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The wonderful Ingrid Bergman, my favourite actress, died after a long battle with cancer on her 67th birthday. But... "We'll always have Paris".

James Garner, American Hollywood actor known for his acting skills in films and television, died of a heart attack on this date in 2014. He was 86 years old. Garner, who built a six-decade career playing ruggedly charming, good-natured anti-heroes and received the highest honor of the Screen Actors Guild in 2004, was found dead at his Los Angeles home. The Rockford Files star has starred in more than fifty films, including "The Americanization of Emily", "Move Over, Darling", "The Great Escape", "36 Hours", "Grand Prix", "Duel at Diablo", "Marlowe", "They Only Kill Their Masters", "Space Cowboys" and "The Notebook". The three-time Golden Globe winner had reportedly underwent a quintuple bypass heart surgery in 1988 and suffered a minor stroke in 2008.

Jack Hawkins was one of the most distinctive, durable and versatile British film and stage actors. He was diagnosed with throat cancer and had to have his larynx removed. This should have finished his career but he continued to film with his voice dubbed. He died from complications following an operation to install an artificial voice box on this date in 1973. Jack Hawkins was 62 years old. The London-born actor appeared on stage from the age of 13 and in films from 1930. Of his many film credits, some of his most memorable roles were in "The Black Rose" (1950), "The Bridge on the River Kwai" (1957), "Ben-Hur" (1959), "Lawrence of Arabia" (1962) and "Zulu" (1964). Jack Hawkins was cremated and his ashes interred at Golders Green Crematorium in north London.

Walter Cronkite, American CBS anchorman, journalist and pioneer of television news programs who became known as "the most trusted man in America", died at his home of disease involving blood vessels in the brain on this date in 2009. He was 92 years old. In 1963, Walter Cronkite reported the news of John F. Kennedy's assassination. A decade later, he took a call delivering the news of Lyndon B. Johnson's death live on-air. In 1968, Cronkite told the world about Martin Luther King Jr's assassination. Walter Cronkite was buried in Kansas City, Missouri, where he spent some time early in his career as a broadcaster at KCMO radio station, reading news and summarizing football games.

George A. Romero, American-Canadian film director and screenwriter, best known for his contributions to the horror genre and for his gruesome and satirical zombie films, died after a brief but aggressive battle with lung cancer on this date in 2017. He was 77 years old. After graduating from college, the future film director began his career shooting short films. Romero formed Image Ten Productions in the 60's. This is the production company that produced "Night of the Living Dead" (1968). Directed by George A. Romero, the film became a cult classic of the horror cinema. He was nicknamed the "Godfather" of all zombies. Romero was buried in Toronto where he lived the last decade of his life.

Celeste Holm, the American film, stage and television actress, was admitted to New York's Roosevelt Hospital with dehydration, where she suffered a heart attack; the actress died two days later at her Central Park West apartment on this date in 2012. She was 95 years old. One of her best remembered films is "All About Eve" with Bette Davis. Holm took the stage in 27 Broadway productions. Her other well-known performances included "High Society" and "The Tender Trap". She earned Oscar and Golden Globe for her supporting role of a fashion editor in the drama film "Gentleman's Agreement". Celeste was active in various social causes, including being a spokeswoman for UNICEF.

Yes... Christopher Walken is the malevolent leader of a gang of thieves. His role is cruel, ruthless and violent. His type of role, just like @Grim Up North said.

William Henry McCarty Jr. or William H. Bonney (the name he used at the height of his notoriety), popularly known as Billy the Kid, one of the most infamous gunfighters and outlaws of the American West, reputed to have killed at least 27 men, died of a gunshot wound at Ft. Sumner in the New Mexico Territory on this date in 1881. He was 21 years old. Billy went to his friend Pete Maxwell's home. Sheriff Pat Garrett was questioning Maxwell. Garrett and Billy were armed. But Garrett shot first, killing Billy. Billy was buried in Fort Sumner's military cemetery. A tombstone was later erected over the grave with a word of "Pals" carved into it. The tombstone has been stolen three times since it was set in place in the 40's and the gravesite is now enclosed within a steel cage.

