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- Actress
Deddie Davies was born on 2 March 1938 in Bridgend, Wales, UK. She was an actress, known for Pride (2014), Vanity Fair (1967) and The Railway Children (1970). She was married to Paddy Ward. She died on 21 December 2016 in the UK.- Valerie Fairman was born on 5 October 1993 in Oxford, Pennsylvania, USA. She died on 21 December 2016 in Coatesville, Pennsylvania, USA.
- Production Designer
- Art Department
- Director
Rob Gray was born on 24 November 1962 in Brantford, Ontario, Canada. He was a production designer and director, known for Fido (2006), Shattered (2007) and Cardinal (2017). He died on 21 December 2016 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.- Ian Coster was born on 2 July 1990 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Chemical Cut (2016). He died on 21 December 2016 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Actor
- Producer
Ronald Eaton Giles was born in Hackensack, New Jersey, on November 13, 1947. The Son of blue collar parents Henry and Dolores (Arguello) Giles, he was the third of five children with an ethnic heritage of English-Irish, Native American, Mexican and Eastern European. Ronnie was raised in Lodi, NJ, from where he graduated High School in 1965.
He joined the US Army in October of 1965 and served in Vietnam (April 1966 to April 1967) as an Infantryman, Armored Personnel Carrier Driver, Ammo/Radio Man & Tunnel Rat with "A" Troop, 3/4 Cavalry, 25th Infantry Division, Cu Chi RVN. Upon discharge from the Army in 1968, Ronnie decided to pursue his life-long dream of becoming an actor.
He studied with William Hickey, Alice Spivak and Kathryn Sergava at the famed Herbert Berghof Studio in New York City, from 1968 to 1969. After working at a series of jobs, raising a family and pursuing his Acting career all at the same time over a 20-year period, he temporarily "retired" from Acting in 1988.
During that same year, Ronnie rejoined the military full-time, alternately serving with the New Jersey and Idaho Army National Guard. In 1996, he transferred to the full-time Army Reserve based out of Staten Island, New York. For the next ten years, he worked in a wide variety of assignments, including Human Resources Administration, Defense Finance and Accounting Service, Transportation, Waste, Fraud and Abuse and Equal Opportunity.
Post 9-11, he simultaneously worked in assignments with local, state and federal Intelligence and Counter-Intelligence Agencies. During his last six years of service, Ronnie was attached to the Defense Intelligence Agency in Washington, DC, and attained the Rank of Sergeant First Class/E-7. After an Army career that spanned over four decades, he retired from the military, having reached his mandatory retirement age of 60 on November 13, 2007.
He has two grown children and a Grandson, and is now back to pursuing his acting and singing careers full-time. In his spare time, Ronnie works as a volunteer Tour Guide at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Holmdell, NJ, and is in a wonderful relationship with his childhood sweetheart, Caroline. To keep himself "grounded-in-reality," he still hangs-out with many of the same friends he's had since his childhood.
He is a life-member of the 25th Inf. Div. Association, 3/4 Cavalry Association, VFW, Disabled American Veterans, the Vietnam Veterans of America (Little Ferry, NJ, Chapter 800), SAG-AFTRA and Actors Equity Association. His hero is his Father Henry Eaton Giles, whose name appears on the wall of The Museum of the American Indian in Washington, DC.- Director
- Writer
- Actor
Pepe Sánchez was born on 26 October 1934 in Bogotá, Colombia. He was a director and writer, known for Decisiones (2005), Merlina mujer divina (2006) and Los colores de la fama (1989). He was married to Jennifer Steffens. He died on 21 December 2016 in Bogota, Colombia.