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Phyllis Major was a popular European model who met singer Jackson Browne at the legendary Hollywood venue the Troubador, just after his split with singer Joni Mitchell. Legend has it Browne got into a fight with an unemployed actor who was also making a play for her. Browne lost the fight but got the girl, and the incident was comically memorialized in the song "Ready or Not." Together, they had one child, Ethan Zane Browne, born November 2, 1973 (See Ethan Browne). In December 1975, they were married. Four months later, on March 25, 1976, she was found dead in their Hollywood Hills home. She had overdosed on pills. Browne channeled his loss and depression into the production of his fourth album, "The Pretender." Phyllis is the subject of at least three songs written by Jackson Browne -- "Ready or Not," "Sleep's Dark and Silent Gate," and "In the Shape of a Heart." Her son Ethan has become an in-demand club D.J. and sometime actor.

Maurice Rocco was born on 26 June 1915 in Oxford, Ohio, USA. He was an actor, known for Incendiary Blonde (1945), Vogues of 1938 (1937) and 52nd Street (1937). He died on 25 March 1976 in Bangkok, Thailand.

William Burnside was born on 18 July 1926 in Jeffersonville, Indiana, USA. He was an actor, known for The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964), The Eleventh Hour (1962) and Ironside (1967). He died on 25 March 1976 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Josef Albers was born on 19 March 1888 in Bottrop, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He was married to Annie Albers. He died on 25 March 1976 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA.

Klaus W. Krause was born on 2 May 1903 in Berlin, Germany. He was an actor, known for Ein großer graublauer Vogel (1970), The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism (1967) and Asterix and Cleopatra (1968). He died on 25 March 1976 in Wolnzach, Bavaria, Germany.

N. Gayle Gitterman was born on 28 July 1908 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. N. Gayle was a producer and writer, known for Whirlybirds (1957) and Romance of Radium (1937). N. Gayle was married to Marla Shelton and Mona Gitterman. N. Gayle died on 25 March 1976 in Laguna Niguel, California, USA.

Imre Farkas was born on 1 May 1879 in Debrecen, Hungary. He was a composer and writer, known for Iglói diákok (1935), Az iglói diákok (1918) and A nagymama (1935). He died on 25 March 1976 in Budapest, Hungary.