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- Born Susan Margery Jeaffreson Lloyd in Suffolk, England, on August 7, 1939, lovely model-turned-actress Sue Lloyd was the daughter of a medical doctor. Raised in Birmingham and trained in ballet, she began studying at the Sadler's Wells School at age 11. Since her height (5'8") decreased her chances of a ballet career, the statuesque Sue instead took her dancing prowess to the stage as a chorus girl and showgirl. At one point, she belonged to Lionel Blair's dance company.
After a few modeling assignments (she made the cover of Vogue magazine), the leggy, dark-haired (later blonde) actress earned ornamental bit parts in the raucous 1960's comedy films Go to Blazes (1962) and Nothing But the Best (1964) and broke into television as a sexy foil or tough-looking temptress in such early Brit TV series as "The Sentimental Agent," "Gideon C.I.D.," "The Saint" and "The Avengers." These spy programs propelled her into her own brief British secret agent series providing luscious eye-candy diversion as co-agent "Cordelia Winfield" opposite American star Steve Forrest in the one-seasoner The Baron (1966).
Sue was also involved in espionage tales on film, notably The Ipcress File (1965) starring Michael Caine as a stylish love interest to agent Harry Palmer. Later she proved fetching making fun of the genre in the "007" parody No. 1 of the Secret Service (1977) starring Nicky Henson and the slapstick spy comedy Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978) with Peter Sellers as the ever-inept Inspector Clouseau. On stage, Sue made her West End debut in 1971 with a short-lived stage version of "The Avengers," playing the role of Hannah Wild, the partner of John Steed (played by Simon Oates.
The actress alternated between glamorous film and TV assignments for most her career, finding only a few worthy roles among the tantalizing ones usually given. Appearing in such movies as Attack on the Iron Coast (1968), Corruption (1968), Where's Jack? (1969), Percy (1971), That's Your Funeral (1972), Spanish Fly (1976), The Ups and Downs of a Handyman (1975), and Lady Oscar (1979) and finding recurring roles on the TV comedy series His and Hers (1970) and The Two Ronnies (1971), Sue's career began to decline after a couple of Joan Collins' cult vehicles The Stud (1978) and The Bitch (1979).
Lesser seen in later years, Sue did have a recurring role in the popular 1980's TV series Crossroads (1964) playing the wife of Ronald Allen. Their story line was dropped from the series in 1985. They were both spotted later on film in the comedy caper Eat the Rich (1987). Sue married Mr. Allen in March of 1991, after he was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer. He died a few months later. This made tabloid news as Allen had been long involved with actor Brian Hankins, also of Crossroads (1964) fame.
In later years, Sue focused on painting, which she began in the mid-1970s. She made a nostalgic appearance in the TV movie Bullet to Beijing (1995), which again starred Caine as (retired) private eye Harry Palmer, and wrote her own biography "It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time" in 1998. Last glimpsed in the film Beginner's Luck (2001), Sue herself was diagnosed with cancer and died after a lengthy illness on October 20, 2011, in London, at age 72. - Muammar Abu Meniar el-Gaddafi was born in the North African desert, south of Sirte, Libya, in 1942 (the exact date is unknown; some sources day June 1, while others say sometime in September). The son of a poor Bedouin nomad, Gaddafi lived in his family's remote desert camp until he went away to school at age 9.
While a student at a secondary school at Sebha, Gaddafi was inspired by the speeches of Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser and became a committed Arab nationalist. Gaddafi organized his fellow students into revolutionary study groups at Sebha; he continued the practice at the University of Libya in Tripoli, where he received a history degree in 1963. Following his graduation, Gaddafi entered the Libyan Military Academy in Benghazi, where he found many of the cadets were sympathetic to his anti-Western nationalism.
Commissioned into the Libyan army in 1965, he began laying groundwork for an overthrow of the Libyan monarch, King Idris, whom he considered a pawn of the Western European nations. Within four years Gaddafi took control of the army and on September 1, 1969, he seized power in a carefully planned coup. Assuming command of the government as chairman of the ruling Revolutionary Council, Gaddafi declared himself commander-in-chief of Libya's armed forces and its government, with the rank of colonel. Gaddafi soon began implementing his long-dreamed plans for Libya by nationalizing all foreign banks and oil companies and insisting on closing down all European military bases in Libya. In 1970 Gaddafi seized the private assets of Libya's Italian and Jewish residents, driving them from the country.
Since assuming power, Gaddafi has given strong support to a wide variety of terrorist groups and regimes, including Iran, Iraq, Syria, Uganda, the Palestine Liberation Organization and its sub-groups, and the Irish Republican Army. Heavily supported by the Soviet Union, he fought an unsuccessful war against Egypt and a disastrous war against Chad and its ally France for control of the northern regions of the country. In an attempt to drive French forces out of the country Gaddafi sent an invasion force into Chad, only to see it annihilated by the poorly armed, minimally trained but highly motivated Chadian army. The survivors fled back to Libya, leaving behind large numbers of vehicles, equipment and weapons.
Gaddafi has provoked several incidents with the US, one of which led to an American retaliatory bombing raid on his headquarters in Tripoli on April 15, 1986. Gaddafi escaped with only minor injuries but his infant daughter was killed. In 1988 Libyan intelligence agents exploded a bomb on Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing over 200 people.
After the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the US, Gaddafi worked to improve his relationship with the West. In exchange for his help in tracking down Islamic militants his government received concessions from the West, including the easing of various restrictions placed against it due to his terrorism of the 1980s.