"A view to a kill" was pretty good, but it wasn't as good as I thought it would be. The cast did a good job in the film... with a great and spectacular Grace Jones. But the plot could've been better. Christopher Walken was the first Oscar winning actor to play a main villain in a Bond film. In my opinion... his best film is "The deer hunter". An extraordinary film with a truly awesome sequence... the three prisoners forced to play Russian roulette while their captors gamble on who will... or will not... the survivor... really impressive. Great film with stellar performances, Christopher Walken and Meryl Streep coming off best. And Walken won his Oscar for this role.

Did you have a good holiday? I hope you have enjoyed your week's holiday.

Richard D. Zanuck, successful film producer and youngest studio head of production in history, died at his Beverly Hills home on this date in 2012. Death was attributed to a heart attack. He was 77 years old. Zanuck was the son of the co-founder and head of 20th Century Fox, Darryl F. Zanuck and the silent-film star Virginia Fox. He produced two Steven Spielberg's early films, "The Sugarland Express" and "Jaws". Zanuck worked with Tim Burton six times. He also produced such box office hits as "Cocoon" and "Driving Miss Daisy" for which he won an Oscar for. Richard D. Zanuck also was awarded the Academy's Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award and the Producers Guild of America's Lifetime Achievement Award.

Edwin Edwards a hit for @CaptainChorizo. Congratulations. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/edwin-edwards-death-cause-louisiana-b1882669.html next round: 1921 Wanda Półtawska / Charley Trippi 1922 Micheline Presle / Ronald Blythe 1923 Ida Vitale / Bob Barker 1924 Kirsi Kunnas / Leslie Phillips 1925 Phyllis Dalton / Michel Bouquet 1926 Irene Papas / Kees Rijvers 1927 Cleo Laine / Harry Belafonte 1928 Patricia Hitchcock / Charles Strouse 1929 Joan Plowright / Edward "Ed" Asner 1930 Frances Sternhagen / Jean-Louis Trintignant

Olga Guillot, the legendary Cuban singer who became the first Latin artist to perform at famed Carnegie Hall in New York City's and known as the "queen of bolero", died at Miami Beach's Mount Sinai Medical Center on this date in 2010. Death was attributed to a heart attack. She was 86 years old. At 20, Guillot performed with Edith Piaf. She left Cuba in 1962, two years after the start of the communist revolution. Over the years, Guillot recorded 14 records that went gold and 10 platinum. She also participated in more than 20 films. Her albums are prohibited in Cuba. The Latin Grammy winner remained a strong critic of Fidel Castro and his policies towards Cuban residents.

@John Key... It's unlikely that the real truth will ever be known. Natalie's death continues to make news forty years after her shocking final. Isn't it a mysterious story?

George Gershwin, one of the greatest composers and songwriters of all time known for popular songs as well as classical compositions, died of a glioblastoma of the right temporal lobe on this date in 1937. He was 38 years old. Gershwin had been in psychoanalytical care for some time and was hospitalized a few weeks before his death. He created some of the most beloved music of the twentieth century and, along with Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern and Cole Porter, helped make the golden age of Broadway golden. The opera Porgy and Bess was one of his creations. George Gershwin was buried at Westchester Hills Cemetery at Hastings-on-Hudson in Westchester, New York, where his mausoleum is still visited.

@TomTomTelekom... Falconetti, what a character he was! Badder than J.R. Ewing... Badder than Angela Channing... Badder than Lex Luthor... Badder than Cersei Lannister... Badder than Donald Trump... William Smith... Rest in peace... You were the star of my nightmares.

@CaptainChorizo... I know that you've had to make some adjustments in your team but... you need two more.

