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Lee Philips was born on 10 January 1927 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a director and actor, known for Peyton Place (1957), The Hunters (1958) and The American Girls (1978). He was married to Barbara Schrader and Jean Allison. He died on 3 March 1999 in Brentwood, California, USA.- Billye Ree Wallace was born on 17 July 1925 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She was an actress, known for ER (1994), Seinfeld (1989) and Night Visitors (1989). She died on 3 March 1999 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Mel Lambert was born in 1920. He was an actor, known for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), Three Warriors (1977) and J W Coop (1971). He died on 3 March 1999.
- John Frawley was born on 18 August 1929 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. He was an actor, known for The Timeless Land (1980), The Avengers (1961) and The Flying Doctors (1985). He died on 3 March 1999 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
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The sad life of an influential folk singer began traumatically and ended in obscurity. Throughout his life Frank was haunted with misfortune and ignored tremendously. When he was eleven a furnace at Cleveland Hill elementary school in Cheektowaga, New York exploded, killing eighteen of his fellow classmates and leaving Frank with burns over his body. It was here while he was recovering from his injuries in a hospital, Charlie Casatelli, one of his school tutors gifted young Frank with his first guitar which sprung his passion for music.
Greenwich Village's coffeehouse folk scene in the early sixties drew Frank to New York. He met such names as John Kay, later of Steppenwolf. A large insurance settlement he received after he turned 21 enabled him to travel to London, and it was here he made his biggest impact.
He took up a flat with a then struggling folk singer Paul Simon in London, who later was impressed enough to produce ten of Frank's songs in a self-titled album. While Frank's voice was tremulously somber, the quality of the compositions was often impressive, with a reflective, melancholic touch that possibly influenced Simon himself and the likes of Sandy Denny and Nick Drake. Although his first album was well-received in the British folk community, he was unable to reproduce a similar quality of material and crippled any attempt for a follow-up. Combined with deepening depression, increasing stage fright, and an end to his insurance settlement that had allowed him to live freely, he decided a move back to the states in 1969, without releasing another album.
Frank took a slow slide into despair as his depression grew worse. Taking a bus to New York, he hoped to connect with Paul Simon again, but with little luck began sleeping on the streets. He became a ward of the state, and at times he was institutionalized. In 1977, with life looking better, Frank tried to release a new album, but was promptly dismissed by what publishers said was a lack of market appeal for his music. Again he fell into a deep depression, and the injuries from his childhood got much worse, once again he was hospitalized for both physical and medical reasons.
That is until Jim Abbott, a local Woodstock resident and sympathetic fan, rediscovered the aging singer from an inscription on an old album bearing his name in a record store. He successfully made contact with Frank and brought him out of a state housing project in the Bronx and into a senior center in Woodstock. He resumed songwriting and performing occasionally until his death on March 3, 1999.- Olive Dyer was born on 25 August 1909 in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Table d'Hote (1939) and The Spur of the Moment (1959). She died on 3 March 1999 in Devon, England, UK.
- Alfredo Clerici was born on 29 May 1911 in Vigevano, Lombardy, Italy. He was an actor, known for Arcobaleno (1943). He was married to Alda Mangini. He died on 3 March 1999 in Vigevano, Lombardy, Italy.
- Alice Hall was born on 26 June 1917 in Brussels, Belgium. She died on 3 March 1999 in Barberton, Ohio, USA.
- Stan Lee was married to Elsie Valerie Lee. He died on 3 March 1999.
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Zifeng Ling was born on 10 March 1917 in Beijing, China. He was a director and writer, known for Border Town (1984), Rickshaw Boy (1982) and Zhong Hua nu er (1949). He died on 3 March 1999.