in Galway, Ireland.
- Paul L. Jacobson was a writer and producer, known for Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (1964) and Santa Claus Conquers the Martians. He died on 10 July 2015 in Port Washington, New York, USA.
- Hermann Gamon was born on 26 May 1929 in Ludesch, Vorarlberg, Austria. He died on 10 July 2015 in Nenzing, Vorarlberg, Austria.
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Jozef Prochác was born on 11 October 1922. Jozef was a production manager and producer, known for Keby som mal pusku (1971), She Kept Asking for the Moon (1982) and Nocní jazdci (1981). Jozef died on 10 July 2015.- Paul Maxwell was born on 17 September 1925 in Frost Prairie, Ashley County, Arkansas, USA. He died on 10 July 2015.