P. K. Warrier a hit for @Annami. Congratulations. https://www.gonewsindia.com/latest-headlines/notable-ayurvedic-practitioner-pk-warrier-passes-away-8182 next round: 1921 Wanda Półtawska / Charley Trippi 1922 Micheline Presle / Ronald Blythe 1923 Ida Vitale / Bob Barker 1924 Kirsi Kunnas / Leslie Phillips 1925 Phyllis Dalton / Michel Bouquet 1926 Irene Papas / Kees Rijvers 1927 Cleo Laine / Harry Belafonte 1928 Patricia Hitchcock / Charles Strouse 1929 Joan Plowright / Edward "Ed" Asner 1930 Frances Sternhagen / Jean-Louis Trintignant

Omar Sharif, the Egyptian-born film actor, best known for his performances in two great epics, "Lawrence of Arabia" and "Doctor Zhivago", died in a Cairo hospital on this date in 2015. Death was attributed to a heart attack. He was 83 years old. Sharif also appeared in the films "Mayerling", "Funny Girl", "Juggernaut" or "The Night of the Generals". He won a Golden Globe for his role in "Lawrence of Arabia". It was his first English-language performance after appearing in over 20 Egyptian films. Even in his final years, Sharif never forgot how his mother smacked his backside with a slipper every day until he was 14. Omar Sharif was buried at the El Shafie cemetery in Cairo.

@theoldlady... you're such a wise woman. So, let us raise our glasses to a job well done. Congratulations for this great success in your career of gamer.

Rod Steiger, the intense actor known for his brilliant performances in such films as "Waterloo", "Doctor Zhivago", "On the Waterfront" (the taxi scene between Steiger and Brando became part of cinema history) or "The Pawnbroker" and devoted practitioner of method acting, died at a Los Angeles-area hospital of pneumonia and kidney failure on this date in 2002. He was 77 years old. Steiger won an Oscar as best actor for his role as the unrelenting police chief of a small Southern town in "In the Heat of the Night", one Golden Globe Award and two BAFTA Awards. He also liked to play strong characters like Al Capone, Napoleon Bonaparte, WC Fields and Mussolini. Rod Steiger was interred at the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Hollywood Hills, California.

June Allyson, American film, stage and television actress whose perky wholesomeness made her "the perfect girlfriend" in a series of MGM musicals during the 40's and "the perfect wife" during the 50's, died at her home in Ojai, California of pulmonary respiratory failure and acute bronchitis after a long illness on this date in 2006. She was 88 years old. After her film career ended, Allyson became one of the first top film stars to have her own weekly television show, "The Dupont Show with June Allyson". As a good friend of President Reagan and the First Lady, June was appointed by President Reagan to the Federal Council On Aging in 1988. June Allyson's body was cremated and her ashes were scattered.

Yes, @YoungWillz. It's a triumph of our admired and beloved host. The first unique pick of the game. Congratulations, @Bibliogryphon.

Arthur Conan Doyle, writer best known for the creation of the detective Sherlock Holmes, was found clutching his chest in his house in Crowborough, East Sussex, England on this date in 1930. Death was attributed to a heart attack. He was 71 years old. Conan Doyle wrote 60 stories featuring the detective Sherlock Holmes and his loyal assistant Watson. Holmes was his most celebrated creation, a fact that was more irritating than pleasing to Doyle. In addition, Conan Doyle wrote a number of other novels, including "The Lost World". Arthur Conan Doyle was originally buried in a vertical position just beside his garden hut, when the house was sold he and his wife were reinterred to Minstead church of All Saints in the New Forest, Hampshire.

Dilip Kumar a hit for @Annami. Congratulations. https://ca.news.yahoo.com/dilip-kumar-bollywoods-great-tragedy-042058883.html next round: 1921 Wanda Półtawska / Charley Trippi 1922 Micheline Presle / Ronald Blythe 1923 Ida Vitale / Bob Barker 1924 Kirsi Kunnas / Leslie Phillips 1925 Phyllis Dalton / Michel Bouquet 1926 Irene Papas / Kees Rijvers 1927 Cleo Laine / Harry Belafonte 1928 Patricia Hitchcock / Charles Strouse 1929 Joan Plowright / Edward "Ed" Asner 1930 Frances Sternhagen / Jean-Louis Trintignant