- Mary Klick Robinson, 92, of Leesburg, VA, was called Home, on Tuesday, October 5, 2021. Born Tuesday, February 19, 1929 in Hagerstown, MD, when the 6 am train passed through. She was the daughter of the late Russell Klick and the late Katie (Sakich) Klick. Mary was a professional singer and entertainer. She began her music career as one of the Saddle Sweethearts, with Bud Messner, Dorothy Klick, Rose Lee Maphis and Betty Gower. In 1948, she was crowned Miss Hagerstown. While entertaining troops in Korea, with Grandpa and Ramona Jones, she received a Civilian Medal of Valor, for performing in a combat zone. Mary met her future husband Zeb in the early 1950's, when they both performed on the Old Dominion Barn Dance Radio Show, in Richmond, VA. Mary became one of Jimmy Dean and the Texas Wildcats; they performed on a live T.V. show in 1954, called Town and Country Time. Mary and Zeb moved to Falls Church, Va., in 1957 with their daughter Robin. Mary went on to become a recording artist with Columbia Records, and also loved writing music. Mary and Zeb welcomed their son, Ron in 1968. Mary was an avid bowler and golfer; she loved gardening, antiques, and painting. Mary and her daughter Robin, sang together in church, and in the 1990's as part as the Sweet Adelines. She is survived by her daughter, Robin Ann Robinson (Billy) of Sterling, VA; son, Ronald Wayne Robinson (Mandy) of Culpeper, Va; four granddaughters, Taylor Robinson, Kaleigh Robinson, Kelsey Robinson, and Camryn Robinson; three grandsons, Luke Robinson, Grant Robinson, and Elijah Robinson; she is also survived by her brother Stan Klick of Hagerstown, MD and her sister Dorothy Liston of San Francisco. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Jennings "Zeb" Asbury Robinson; and siblings, Julia, Annie, George, Michael, Paul, Donald, John and William. Family will receive friends, Tuesday, October 12, 2021, 11:30 am - 1:30 pm at the Douglas A. Fiery Funeral Home, 1331 Eastern Blvd N., Hagerstown, MD 21742. Private interment will be at Rose Hill Cemetery,
- Malcolm McMillin was born on 15 October 1944 in Natchez, Mississippi, USA. He was an actor, known for The Beast Within (1982), Beulah Land (1980) and Let Justice Roll On: The Life and Legacy of John M. Perkins (2011). He was married to Delores Lott. He died on 21 December 2016 in Clinton, Mississippi, USA.
- Vyacheslav Shalevich was born on 27 May 1934 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He was an actor, known for Seventeen Moments of Spring (1973), Master i Margarita (2006) and Barer neizvestnosti (1962). He was married to Tatiana Vinogradova, Valentina Titova, Galina and ???. He died on 21 December 2016 in Moscow, Russia.
- Fred Turbide died on 21 December 2016 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
- P.J. Lambrecht was born on 18 April 1946 in Lancaster, New York, USA. She was a writer, known for The Return of the Magi. She was married to Ted Platz. She died on 21 December 2016 in Stillwater, Minnesota, USA.
- Sam Leach was born in December 1935 in Liverpool, England, UK. He was married to Joan McEvoy. He died on 21 December 2016 in Liverpool, England, UK.
- Sidney Drell was born on 13 September 1926 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA. He was married to Harriet. He died on 21 December 2016 in Palo Alto, California, USA.
- Luciano Pitocco was born on 31 July 1952 in Jumet, Wallonia, Belgium. He was an actor, known for Familie (1991). He died on 21 December 2016 in Bonheiden, Flanders, Belgium.
- Producer
Marc Nicolas was born on 16 June 1957 in Sidi Bel Abbès, Oran, France. Marc was a producer, known for La changa (2001), La traversée (2006) and Retouches (2006). Marc died on 21 December 2016 in Paris, France.- Betty Loo Taylor was married to Kenneth Taylor. She died on 21 December 2016 in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
- Joanne Corneau was born in 1952 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada. She was an actress, known for Gerry Boulet: Toujours Vivant (1988), Corno (2013) and Tout le monde en parle (2004). She died on 21 December 2016 in Mexico.
- Charles Aidikoff was born on 22 February 1915 in Manhattan, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Hughes and Harlow: Angels in Hell (1977), Goodbye, Norma Jean (1976) and On the Road to Hollywood True Stories (2017). He was married to Evelyn. He died on 21 December 2016 in Studio City, Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Music Department
- Actress
- Composer
Anna Izykowska-Mironowicz was born on 27 June 1938 in Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland. She was an actress and composer, known for Szarada (1977), 5 i 1/2 Bladego Józka (1970) and Zycie na goraco (1979). She died on 21 December 2016 in Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland.- Scilla Ricci was an actress, known for The Medicine Seller (2013), Ulna e Ragno (1999) and Bac blu (1998). She died on 21 December 2016 in Ancona, Marche, Italy.