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Rogelio Ponseele
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Rogelio Ponseele (1939 – "025) was a Belgian Catholic priest who became widely known in El Salvador for his long pastoral service and his role as a chaplain during the country’s civil war. Originally part of a Belgian mission of priests working with Catholic communities in San Salvador in the early 1970s, Ponseele remained in the country through decades of political violence and social upheaval. Faced with increasing repression of clergy and religious workers, he chose not to go into exile and instead moved to Morazán, where he became known as the “chaplain of the guerrilla,” offering spiritual support both to civilians and to combatants and preaching in areas under rebel influence during the 1980s. He continued his pastoral work in Morazán long after the peace accords, serving communities and ministries in the region for more than fifty years. Ponseele died on 24 March 2025 from complications following a car accident near Perquín, Morazán, coinciding with the anniversary of Archbishop Óscar Romero’s martyrdom. His ministry was widely commemorated by parishioners and religious communities in El Salvador.
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Steve Favata
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Stephen Philip Favata is an American professional wrestler, known by his ringname "Modern Miracle" Steve Madison, who competes in Southeastern independent promotions including AWA World-1 South, Full Impact Pro, Future of Wrestling, NWA Florida and Dusty Rhodes' Turnbuckle Championship Wrestling. While in NWA Florida, he was part of the heel stable 911 Incorporated with Ron Niemi, Rod Steel, Eric Loy and The Shane Twins. He was also a member of The Young, Rich & Ready with Chasyn Rance and Kenny King. Madison has also made appearances in Ring of Honor, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling and WWE, including its developmental territories Deep South Wrestling and Florida Championship Wrestling, as well Japanese promotions Big Mouth Loud, Fighting World of Japan Pro Wrestling and New Japan Pro-Wrestling. He formed successful tag teams with Erick Stevens and Lex Lovett while touring Japan.
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Max Ryan
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Max Ryan (born January 2, 1967 in the North of England) is a British actor and former motocross racer.[1][2] After a near-death experience in motocross he eventually turned to acting. After some lesser supporting roles in famous British soap operas and a resident personality on a popular 1990s British game show, The Price is Right, he landed a role in the Jet Li action film Kiss of the Dragon. His performance led to other opportunities such as co-starring with Steven Seagal as the main villain in The Foreigner as well as appearing in Sean Connery's The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. Later roles include a villain in Jason Statham's Death Race and a supporting role in Sex and the City 2.
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Agung Teri
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Agung Tri Setiawan is an emerging Indonesian filmmaker, born in Malang in 2001. He is currently pursuing a career in directing and screenwriting. His directorial debut, “Melahap Mentari”, received the Favorite Film award at the Movimax Film Festival 2020. In 2023, his short film “Asmo” was selected as one of the Top 10 Finalists in the “Preventing Stunting is Important” Short Film Competition, organized by the Malang City Government. Most recently, in 2024, he produced “Tumbal Layar”, which was nominated for Best Short: General Category at the Doss Short Film Festival.
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Alun Armstrong
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Alun Armstrong is a prolific English character actor.
Armstrong grew up in County Durham in North East England. He first became interested in acting through Shakespeare productions at his grammar school. Since his career began in the early 1970s, he has played, in his words, "the full spectrum of characters from the grotesque to musicals... I always play very colourful characters, often a bit crazy, despotic, psychotic."
His numerous credits include six different Dickens adaptations and seven series as eccentric ex-detective Brian Lane in New Tricks.
Armstrong is also an accomplished stage actor who spent nine years with the Royal Shakespeare Company. He originated the role of Thénardier in the London production of Les Misérables and he won an Olivier Award for playing the title role in Sweeney Todd.
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Aretha Franklin
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Aretha Louise Franklin (March 25, 1942 – August 16, 2018) was an American singer, songwriter and pianist. Referred to as the "Queen of Soul", Rolling Stone twice named her as the greatest singer of all time. With global sales of over 75 million records, Franklin is one of the world's best-selling music artists.
As a child, Franklin was noticed for her gospel singing at New Bethel Baptist Church in Detroit, Michigan, where her father C. L. Franklin was a minister. At the age of 18, she was signed as a recording artist for Columbia Records. While her career did not immediately flourish, Franklin found acclaim and commercial success once she signed with Atlantic Records in 1966. Hit songs such as "I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)", "Respect", "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman", "Chain of Fools", "Think", and "I Say a Little Prayer", propelled Franklin past her musical peers.
