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- Brigit Forsyth was born on 28 July 1940 in Malton, Yorkshire, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Likely Lads (1976), Playing the Field (1998) and Doctor Who (1963). She was married to Brian Mills. She died on 1 December 2023 in the UK.
- Richard McKenzie was born on 2 June 1930 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA. He was an actor, known for Being There (1979), MacGyver (1985) and Corvette Summer (1978). He was married to Aza Cefkin. He died on 1 December 2023 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- A mild-mannered jurist who thinks carefully before she speaks or makes decisions, Sandra Day O'Connor does not project the figure of a trailblazer. But she became exactly that. She was the daughter of cattle ranchers Henry Day and Ada Wilkey. She was a true child of the frontier, learning how to brand cattle and run a household on her parents' 155,000 acre ranch. She later wrote about her childhood in the autobiography "Lazy B: Growing up on a Cattle Ranch in the American Southwest." But when she became of school age, her parents sent her to El Paso to live with her maternal grandmother, Mamie Scott Wilkey, who she said had the greatest influence on her life. In school, she was a high achiever and graduated from high school at the age of 16, then she graduated from Stanford Law School third in a class of 102. Ironically, the valedictorian was future fellow Supreme Court Justice William Rehnquist, whom she briefly dated. She married in 1952 and sought work in major law firms. But women lawyers were a rarity in those days and she worked as a prosecutor in some county offices. She then established her own private practice in Phoenix in 1960, and became involved in Republican politics. In 1965, she was appointed Assistant Attorney General for the state of Arizona. Her life changed in 1969, when she was appointed to the Arizona state Senate to fill a vacant seat, and she was reelected. She was well-regarded by her colleagues and 1973, she became the first woman in the nation to become Majority Leader in an American state Senate. However, her passion was for law rather than politics and in 1975, she was elected Maricopa County Superior Court Judge. She served with distinction and in 1979, Democratic Governor Bruce Babbitt appointed her to the state Court of Appeals, in spite of her being a Republican. She served with distinction again and came to the attention of U.S. Senator Barry Goldwater, who regarded her very highly.
She became a national figure in 1981. The year before, Ronald Reagan had been elected President and had promised to appoint a woman to the U.S. Supreme Court. A member of the high court, Associate Justice Potter Stewart, announced his retirement, and the Reagan Administration considered several female Federal judges among who to choose. However, Goldwater brought O'Connor to Reagan's attention, and she visited him at the White House. Reagan himself owned a ranch and had a real affiliation for the frontier, and O'Connor's background and passion for the American southwest made a positive impression on him. Still, as a little-known state judge who was considered legalistic and aloof on the bench, she was not thought to be a likely choice, and she was as surprised as anyone when Reagan nominated her. Her nomination drew bipartisan praise and she was confirmed unanimously.
In her first years on the U.S. Suprene Court, she was surprised by the amount of scrutiny she received. However, she enjoyed serving with her longtime friend William Rehnquist, who became Chief Justice in 1985. She compiled a moderate to conservative record on the court while ruling each case as narrowly as possible, avoiding setting precedent. She also sought to avoid the limelight. However, in 1989, the court became the center of national attention and O'Connor the center of that attention. The case was Webster vs. Reproductive Health Services, in which the state of Missouri enacted several restrictions on the practice of abortion, which had become legalized by the court in 1973. Previous rulings had claimed that any limits on abortions were unconstitutional. Supporters of abortion wanted a similar ruling, while conservatives hoped that Roe vs. Wade, which had legalized abortion, would be overturned. Instead, the court refused to overturn Roe vs. Wade, but also ruled that the contested restrictions on abortion were allowed by that same ruling. The 9 member court voted 5 to 4 on that, and O'Connor was the deciding vote and the author of the final ruling. No one concerned about the issue was satisfied by the ruling. In subsequent years, the makeup of the Supreme Court changed significantly and she became its second most senior member. In 1993, she was pleased when another woman was appointed to the court, even though that woman, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, was considerably more liberal than she. During many of her later years on the court, she was the deciding vote of many 5 to 4 decisions and was regarded as the swing vote on rulings that conservatives and liberals disagreed on. However, she continued to to avoid the limelight, and would often become upset when the court became the center of criticism and controversy.
