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Kaneto Shindô was born on 22 April 1912 in Hiroshima, Japan. He was a writer and director, known for Postcard (2010), The Naked Island (1960) and A Last Note (1995). He was married to Nobuko Otowa and Miyo Shindo. He died on 29 May 2012 in Hiroshima, Japan.- Actor
- Additional Crew
- Soundtrack
Dick Beals provided the voice for the commercial character Speedy Alka-Seltzer and originated the voice of Gumby and the first Davey from the TV series "Davey and Goliath," As a child, he was too small to play sports so started cheerleading for his local high school at age 7. At Michigan State, he was a member of the cheerleading squad and earned his bachelor's degree in 1949. Beals began his voice-over career in the 1940s with such radio shows as "The Lone Ranger," "The Green Hornet" and "Dragnet." His Speedy Alka-Seltzer character was featured in more than 200 TV and radio commercials that aired from 1954 to 1964. His stop-motion animation voice-over roles included the original Gumby from "The Gumby Show" in the 1950s and the voice of the first Davey from the 1960s TV series, "Davey and Goliath." Nearly 300 boys tried out for the role of N.J. Normanmeyer in the early 1990s animated series "The Addams Family," but Beals nabbed the part when he was 65. Because of a glandular condition known as Peter Pan Syndrome, Beals stood just four-feet, six inches tall, weighed less than 70 pounds, and had a voice that never changed from grade school. The Los Angeles Times reported back in 1992 that Beals' voice was featured in more than 3,000 commercials. He was a private pilot and often commuted to Los Angeles for work in his own plane. Beals moved in 1970 from the Los Angeles area to Escondido, where he opened an ad agency, coached Little League and served as a high school sports announcer. Beals raced sailboats, played golf and tennis, competed in duplicate bridge tournaments throughout America, and had never married. Later in life, he was a motivational speaker who turned to his 1992 autobiography to inspire audiences. He called his book "Think Big." He died May 29, 2012 at age 85 and had no immediate family alive at his death, but did have 3 brothers who passed before him.- Music Department
- Actor
- Composer
Doc was blind from infancy due to an eye infection before his first birthday. He grew up playing harmonica and a homemade banjo but learned guitar after his father bought him a $12 Stella acoustic when he was 13. He attended North Carolina's school for the visually impaired. He was born Arthel Lane Watson and picked up the nickname "Doc" at the suggestion of an audience member at a radio broadcast when he was in his teens. Watson was instrumental in developing the canon for 1960s folk musicians with his recordings of traditional tunes like Deep River Blues and Shady Grove; he didn't play just the music of the Appalachian Mountains. Before folklorist and musician Ralph Rinzler first recorded him backing old-time banjo player Clarence "Tom" Ashley in 1960, he worked with a local dance band, playing honky-tonk, rockabilly, pop and square-dance tunes. 1999 saw a release of a compilation album The Best of Doc Watson 1964-1968.He was a master of both finger-picking and flat-picking styles. In 1997, Watson received the National Medal of Arts from President Bill Clinton. In 2000, Watson was inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Honor in Owensboro, Kentucky. Watson also won seven Grammys over a 33-year period and received Grammy's lifetime achievement award in 2004. For many years, Watson toured with his son, Merle Watson, who died in a 1985 tractor accident. Merle's memory is honored by MerleFest, an annual North Carolina roots-music festival that the elder Watson hosted. Held on the last weekend in April since 1988, MerleFest draws more than 75,000 annually to Wilkes Community College in Wilkesboro, N.C. In late May 2012, Watson was listed in critical condition but was responsive at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, after undergoing colon surgery. The 89-year-old Watson had fallen early in the week. No bones were broken, but an underlying condition prompted the surgery. He passed May 29, 2012 after surgery.- Production Manager
- Producer
- Additional Crew
Jim Paratore was born on 13 August 1953 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. He was a production manager and producer, known for The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003), TMZ on TV (2007) and Let's Ask America (2012). He was married to Jill Wickert. He died on 29 May 2012 in Paris, France.- Ix was born on 28 May 1988. She died on 29 May 2012.
- Cassandra Caroline Mary Jardine (16 November 1954 - 29 May 2012) was a British journalist, best known as a contributor to The Daily Telegraph over a twenty-year period.
Born in London, the youngest of three daughters, her parents were Anne, a Conservative councillor in Kensington and Chelsea, and Christopher Jardine, a civil servant.
In 1972, as the Under Secretary at the Department of Trade and Industry, although later "vindicated", he was accused of "negligence" after a car insurance company collapsed.[2] Cassandra Jardine was educated at the Godolphin and Latymer School and read English at Newnham College, Cambridge.
After Jardine graduated from Cambridge University in 1976, she became an assistant to the Daily Telegraph contributor T.E. Utley and later spent a period working for Cosmopolitan, Unilever's internal publication and Business magazine.
She returned to the Daily Telegraph on 29 March 1989.
She was diagnosed with lung cancer in July 2010, specifically adenocarcinoma. She began to write about her illness.
She wrote two books about parenting How to be a Better Parent: No Matter How Badly Your Children Behave or How Busy You Are (2003); and Positive Not Pushy: How to Make the Most of Your Child's Potential (2005).
Jardine was married to the actor William Chubb; the couple had five children, 2 sons and 3 daughters who were aged between 13 and 22 at the time she died. - Kenette Gfeller was a writer, known for Police Woman (1974), The Initiation of Sarah (2006) and The Initiation of Sarah (1978). He died on 29 May 2012 in Lancaster, California, USA.
- Actress
- Soundtrack
Starting out as a band singer (most notably with Al Trace) in the early 1940s, Toni became a solo act in the late 40s and through the 50s cut over twenty singles, only one of which went gold, "Padre" (1958). However, she was well known as a reliable singer of standards and pop ballads. She appeared in a number of films and television shows including The Ed Sullivan show and the Dinah Shore Show, and living in Southern Florida, still performs regularly.- Composer
- Soundtrack
Mark Minkov was born on 25 November 1944 in Moscow, USSR. He was a composer, known for V zone osobogo vnimaniya (1978), Chtoby vyzhit (1992) and Lyudi v okeane (1980). He died on 29 May 2012 in Russia.- Ildikó Monyók was born on 24 September 1948 in Bodrogkeresztúr, Hungary. She was an actress, known for A Hungarian Fairy Tale (1987), Gyümölcsoltó Boldogasszony (1980) and A legnagyobb sürüség közepe (1981). She died on 29 May 2012 in Budapest, Hungary.
- Producer
Jim Unger was born on 21 January 1937 in London, England, UK. He was a producer, known for Sword (2011) and Take Thirty (1962). He died on 29 May 2012 in Saanich, British Columbia, Canada.- John Robert Slaughter was born on 3 February 1925 in Bristol, Tennessee, USA. He was married to Margared Leftwich. He died on 29 May 2012 in Roanoke, Virginia, USA.
- Turquoise Taylor Grant was born on 4 October 1966 in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, USA. She was an actress, known for CanniBallistic! (2002) and Satan Hates You (2010). She was married to Barton Caplan. She died on 29 May 2012 in Ventura, California, USA.