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Sonia Infante

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Sonia Angélica Infante López (2 February 1944 – 16 July 2019), known as Sonia Infante, was a Mexican film and television actress. The daughter of Ángel Infante, she followed him and her uncle Pedro into an acting career. Her film debut was in 1960, and she made more than 50 films over most of the next decade. In 1967, she took a break from acting to marry producer Gustavo Alatriste and to raise their two children. After divorcing Alatriste in 1982, Infante returned to acting in the mid-1980s. She also produced several films and starred in several telenovelas, such as El precio de la fama and Un rostro en mi pasado. During the 1980s, she married actor Andrés García, whom she later divorced. Infante retired from acting in 2007. Infante died in July 2019, after suffering cardiac arrest while hospitalised in Mexico City for paralysis
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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 who 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 31 October 2020, it was announced that Connery had died at the age of 90. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sean Connery, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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Rick Hoffman

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Born June 12, 1970 in New York City, New York and raised in Roslyn Heights, New York, Rick Hoffman graduated from The Wheatley School in Old Westbury, NY before attending the University of Arizona. After graduating from University of Arizona, Rick moved to Los Angeles to start an acting career. He landed his first role as a security guard in Conspiracy Theory (1997) . He was so nervous he flubbed his two lines. Fortunately, his misread got laughs from Julia Roberts , Richard Donner and the entire crew, and was included in the final cut, giving him some much-needed attention. After other small roles, he had his breakout role as the Freddie Sacker on Darren Star 's Wall Street series The $treet (2000) which allowed him to quit his job waiting tables and move back to New York. He has had several memorable roles on series like Terry Loomis on the critically acclaimed Steven Bochco law drama Philly (2001) . These roles caught Variety magazine's attention who elected Rick one of Variety's 10 Actors to Watch. Then came the role of Jerry Best on The Bernie Mac Show (2001), and Patrick Van Dorn on the John Stamos comedy series Jake in Progress (2005). He has had many supporting appearances in movies including The Day After Tomorrow (2004), Blood Work (2002), Hostel (2005), Cellular (2004), and Lions Gate Films The Condemned (2007). He suffered a near-death experience during the filming of the latter in Australia.
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Patty Brard

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Patty Brard (born Petula Louise Brard on March 25, 1955, in Sorong, New Guinea) is a Dutch entertainer and entrepreneur of Indo (Dutch-Indonesian) descent. She is a TV personality and a singer notable as a former member of the girl group Luv'. For four decades, she has often hit the headlines of the tabloid press. In the late 1970s, Luv' scored a string of international hit records such as "You're the Greatest Lover", "Trojan Horse", "Casanova" and "Ooh, Yes I Do" on the charts. The group reunited on several occasions. Since 1983, Brard has been active on television as a host/presenter. She hosted the Candid Camera-like TV programs such as De Bananasplit Show and Gaan met die Banaan as well as the 1985 edition of the San Remo Festival and the 2001 version of Big Brother. Inspired by the success of The Osbournes, she appeared in reality television shows that featured her life, the most popular being Patty's Posse (2003–2004). Her participation in the ice skating competition Sterren Dansen Op Het IJs (2007) and the celebrity diving competition Sterren Springen Op Zaterdag (also known as Celebrity Splash!) were highly covered events. Since 2007, she has been a showbiz expert on the entertainment news program Shownieuws on SBS 6. Brard was also involved in other shows on the same channel including De Nieuwe Uri Geller ("The new Uri Geller"), Wie Ben Ik? ("Who Am I?"), K2 zoekt K3, Bonje Met De Buren ("Trouble With Neighbours") and the Dutch version of Dancing On Ice. In 2009, 2013, 2015 and 2019, she signed exclusive deals with SBS Broadcasting B.V. (taken over by Talpa Network in 2011). Currently, she is working as a freelance TV host. Since February 2020, Patty Brard has launched collections of household items, jewellery and skincare lines in association with Kruidvat shops in the Netherlands. In 1976, she was recruited by Hans van Hemert to be part of a girl group called Luv' with José Hoebee and Marga Scheide. On December 31, 1979, Luv' received the Buma Export Award. The trio scored a string of hit records in Benelux, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Denmark, France, New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Mexico. In 1980, she left the group and took part in two comebacks with Luv' (in 1993–1996 and in 2005–2012). In 1981, Brard was the first Luv' member to start a solo career. She recorded in the 1980s three albums (All This Way, You're in the Pocket and Red Light) in Los Angeles. She collaborated with sought-after session musicians (including Billy Preston, Paulinho Da Costa, Paul Jackson, Jr. and Jai Winding). Brard's American recordings were not as popular as those of Luv' (except the single "Hold On To Love" which was a Top 20 hit in the Netherlands, a Top 10 hit in Belgium and which reached the 12th position in South Africa in 1981). ... Source: Article "Patty Brard" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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Ramón Rodríguez

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Ramón Rodríguez is a Puerto Rican-American actor probably best known for his TV roles as the title character on Will Trent, Ben Cruz on The Affair, Bakuto on Marvel's Iron Fist and Marvel's The Defenders, Detective Ryan Lopez on the FOX's Gang Related, John Bosley in ABC's 2011 remake of Charlie's Angels, Renaldo on HBO's The Wire, and Damien Ortiz on ABC's Day Break. His best known movie roles are as Leo Spitz in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, George in The One and Only Ivan, Cpl. Matt Morales in Meagan Leavey, Joe Peck in Need for Speed, 2LT William Martinez in Battle Los Angeles, and Angel Tezo in Pride and Glory,
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Dominique Paturel