In 2005, her husband was seriously ill. Her longtime friend Rehnquest was also ill and planning to retire. But out of deference to O'Connor, he delayed his retirement announcement so that she could retire first. She announced that she would step down from the court as soon as her successor was sworn in. She had mixed feelings when President George W. Bush announced that he would appoint Federal Appeals Judge John Roberts. O'Connor regarded Roberts highly and had great respect for his abilities, but having faced gender discrimination for so much of her career had hoped that another woman would be appointed to replace her. A short time later, she was saddened by the death of Rehnquest. Bush decided to appoint Roberts as Chief Justice and nominated White House Counsel Harriet Miers to succeed O'Connor, but Miers withdrew after her nomination drew charges of crony-ism and attacks on her qualifications. Bush then nominated longtime Federal Appeals Court Samuel Alito, a conservative former U.S Attorney of New Jersey. Alito was confirmed by the Senate after a contentious debate. O'Connor's retirement was interrupted when she was appointed by Bush to the Iraq Study Group, which made recommendations on how to end the Iraq War.
Many who covered her career noted that in her early years on the court, she usually supported the conservative faction, but became the swing vote later on, and they claimed that she changed and became more liberal. In fact, it was the court itself that changed more than she did. When she was appointed, the court included strong liberals William Brennen, Thurgood Marshall, and Harry Blackman, all of whom left in the early 1990s. During her later years on the court, she served with Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas, strong conservatives, and the different composition of the court altered both the tone and substance of its rulings, and made liberal groups less inclined to seek redress from it. - Director
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Charles Officer was born on 28 October 1975 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was a director and actor, known for Akilla's Escape (2020), Unarmed Verses (2017) and Nurse.Fighter.Boy (2008). He died on 1 December 2023 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.- Kiki Fatmala was born on 26 October 1969 in Jakarta, Indonesia. She was an actress, known for Aji Pamungkas (1990), Narkoba (1992) and Badai jalanan (1989). She was married to Christopher Herboldt, Christian Froeschel and Antonius Salomata. She died on 1 December 2023 in Jakarta, Indonesia.
- Can Gürzap was born on 26 May 1944 in Istanbul, Turkey. He was an actor, known for Ebb and Tide (2013), Yorgun Savasci (1979) and Bir Avuç Deniz (2011). He was married to Aysegül Bilgen and Arsen Gürzap. He died on 1 December 2023 in Istanbul, Turkey.
- Born in New York City to a Spanish-Greek-Polish-Jewish family, Sam was raised near Rockaway Beach and on the rustic shores of Lake Mohegan, NY. His great-uncle was film composer Louis Herscher. Sam began acting and singing in grade school with starring roles in the musicals "Oliver!", "The Mikado" and "Bye, Bye Birdie." At 16, he enrolled at the University of Rochester to study drama, English and philosophy. He became the first freshman in its history to be elected to senate by campaigning room to room and talking to over 1000 students. By age 19, he was Phi Beta Kappa, a Rhodes Scholar nominee and featured in "Who's Who in American Colleges." He was awarded a scholarship to Harvard University where he studied theatre, film and psychology. Bowing to family pressure, he attended Columbia University Medical School for one year. He took a leave-of-absence to write and study acting at NYU, HB Studio and the New School. Stage work and small roles in films and commercials soon followed, and Sam moved to Los Angeles, where he studied acting and screenwriting at UCLA. He quickly discovered that witty dialogue was his strong suit. Inspired by the classic romantic comedies, he wrote "A Pair Of Hearts", which he plans to produce and costar in. Sam's voice is compelling in a natural, often seductive way. He is a talented mimic, capable of impersonating someone moments after meeting them or seeing them onscreen. Actors he emulates are Montgomery Clift and Marcello Mastroianni. Writer/directors who inspire him are Woody Allen, Cameron Crowe, Barry Levinson, James L. Brooks, Federico Fellini and Steven Spielberg. He has 3 sisters, two of whom are identical twins.
