Deaths: October 7
by bcampos862 | created - 28 Sep 2017 | updated - 07 Oct 2020 | Public
1. Mario Lanza
Soundtrack | For the First Time
Mario Lanza's life, sadly, has all the markings of an epic Shakespearean tragedy. The story is truly incredible: a wild, incendiary Philadelphia kid who can sing better than Enrico Caruso sets out to become the greatest dramatic opera singer who ever lived, is detoured by MGM honcho Louis B. Mayer ...
2. Betty Grissom
Self | Conspiracy Theory: Did We Land on the Moon?
Betty Grissom was born on August 8, 1927 in Mitchell, Indiana, USA. She was married to Gus Grissom. She died on October 7, 2018 in Houston, Texas, USA.
3. Billy Daniels
Soundtrack | Dirty Grandpa
Billy Daniels toiled obscurely for years before becoming a star in 1950. He began singing in his native Jacksonville, Florida, then moved to Harlem in 1932 and became a dishwasher, and later a singing waiter, as Dickie Wells' restaurant-club. He toured with the Erskine Hawkins band circa 1935-36, ...
4. Celeste Yarnall
Actress | Star Trek
Celeste Yarnall is an amazing woman of many talents who has been very successful in a diverse number of fields. There appears to be nothing she cannot do when she puts her mind to it. Apart from her initial career as model, spokesperson and actress, Celeste has also managed several talented ...
5. Charles Rocket
Actor | Dumb and Dumber
Charles Rocket was born on August 28, 1949 in Bangor, Maine, USA. He was an actor, known for Dumb and Dumber (1994), Dances with Wolves (1990) and Titan A.E. (2000). He was married to Mary Elizabeth (Beth) Crellin. He died on October 7, 2005 in Canterbury, Connecticut, USA.
6. Cyril Cusack
Actor | Fahrenheit 451
Cyril James Cusack was born in Durban, Natal, South Africa, to Alice Violet (Cole), a Cockney English actress and chorus girl, and James Walter Cusack, an Irish mounted policeman in Natal. He was brought up in Ireland. He was a child star on the Irish stage, appearing first at the age of 7. He ...
7. David Hess
Actor | The Last House on the Left
David Alexander Hess was born in New York City in 1936. He began his professional career as a songwriter for Shalimar Music, in 1957, under the pseudonym of David Hill. His first recording was a quick hit, which was later performed by and credited to Elvis Presley, "All Shook Up."
David went on to ...
8. Deryck Guyler
Actor | A Hard Day's Night
Deryck Guyler, born at the outbreak of WW1 in 1914 at Liverpool in England, was the only child of Elsie and Samuel Guyler. He grew up in Liverpool and had his senior education at Liverpool College. On leaving school he tried his hand at a few things including working with his father in the family ...
9. Edgar Allan Poe
Writer | Stonehearst Asylum
Edgar Allan Poe was born on January 19, 1809, in Boston, Massachusetts. His father, named David Poe Jr., and his mother, named Elizabeth Arnold Hopkins Poe, were touring actors. Both parents died in 1811, and Poe became an orphan before he was 3 years old. He was adopted by John Allan, a tobacco ...
10. Elena Lucena
Actress | Dos hermanos
Elena Lucena was born on September 25, 1914 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She was an actress, known for Brother and Sister (2010), Ven mi corazón te llama (1942) and Chimbela (1939). She was married to Julio Bianquet. She died on October 7, 2015 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
11. Eugène Saccomano
Writer | Borsalino
Eugène Saccomano was born on September 23, 1936 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. He was an actor and writer, known for Borsalino (1970), Tout pour l'oseille (2004) and La Coupe De La Gloire: The Official Film of the 1998 FIFA World Cup (1998). He was married to Françoise. He died on October ...
12. George Baker
Actor | On Her Majesty's Secret Service
George was stage struck at the age of 14 and ran away from school to get a 25 shilling (25p) a week job at a seaside theatre, He spent 6 years going through the mill of small town repertory theatre then the cinema discovered him. After making 12 films he left the studios for 7 years during which ...
13. Francesco Maurizio Guido
Animation_department | Il racconto della giungla
Francesco Maurizio Guido was born on December 18, 1924 in Alassio, Liguria, Italy. He was a director and actor, known for Robinson Crusoe (1974), I sogni proibiti di Tommy (1993) and Crazy Westerners (1967). He died on October 7, 2018 in Alassio, Liguria, Italy.
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14. Gonzalo Peralta
Self | Fulboy
Gonzalo Peralta died on October 7, 2016 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
15. Greta Granstedt
Actress | Street Scene
Greta Granstedt was the San Francisco roommate of explorer Bessie Haley Hyde, who vanished, under mysterious circumstances, along with her husband Glenn, while attempting to become the first couple to navigate the length of the Grand Canyon solo.