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Dominique Paturel (3 April 1931 – 28 February 2022) was a French voice, stage and film actor. Paturel was born on 3 April 1931 in Le Havre and was educated at the Institution Saint-Joseph. He moved to Paris in 1951, and he graduated from the École de la rue Blanche. Paturel started his career at the Théâtre National Populaire in the 1950s. He subsequently acted at the Théâtre de l'Odéon. Meanwhile, he acted in films in the 1960s-1980s. Paturel dubbed J. R. Ewing in Dallas. He also dubbed Terence Hill, Omar Sharif and Anthony Hopkins. Paturel died in Saint-Brieuc on 28 February 2022, at the age of 90. Source: Article "Dominique Paturel" from Wikipedia in english, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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Veronica Logan

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Veronica Logan (also known as Veronika Logan) is an English-Italian film and television actress. Born from the English musician Michael Logan and Antonella Desimone, she started working as a model. On television he made his debut in 1984 in I ragazzi della valle misteriosa , directed by Marcello Aliprandi, along with Kim Rossi Stuart, and continued with a rich series of television and film productions, until the successful soap opera by Canale 5, Vivere , from 1999 to 2006, plays the role of Chiara Bonelli. In 1991 he played the part of the Witch and the Countess in the board game Atmosfear, episode 3 and 4. In 1991 he participated in the Jocelyn program on Canale 5 Cos'è cos'è?; in 1992, the well-known television program is not RAI. She has gone from roles in comic films like A Spasso nel Tempo (1996), to romantic characters in I ragazzi del muretto (1991), to ambiguous roles in TV series like Strangers (1996), where she performs completely naked in scenes of love with the forty-five-year-old Cherie Lunghi, up to popular TV series roles like Un medico in famiglia (1998). His other works include the films La verità vi prego sull'amore (2001), directed by Francesco Apolloni, and Scusa ma ti chiam amore (2008), directed by Federico Moccia, besides the tv series L'ispettore Coliandro (2006- in progress). In 2013 he participated in the talent show Ballando con le stelle, conducted by Milly Carlucci, paired with the Cuban dancer Maykel Fonts: provisionally eliminated during the seventh episode of the reality, is decisively excluded in the next episode dedicated to the repechage. (Wikipedia)
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Abi Tucker

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Abigail Anne "Abi" Tucker is an Australian singer-songwriter and TV and stage actress best known for her roles in Heartbreak High, The Secret Life of Us, McLeod's Daughters and Playschool; and in films The New Girlfriend (original title: Envy, Angst and The Wog Boy. Her theatre credits include The Vagina Monologues, Everything's F***ed workshop, The Music and Lyrics of Sean Peter, Breakfast with Jonny Wilkinson, Poor Boy – Music of Tim Finn and Bell Shakespeare's As You Like It.
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Steve McMichael

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Stephen Douglas McMichael, nicknamed "Mongo", is a former American football defensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL), former professional wrestler, commentator and head coach. McMichael played college football for the University of Texas at Austin and was an All-American. He played for the New England Patriots, Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers, winning Super Bowl XX with the Bears in January 1986. During his professional wrestling career, McMichael was known for his time in World Championship Wrestling (WCW). He became a member of the legendary Four Horsemen stable and was a one-time WCW United States Champion. From 2007 to 2013, McMichael was the head coach of the Chicago Slaughter of the Continental Indoor Football League (CIFL). In 2013, he finished second in his campaign for mayor of Romeoville, Illinois. McMichael has been a regular presence on Chicago sports radio for several years and is currently the namesake of a restaurant in the southwest suburbs of Chicago.
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Pierre Schaeffer

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Pierre Henri Marie Schaeffer (14 August 1910 – 19 August 1995) was a French composer, writer, broadcaster, engineer, musicologist, acoustician and founder of Groupe de Recherche de Musique Concrète (GRMC). His innovative work in both the sciences—particularly communications and acoustics—and the various arts of music, literature and radio presentation after the end of World War II, as well as his anti-nuclear activism and cultural criticism garnered him widespread recognition in his lifetime. Amongst the vast range of works and projects he undertook, Schaeffer is most widely and currently recognized for his accomplishments in electronic and experimental music, at the core of which stands his role as the chief developer of a unique and early form of avant-garde music known as musique concrète. The genre emerged in Europe from the utilization of new music technology developed in the post-war era, following the advance of electroacoustic and acousmatic music. Schaeffer's writings (which include written and radio-narrated essays, biographies, short novels, a number of musical treatises and several plays) are often oriented towards his development of the genre, as well as the theoretics and philosophy of music in general. Today, Schaeffer is considered one of the most influential experimental, electroacoustic and subsequently electronic musicians, having been the first composer to utilize a number of contemporary recording and sampling techniques that are now used worldwide by nearly all record production companies. His collaborative endeavors are considered milestones in the histories of electronic and experimental music. Schaeffer was born in Nancy in 1910. His parents were both musicians (his father a violinist; his mother, a singer), and at first it seemed that Pierre would also take on music as a career. However his parents discouraged his musical pursuits from childhood and had him educated in engineering. He studied at several universities in this inclination, the first of which was Lycée Saint-Sigisbert located in his hometown of Nancy. Afterwards he moved westwards in 1929 to the École Polytechnique in Paris and finally completed his education in the capital at the École supérieure d'électricité, in 1934. Schaeffer received a diploma in radio broadcasting from the École Polytechnique. He may have also received a similar qualification from the École nationale supérieure des télécommunications, although it is not verifiable as to whether or not he ever actually attended this university. ... Source: Article "Pierre Schaeffer" from Wikipedia in english, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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