In Remembrance...Celebrities In 2006.

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Juan Pablo Rebella

In 2001, a small film, 25 Watts, shot in black-and-white in 16mm for $200,000, won prizes at the festivals of Rotterdam, Buenos Aires and Havana, and got widely distributed. What was unusual was that the film was co-directed by two 26-year-olds, Juan Pablo Rebella and Pablo Stoll, who came from Uruguay, a country hardly ever associated with cinema. Three years later, the duo had an even bigger success, with Whisky, and were busy writing a much-anticipated third screenplay when Rebella, aged 32, committed suicide.

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French Director Gerard Oury Dies at 87

Director Gerard Oury, a cultural icon of France whose decades-old comedies remain hits today, has died, local officials at his Riviera home said Thursday. He was 87.

Oury, whose top hits include the 1973 movie "Les Aventures de Rabbi Jacob'' (The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob), died at his home in Saint-Tropez on Wednesday night, the Var municipality said.

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Gyorgy Illes

Few countries can boast as many great cinematographers as Hungary, and many of them were students of the legendary Gyorgy Illes, who taught at the Budapest Academy of Drama and Film for more than 50 years and has died aged 91.

"The curriculum I developed featured only still photography in the first two terms," he said. "Those candidates who got into the second round were given the task of going out to locations chosen by us, where they had to create a photographic étude consisting of 10 to 12 pictures. Most of my students were excellent photographers, and over the years we saw masses of brilliant photos."

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‘Shampoo’ star Jack Warden dies at 85

Jack Warden, an Emmy-winning and Academy Award-nominated actor who played gruff cops, coaches and soldiers in a career that spanned five decades, has died. He was 85.

Warden, who lived in Manhattan, died Wednesday at a hospital in New York, Sidney Pazoff, his longtime business manager, said in Los Angeles Friday.

“Everything gave out. Old age,” Pazoff said. “He really had turned downhill in the past month; heart and then kidney and then all kinds of stuff.”

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[DMH]

I am suprised no one has mentioned Mako yet. Now he is an actor I will miss.

 

[Truth Seeker]

That reference is very vague, to whom are you referring to?
Never mind, found it...thank you for bringing it to attention.

I am suprised no one has mentioned Mako yet. Now he is an actor I will miss.

 

[Truth Seeker]

Mako Iwamatsu (born Makoto Iwamatsu} {Iwamatsu Makoto) on December 10, 1933-July 21, 2006), was a Japanese-American actor. He was born in Kobe, Japan, moved to the United States of America in the late 1940s and joined the military in the 1950s. He became a naturalized citizen in 1956. His first cinema role was in the 1959 film Never So Few. Many of his acting roles to date credited him simply as "Mako", omitting his surname.

Mako died on July 21, 2006 after a long battle with cancer. Prior to his death, Mako had been recently confirmed to star in the newest Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film, providing the voice of Master Splinter.

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A fuller tribute from the LATimes.

 

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Elis Frontwoman Dies Of Cerebral Hemorrhage

It is with great sadness that Napalm Records has posted the following statement from the remaining members of Liechtenstein’s gothic metal band, from, ELIS:

Deeply confused and sad, we have to inform you, that Sabine is no longer with us. During the band's rehearsal on Friday the 7.7.2006, Sabine suffered a cerebral hemorrhage, from which she died a day later at the hospital.

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Fantasy writer Gemmell dies at 57

Fantasy novelist David Gemmell, best known for stories such as Legend and Waylander, has died at the age of 57.

Gemmell had heart bypass surgery two weeks ago and appeared to be making a good recovery, according to his publisher Transworld.

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Composer Dika Newlin dies at 82

Dika Newlin, a composer and musicologist who was deeply influenced by the avant-garde master Arnold Schoenberg and brought his style into the punk rock era, has died. She was 82.

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