In 2011, as part of the "Arab Spring", major civil unrest broke out in Libya aimed at removing Gaddafi from power. Gaddafi began a violent and repressive campaign against his own people and a civil war ensued, with Gaddafi forces on one side and rebels--a combination of students, ordinary people and army defectors-with air and logistical support from NATO, on the other. After an eight-month civil war, Gaddafi was captured by rebels in his hometown of Serte and soon afterward he was executed. - Camera and Electrical Department
- Cinematographer
- Additional Crew
Barry Feinstein was born on 4 February 1931 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a cinematographer, known for You Are What You Eat (1968), Kansas (1988) and Elvis Found Alive (2012). He was married to Carol Wayne, Mary Allin Travers and Judith Jamison. He died on 20 October 2011 in Kingston, New York, USA.- Actor
- Director
- Writer
Shelby Dale Berry was born on September 3, 1928 in Dallas, Texas. Berry married his childhood sweetheart Dorothy Louise Lewis on January 25, 1947. Dale spent the central part of his life working with his father and uncle in the heavy construction machinery business. In the mid-1960's Berry wrote, directed, and/or produced a handful of low-budget regional exploitation films as well as acted in several movies. Moreover, Dale and his wife Dorothy were not only members of the DAC Country Club, but also were involved in charity organizations that raised funds for many children's charities. Berry died at age 83 on October 20, 2011 in Sunnyvale, Texas. He was survived by three children, five grandchildren, and five great grandchildren.- Akira Takahashi was born on 1 May 1934 in Kyoto, Japan. He was an actor. He died on 20 October 2011 in Japan.
- Cinematographer
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Dennis Hall was born on 26 July 1956 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was a cinematographer and assistant director, known for Barb Wire (1996), Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects (1989) and Burn Notice (2007). He was married to Julie. He died on 20 October 2011 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.- Monica Strömmerstedt was born on 10 August 1939 in Karlskrona, Blekinge län, Sweden. She was an actress, known for Roseanna (1967), Inga (1968) and Bränt barn (1967). She died on 20 October 2011.
- Stunts
- Actor
- Music Department
Steve Buckingham was born on 22 January 1950 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for Jingle All the Way (1996), Shootfighter: Fight to the Death (1993) and Voyagers! (1982). He was married to Amy Fisk. He died on 20 October 2011 in the USA.- Production Designer
- Director
- Writer
Hal Silvermintz was born on 4 October 1930 in New York, USA. Hal was a production designer and director, known for Strawberry Shortcake (1980), Devolution (2008) and Halt, Who Grows There? (1967). Hal died on 20 October 2011 in Tamarac, Florida, USA.- Gale Gillingham was born on 3 February 1944 in Madison, Wisconsin, USA. He died on 20 October 2011 in Little Falls, Minnesota, USA.
- Martha Sinnard Wright was born on 9 January 1929 in Denver, Colorado, USA. She was an actress, known for Mayflower: The Pilgrims' Adventure (1979). She was married to Robert M. Wright Sr.. She died on 20 October 2011 in Annapolis, Maryland, USA.
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Jean Raymond was born on 27 May 1919 in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France. He was an actor, known for French Cancan (1955), Airs de France (1955) and Étoile sans lumière (1946). He was married to Yolande Henrion. He died on 20 October 2011 in Paris, France.- Actress
- Additional Crew
Francesca Palopoli was born in 1927. She was an actress, known for Il romanzo di un maestro (1959) and Non lasciamoci più (1999). She died on 20 October 2011 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.- Historical figure in the Italian theater as critic and author. Auxiliary Ego in TV series Da Storia Nasce Storia (1991) by Ottavio Rosati. Piero Ferrero was born in Turin on April 30th 1934 from the Valsusina family. For many years he devoted himself to teaching then, in 1975, Giorgio Balmas called him to work for "Settembre Musica" to the Department of Culture of the Municipality of Turin. Subsequently, Piero Ferrero began his collaboration with the Teatro Stabile di Torino: first as Cultural Director of the Study Center and then, after a short period at the Press Office, as "dramaturg". A great lover of theater, both prose and music, a charming and informed conversationalist, with a few well-chosen jokes he was able to construct vitreous fulminating portraits. Ferrero was also a charming writer. Among his novels: 'Letters to the Romans', 'L'onta', 'Il disgusto'.
- Cinematographer
- Soundtrack
Robert Hunter was a cinematographer, known for Hunter: For the Record (2012). He died on 20 October 2011 in Western Australia, Australia.- Additional Crew
- Sound Department
- Writer
Gene Luotto was a writer, known for A Bay of Blood (1971), Devil Fish (1984) and All the Way Boys (1972). He died on 20 October 2011 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.- Actor
- Producer
Bruce Beesley was born on 16 October 1953 in San Angelo, Texas, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for Tortured Obsession (1993) and Radio Free Steve (2000). He died on 20 October 2011 in San Angelo, Texas, USA.- Additional Crew
Roger Tallon was born on 6 March 1929 in Paris, France. He is known for Emmanuelle Forever (1993), Emmanuelle's Love (1993) and Emmanuelle's Magic (1993). He died on 20 October 2011 in Paris, France.- Peter Ubersax was born on 1 June 1925 in Hamburg, Germany. He was married to Siv Birgit Andersson. He died on 20 October 2011 in Herrliberg, Zurich, Switzerland.