- Marcello Marziali was an actor, known for Under the Tuscan Sun (2003), I delitti del BarLume (2013) and Pinocchio (2019). He died on 1 December 2023 in Livorno, Tuscany, Italy.
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Bart De Palma was born on 20 November 1937 in Orange, New Jersey, USA. He was an actor, known for Femme Fatale (2002), Dionysus in '69 (1970) and Hi, Mom! (1970). He was married to Ruth Alice Whittaker. He died on 1 December 2023.- Shaun Davis was born on 15 April 1966. He was an actor, known for The Fifth Element (1997). He died on 1 December 2023 in the United Kingdom.
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Burny Bos was born on 8 April 1944 in Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. He was a producer and writer, known for Miss Minoes (2001), Gruesome School Trip (2005) and The Flying Liftboy (1998). He died on 1 December 2023 in Amsterdam, Netherlands.- Writer
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Tony Allen was born on 4 March 1945 in Hayes, Middlesex, England, UK. He was a writer and actor, known for Hello Mum (1986), Dramarama (1983) and The Pall Bearer's Revue (1992). He died on 1 December 2023 in the UK.- Editorial Department
Fred C. Vitale was born on 9 November 1952. He is known for The Fugitive (1993), Chain Reaction (1996) and The Negotiator (1998). He was married to Margaret. He died on 1 December 2023 in York, Pennsylvania, USA.- Alfréd Járai was an actor, known for Werckmeister Harmonies (2000), Satantango (1994) and The Man from London (2007). He died on 1 December 2023.
- Tiger Sparks was born on 21 May 1992. He was an actor, known for Tiger Sparks: Foreva (2022), Tiger Sparks: Ain't No Tellin (2022) and Tiger Sparks: Deadly (2023). He died on 1 December 2023 in Jacksonville, Florida, USA.
- Juan Carlos Tajes was born in 1946. He was an actor, known for De maatschap (2016), Bernhard, Schavuit van Oranje (2010) and Deadline (2008). He died on 1 December 2023.
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Tony Allen was born on 24 February 1952 in Mount Temple, Moate, County Westmeath, Ireland. He was an actor, known for Play for Today (1970), Bridget & Eamon (2016) and Africa Live! (2005). He died on 1 December 2023 in Ireland.- Jørn Mader was born on 9 June 1947 in Svendborg, Denmark. He died on 1 December 2023 in Denmark.
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Franz Bartolomey was born on 23 December 1946 in Vienna, Austria. He was an actor, known for Die Goldene Note 2023/semifinal/, Stars und Talente by Leona König 2023 (2023) and Salzburg - Im Schatten der Felsen (2006). He died on 1 December 2023.- Producer
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Daniel Langlois was born in 1957 in Jonquière, Québec, Canada. Daniel was a producer and director, known for The Far Side of the Moon (2003), The Blue Butterfly (2004) and The Baroness and the Pig (2002). Daniel was married to Dominique Marchand. Daniel died on 1 December 2023 in Dominica, West Indies.- Cinematographer
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Ivan Tzonev is a Bulgarian cinematographer. Ivan Ivanov Tzonev was born on September 12, 1931 in Gurkovo, Bulgaria. He graduated from State College School of cinematography in Sofia (1954). He worked as camera operator (1956-1967) and as a cinematographer (1967) in Documentary Studios, Sofia; as a cinematographer in Boyana Film Studios (1968-1970), as a cinematographer in Vreme Studios (1970-1991) . He has shot some of very important Bulgarian documentaries. He has worked with such film directors as Juliy Stoyanov, Georgi Stoev, Oskar Krastanov, Nevena Tosheva. He is a member of Union of Bulgarian Filmmakers.- Enzo Bai was born on 2 March 1931 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was an actor, known for La vuelta de Martín Fierro (1974), Locos por la música (1980) and ¡Robot! (1970). He died on 1 December 2023 in Argentina.
- Tai-Luc was born on 10 August 1958 in Suresnes, Hauts-de-Seine, France. He died on 1 December 2023 in Paris, France.
- Amira Hess was married to Ezra Hess. She died on 1 December 2023 in Jerusalem, Israel.