Miss Granstedt's parents were aboard the liner San ...
16. Helen Vinson
Actress | I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
Texas-born Helen Vinson was born Helen Rulfs in Beaumont on September 17, 1907, the daughter of an oil company exec.. The family eventually settled in Houston, where her inflamed passion for acting was first ignited. While in her teens she married Harry N. Vickerman, a man fifteen years her senior ...
17. Iva Withers
Actress | Musical Comedy Time
Iva Withers was born on July 7, 1917 in Rivers, Manitoba, Canada. She was an actress, known for Musical Comedy Time (1950). She was married to Kazimir Kokich and Robert Strom. She died on October 7, 2014 in Englewood, New Jersey, USA.
18. Janusz Kondratiuk
Director | Jak pies z kotem
Janusz Kondratiuk was born on September 19, 1943 in Ak-Bulak, Kazakh SSR, USSR [now Kazakhstan]. He was a director and writer, known for A Cat with a Dog (2018), Milion dolarów (2011) and Klakier (1983). He was married to Ewa Szykulska. He died on October 7, 2019 in Los, Mazowieckie, Poland.
19. Jimmy Beaumont
Soundtrack | Nerve
Jimmy Beaumont was born on October 21, 1940 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. He is known for Nerve (2016), The Age of Adaline (2015) and Happy Death Day (2017). He was married to Ann Carol Tate. He died on October 7, 2017 in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, USA.
20. José Reymundí
Actor | Donde anidan las gaviotas
José Reymundí was born on July 31, 1940 in Rio Grande, Puerto Rico. He was an actor, known for Donde anidan las gaviotas (1962), Cadenas de amor (1986) and La divina infiel (1961). He died on October 7, 2017 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
21. Krishnamoorthy
Actor | Kaithi
Krishnamoorthy was born in 1964 in India. He was an actor, known for Kaithi (2019), Naan Kadavul (2009) and Maattrraan (2012). He died on October 7, 2019 in Kumily, Kerala, India.
22. Kundan Shah
Director | Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa
Kundan Shah was born on October 19, 1947 in India. He was a director and writer, known for Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa (1994), Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro (1983) and Hum To Mohabbat Karega (2000). He died on October 7, 2017 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
23. Makoto Wada
Director | Kaitô Ruby
Makoto Wada was born on April 10, 1936 in Osaka, Japan. He was a director and writer, known for Kaitô Ruby (1988), Mahjong Horoki (1984) and Round About Midnight (1999). He was married to Remi Hirano. He died on October 7, 2019 in Tokyo, Japan.
24. Martha Roth
Actress | Mujeres engañadas
Martha Roth was born on May 29, 1932 in Padua, Veneto, Italy. She was an actress, known for Mujeres engañadas (1999), Una familia de tantas (1949) and Corazón salvaje (1956). She was married to Juan Fernando Pérez Gavilán and Rubén Fuentes. She died on October 7, 2016 in Mexico City, ...
25. Patrice Chéreau
Director | Intimacy
Patrice Chéreau was born on November 2, 1944 in Lézigné, Maine-et-Loire, France. He was a director and actor, known for Intimacy (2001), The Last of the Mohicans (1992) and Queen Margot (1994). He died on October 7, 2013 in Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine, France.
26. Peggy McCay
Actress | Days of Our Lives
Peggy McCay was born on November 3, 1927 in New York City, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Days of Our Lives (1965), The Trials of Rosie O'Neill (1990) and Hawaiian Eye (1959). She died on October 7, 2018 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
27. Pepe Oneto
Producer | Mayores sin reparos
Pepe Oneto was born on March 14, 1942 in Cádiz, Andalucía, Spain. He was an actor and producer, known for Mayores sin reparos (1997), El sueño de una noche... vieja (1997) and Cuéntame cómo pasó (2001). He died on October 7, 2019 in San Sebastián, Basque Country, Spain.
28. Peter Copley
Actor | Kingdom of Heaven
Peter Copley (20 May 1915 - 7 October 2008) was a British television, film and stage actor.
Copley was born in Bushey, Hertfordshire, son of the master printers, John Copley and Ethel Gabain.
He studied acting at the Old Vic school under Harcourt Williams and Murray Macdonald. He made his stage debut...
29. Rubén Aldao
Actor | El hombre que ganó la razón
Rubén Aldao is known for El hombre que ganó la razón (1986).
30. Terry Burnham
Actress | Imitation of Life
Terry Burnham was born on August 8, 1949 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Imitation of Life (1959), Shirley Temple's Storybook (1958) and Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number! (1966). She died on October 7, 2013 in Long Beach, California, USA.
31. Tony Mulhearn
Self | The Spirit of '45
Tony Mulhearn was born on January 24, 1939 in Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK. He died on October 7, 2019 in Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK.
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