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Richard Easton was born on 22 March 1933 in Montréal, Québec, Canada. He was an actor, known for Revolutionary Road (2008), Dead Again (1991) and Henry V (1989). He died on 2 December 2019 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.- Writer
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American science fiction author and story editor who worked primarily for television. An aspiring novelist from the age of eleven, Fontana began as a writer of horror and adventure stories. After graduating with an associate arts degree from Fairleigh Dickinson University in New Jersey she got her first job as a junior secretary to Screen Gems president Ralph Cohn. From New York, she relocated to California to work in a typing pool at Revue Studios and then become a script reader and editor for producer Samuel A. Peeples who specialised in writing and creating TV westerns. As 'Dorothy C. Fontana' she contributed several scripts to The Tall Man (1960) and (under the pseudonym 'Michael Edwards') to The Wild Wild West (1965). By 1965, she worked as a production secretary for Gene Roddenberry who was producing a military-themed drama series at the time, entitled The Lieutenant (1963) (future Star Trek guest star Gary Lockwood had the lead role). The series was however cancelled after a single season because of public apathy (or, indeed, antipathy) resulting from the war in Vietnam. Roddenberry later introduced Fontana to science fiction when he went on to create Star Trek (1966). As "D.C. Fontana" (avoiding prevalent gender-based bias from studio executives) she eventually graduated to full script writer and became one of a select group of pioneering female authors associated with the science fiction genre. Fontana was at once engaged as script consultant/story editor and as writer or co-writer of several key episodes, including The Enterprise Incident, Tomorrow is Yesterday, Catspaw, The Ultimate Computer and Journey to Babel (which introduced Spock's parents). Remaining with the franchise, she later co-wrote the two-part pilot episode Encounter at Farpoint for Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) and served as associate producer during much of the first season. Her other forays into sci-fi as writer included Logan's Run (1977) and Babylon 5 (1993). Perhaps ironically, a later interview revealed that she considered herself proudest of her contributions to The Streets of San Francisco (1972). Of her work, she said that she was primarily concerned with writing about people: "The best shows are always about people" and "Creating characters from scratch, I usually go to their strengths first and then their weaknesses. Every hero should have vulnerabilities and flaws. Perfect people may exist - somewhere - but I never met any. Every character has to have a need for something, and every character has to have some kind of conflict in his/her life".
In addition to her TV work, Fontana also wrote the Star Trek novelisation Vulcan's Glory (1989) and The Questor Tapes (1978), a novel based on a screenplay by Roddenberry and Gene L. Coon. She latterly held a position as a lecturer in the screenwriting department of the American Film Institute Conservatory. A member of the Writers Guild of America, she was twice inducted into the American Screenwriters Association Hall of Fame (in 1997 and in 2002).- Rod Strohl was born on 24 June 1922 in Fogelsville, Pennsylvania, USA. He died on 2 December 2019 in Orefield, Pennsylvania, USA.
- Vitalijus Cololo was born on 3 August 1974 in Druskininkai, Lithuanian SSR, USSR [now Druskininkai, Lithuania]. He was an actor, known for Redirected (2014), Uosviu nepasirinksi (2019) and Women lie better (2008). He died on 2 December 2019 in Spain.
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Greedy Smith was born on 16 January 1956 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He was an actor and composer, known for Crocodile Dundee (1986), The Strangers: Prey at Night (2018) and Blinded by the Light (2019). He died on 2 December 2019 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.- Robert K. Massie was born on 5 January 1929 in Lexington, Kentucky, USA. He was a writer, known for Nicholas and Alexandra (1971), Peter the Great (1986) and The Mike Douglas Show (1961). He was married to Deborah L. Karl and Suzanne Massie. He died on 2 December 2019 in Irvington, New York, USA.
- Francette Vernillat was born on 16 April 1937 in Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, France. She was an actress, known for The Adultress (1953), Maria du bout du monde (1951) and Le destin exécrable de Guillemette Babin (1948). She died on 2 December 2019 in Fontenay-lès-Briis, Essonne, France.
- Jimmy Cavallo was born in Syracuse, New York in 1927 and during high school played alto sax in a swing band, and then formed his own band, playing tenor sax and singing. During his time in the Navy during World War II, he often hung around clubs with his saxophone, and jammed with a lot of the performers. Jimmy returned home to Syracuse and also played on the Carolina beaches with his band the Jimmy Cavallo Quartet during 1948 and 1949, and played at clubs in Syracuse like DiCastros and Sorrentos (owned by his uncle) from 1950-53. In 1951, Jimmy and his group made a recording for the local BSD label called "Rock the Joint" with "Leave Married Women Alone." This may be the dawn of rock 'n' roll music, and these two recordings, with brass and saxophone solos complete with Howlin' Wolfman Jack-imitating yells by the band, are certainly rhythm and blues classics, now available in England and even Russia. Jimmy also recorded his signature song, "Fanny Brown." In 1954, after his group broke up in Detroit, Jimmy was appointed by his "so-called manager" as leader of saxophonist Joe Marillo's already-active band, and they were named "Jimmy Cavallo and the Houserockers." In 1956, they were heavily promoted by Alan Freed after an audition at the radio station where Freed had a show, WINS, in New York, appearing at Freed's legendary rock 'n' roll shows at the Brooklyn Paramount and Fox Theatres, as Freed signed the group to the Coral label for which they began recording a long string of singles, and also Jimmy and the Houserockers appeared in Freed's 1956 film "Rock, Rock, Rock," performing their Coral records "Rock, Rock, Rock" (the title song) and "The Big Beat." The white group also appeared with all-black artists at the Apollo Theatre in New York to promote the movie's release, making them the first white rock 'n' roll act to play the Apollo, even before Buddy Holly. In 1957, the group played in Wildwood, New Jersey and then played in Las Vegas and during 1959-63 recorded for lables such as Darcy, Sunnyside, and Romar, songs such as "Fanny Brown" and "Early In the Morning," and soon disbanded. Jimmy now lives in Florida but comes back to Syracuse every year to play a gig or two, and has finally played his first gig in England. In 2001 and 2002 he put out two CDs, a live album and "The Houserocker!" on which he is backed by Ron Spencer and Jumpstart.
- Goran Ebel was born on 20 April 1941 in Köslin, Western Pomerania, Germany. He was an actor, known for Trauer muß Elektra tragen (1970), Anker auf und Leinen los! (1968) and Polizeistation (1973). He died on 2 December 2019 in Lugano, Ticino, Switzerland.
- Nicolas Bokov was born on 7 July 1945 in Moscow, Russia. He died on 2 December 2019 in Paris, France.
- Francesco Janich was born on 27 March 1937 in Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy. He died on 2 December 2019 in Nemi, Lazio, Italy.
- George Atkinson III was born on 29 November 1992 in El Cerrito, California, USA. He died on 2 December 2019 in the USA.
- Joe Smith was born on 26 January 1928 in Chelsea, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for One-Trick Pony (1980), FM (1978) and Long Strange Trip (2017). He was married to Donnie. He died on 2 December 2019 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Manfred Schneckenburger was born on 1 December 1938 in Stuttgart, Germany. He is known for Documenta 8 Live: Performance, Aktion, Ritual (1987) and Marcus Jansen: Examine & Report (2017). He died on 2 December 2019 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
- Kenneth Allen Taylor was born on 4 November 1954 in Sandusky, Ohio, USA. He died on 2 December 2019 in Stanford, California, USA.
- Johann Baptist Metz was born on 5 August 1928 in Welluck, Bavaria, Germany. He died on 2 December 2019 in Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.