Franklin continued to record acclaimed albums such as I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You (1967), Lady Soul (1968), Spirit in the Dark (1970), Young, Gifted and Black (1972), Amazing Grace (1972), and Sparkle (1976), before experiencing problems with the record company. Franklin left Atlantic in 1979 and signed with Arista Records. The singer appeared in the 1980 film The Blues Brothers before releasing the successful albums Jump to It (1982), Who's Zoomin' Who? (1985) and Aretha (1986) on the Arista label. In 1998, Franklin returned to the Top 40 with the Lauryn Hill-produced song "A Rose Is Still a Rose"; later, she released an album with the same name.
Franklin recorded 112 charted singles on the US Billboard charts, including 73 Hot 100 entries, 17 top-ten pop singles, 100 R&B entries and 20 number-one R&B singles. Besides the foregoing, the singer's well-known hits also include "Ain't No Way", "Call Me", "Don't Play That Song (You Lied)", "Spanish Harlem", "Rock Steady", "Day Dreaming", "Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)", "Something He Can Feel", "Jump to It", "Freeway of Love", "Who's Zoomin' Who" and "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)" (a duet with George Michael). Franklin won 18 Grammy Awards (out of 44 nominations), including the first eight awards given for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance (1968–1975), a Grammy Awards Living Legend honor and Lifetime Achievement Award.
Franklin received numerous honors throughout her career. She was awarded the National Medal of Arts and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. In 1987, she became the first female artist to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. She also was inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2005 and into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame in 2012. In 2019, the Pulitzer Prize jury awarded the songwriter a posthumous special citation "for her indelible contribution to American music and culture for more than five decades". In 2020, Franklin was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame. ..
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Sean Connery
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Sir Thomas Sean Connery (August 25, 1930 – October 31, 2020) was a Scottish actor and producer. He won an Academy Award, two BAFTA Awards (one being a BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award), and three Golden Globes, including the Cecil B. DeMille Award and a Henrietta Award. Connery was the first actor to portray the character James Bond in film, starring in seven Bond films (every film from Dr. No to You Only Live Twice, plus Diamonds Are Forever and Never Say Never Again), between 1962 and 1983. In 1988, Connery won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in The Untouchables. His films also include Marnie (1964), Murder on the Orient Express (1974), The Man Who Would Be King (1975), A Bridge Too Far (1977), Highlander (1986), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), The Hunt for Red October (1990), Dragonheart (1996), The Rock (1996), and Finding Forrester (2000).
Connery was polled in a 2004 The Sunday Herald as "The Greatest Living Scot" and in a 2011 EuroMillions survey as "Scotland's Greatest Living National Treasure". He was voted by People magazine as both the “Sexiest Man Alive" in 1989 and the "Sexiest Man of the Century” in 1999. He received a lifetime achievement award in the United States with a Kennedy Center Honor in 1999. Connery was knighted in the 2000 New Year Honours for services to film drama.
On October 31, 2020, Connery died at the age of 90.
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Seo Ji Yeon
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Seo Ji Yeon, mostly known as Gyeon and born in Daejeon, South Korea, is an actor, singer and host based in Thailand. At the age of eleven, she moved to Thailand for her father's work. In 1998, she made her performing debut in the music video for Raffy-Nancy's "Tell Me Why" (บอกกันได้ไหม). After graduating from Ruamrudee International School Bangkok, she went on to study Business Japanese at Assumption University's Faculty of Arts.
She's currently in a relationship with Thai artist Hunz Isariya Phattharamanop.
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Maja Lunde
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Maja Lunde is a Norwegian author and screenwriter.
With her 2015 debut novel for adults “The History of Bees”, Lunde established herself as one of the most successful Norwegian Authors on the international literary stage. The novel was the most selling book in any genre in Germany in 2017, and is so far sold to 32 territories. The novel was the first debut to receive the prestigious Bokhandlerprisen (Norwegian Booksellers’ Prize). Lunde has written several books for children and young adults, as well scripts for Norwegian television and films.
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George Shea
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George Shea is a cofounder of both Shea Communications, a New York City-based public relations firm, and of Major League Eating. He hosts MLE's main eating competition, Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest. Shea has also hosted many different live events, including NASCAR, boxing matches, and corporate gatherings. He is known for wearing his signature straw hat to Nathan's hot dog competitions.
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