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Minnesota-born Noel Neill's ambition was to be a journalist like her father, the editor of a Minneapolis newspaper. However, she was hired by Bing Crosby to sing at the Turf Club at the race track in Del Mar, California (Crosby was one of the owners). Shortly thereafter, in 1941, she was signed to a contract by Paramount Pictures. She got early experience in television by hosting and performing on several experimental programs broadcast locally in Los Angeles in the late 1940s, and it was around that time that she began appearing in serials, first at Columbia and then for Republic. While she is best known for playing Lois Lane in the TV series Adventures of Superman (1952) beginning in the second season in 1953, she actually first played Lois in the 1948 serial Superman (1948). She replaced Phyllis Coates in the part when the series went on hiatus and Coates accepted a leading part in another TV series before the hiatus ended. When the series ended in 1957, Neill retired from the industry.

Jane Garland was born on 19 May 1933 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Lady in a Jam (1942). She died on 3 July 2016 in San Diego, California, USA.

Alan Roberts was an editor and producer. He died on 3 July 2016 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Zvi Schloss was born on 14 February 1925 in Germany. He was married to Eva Schloss. He died on 3 July 2016 in London, England, UK.

Mauricio Walerstein was born on 29 March 1945 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico. He was a producer and director, known for Cuando quiero llorar no lloro (1973), Crónica de un subversivo latinoamericano (1975) and Macho y hembra (1984). He was married to Marisela Berti. He died on 3 July 2016 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico.

Irasha Whitfield was an actress, known for Safety First: The Rise of Women! (2008), Gideon Falls (2008) and Unsung (2008). She died on 3 July 2016 in Beverly Hills, California, USA.

Stephen Largay was an actor, known for To Have & to Hold (1998), Law & Order (1990) and ER (1994). He died on 3 July 2016 in New York, New York, USA.

Louise Rémy was born on 16 October 1938 in Quebec, Canada. She was an actress, known for Trouble fête (1964), Beyond Forty (1982) and Beau temps, mauvais temps (1955). She died on 3 July 2016 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Marina Jarre was born on 21 August 1925 in Riga, Latvia. She was an actress, known for Alle soglie della sera (2005). She died on 3 July 2016 in Turin, Piedmont, Italy.

Valeri Smolyakov was born on 12 January 1941. He was an actor and producer, known for S tekh por, kak my vmeste (1983), Russian Ark (2002) and Magistral (1983). He died on 3 July 2016.

Marek Depczynski was born on 30 October 1948 in Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland. Marek was a production manager and producer, known for Powrót wabiszczura (1989), Kobieta z prowincji (1985) and Gwiazda Piolun (1988). Marek died on 3 July 2016 in Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland.

Rudolf Donath was born on 27 October 1932 in Oberlausitz, Germany. He was an actor, known for Tatort (1970), The Small White Mouse (1964) and The Legend of Rita (2000). He died on 3 July 2016 in Dresden, Saxony, Germany.

Lou Fontinato was born on 20 January 1932 in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. He was an actor, known for NHL on CBS (1957) and ESPN SportsCentury (1999). He died on 3 July 2016 in Guelph, Ontario, Canada.

Yuliya Usina was born in November 1967 in Alma-Ata, Kazakskaya SSR, USSR. She was an actress, known for Night Fun (1991) and Sultan Beybars (1989). She died on 3 July 2016 in Italy.

Markus Werner was born on 27 December 1944 in Eschlikon, Thurgau, Switzerland. He was a writer, known for Am Hang (2013). He died on 3 July 2016 in Schaffhausen, Switzerland.

Ivald Granato was born on 29 November 1949 in Campos dos Goitacases, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He was an actor, known for Nossos Parabéns ao Freitas (2003), Diacuí, a Viagem de Volta (1984) and The Rolling Stones Olé, Olé, Olé!: A Trip Across Latin America (2016). He died on 3 July 2016 in São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.

Max Ticktin was ordained by the Jewish Theological Seminary in 1946. His work in the 1960s with the Chicago Area Clergy Consultation Service on Problem Pregnancies, an underground abortion referral network, is part of the documentary, "From Danger to Dignity."

Max -- as he was known, rather than "Rabbi" or "Professor" -- had a lifelong love of baseball. He often wove baseball into conversations about everything from weather to Torah. This passion eventually led to his role in "The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg." Max tied the baseball season to the Jewish calendar through a complex baseball pool, called "EPPYK [Erev Pesach to Post Yom Kippur]," in the early days of the Fabrangen Havurah, a Washington, DC Jewish fellowship of which he and his wife Esther were longtime and crucial members. Some of his last conversations were about baseball.

Max served as Hillel director at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the 50s and the University of Chicago in the 60s. He then joined the national Hillel organization in Washington, DC in 1972. In 1980, his professional life shifted to teaching Yiddish and Hebrew literature at George Washington University. He retired in 2014. Meanwhile, Max helped to found DC's Jewish Study Center, a non-denominational adult education program based on the Lehrhaus model of teacher as student and student as teacher. He taught a variety of subjects over the decades, often focusing on contemporary Hebrew poetry, particularly that of Yehuda Amichai, or on ancient text. Until very near his death, Max also led weekly Yiddish and Hebrew reading circles for adults in the DC area.

As a peace activist and early supporter of a two-state solution in Israel, Max founded Brit Shalom ["Covenant of Peace"] in 1947 and was active in Breira ["Alternative"] in the 1970s (both short-lived organizations). He influenced generations of Jews and peace activists.