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- Gwenda Deacon was born on 17 February 1946 in Galt, Ontario, Canada. She was an actress, known for Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), L.A. Confidential (1997) and Joy Ride (2001). She died on 25 November 2006 in Garden Grove, California, USA.
- Actress
- Director
- Producer
Varalakshmi G. was born on 27 September 1926 in Ongole, Madras Presidency, British India. She was an actress and director, known for Kanna Talli (1953), Moogajeevulu (1968) and Purana Purush. She was married to K.S. Prakash Rao. She died on 25 November 2006 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.- Stunts
- Actor
Seth Arnett was born on 30 May 1969 in Ventura County, California, USA. He was an actor, known for The 6th Day (2000), Deep Impact (1998) and Congo (1995). He died on 25 November 2006 in Westlake Village, California, USA.- Luciano Bottaro was born on 16 November 1931 in Rapallo, Liguria, Italy. Luciano was a writer, known for Lettere dalla Sicilia (2006). Luciano died on 25 November 2006 in Rapallo, Liguria, Italy.
- Fritzi Schlesinger was born in 1908 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary. She died on 25 November 2006 in Vienna, Austria.
- Actress
Tatjana Angelini was born on 23 September 1923 in Stockholm, Sweden. She was an actress. She died on 25 November 2006 in Stockholm, Sweden.- Actor
Walter Kingson was born on 18 June 1916 in Wisconsin, USA. He was an actor. He died on 25 November 2006 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Actor
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The jazz critic George T. Simon described Byrne in a 1940 review as a "brilliant young trombonist" and his band as "one of the finest...to pop over the dance band horizon in a long time". Byrne was indeed something of a child prodigy and by the age of 16 was a fully fledged member of The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra. When Tommy Dorsey left to form his own band, Byrne remained to fill his now vacant chair as lead trombonist with Jimmy Dorsey's outfit. His jazz solos won him such a following that (with Jimmy's blessing) he formed his own big band in 1939.
Several top notch signings made this band an instant success, particularly Don Redman as arranger, bassist Abe Siegel, pianist Gabriel Julian, vocalist Dorothy Claire and drummer Shelly Manne. Byrne hit the big time in mid-1941, when Michael DeZutter got him a summer spot at the famous Glen Island Casino in New York, preceded by a stint at Frank Dailey's Meadowbrook. A recording contract with Decca, radio broadcasts and Hollywood followed. A change of arranger, with Sid Brantley replacing Redman,actually suited the changing style of the band. In early 1943, Byrne, an experienced pilot, accepted an Air Force commission and disbanded the orchestra. After the war, he put together another short-lived outfit which included saxophonist Larry Elgart and arranger Charles Albertine. The band was good, but George Simon observed, as he had with Byrne's previous group, that a noticeable amount of tension existed among the sidemen which he put down to the leader's heavy hand in demanding musical perfection and which he thought "was the only apparent reason for the Bobby Byrne band not being one of the country's leading crews". In the 1950's, leading a Dixieland-style orchestra, Byrne became musical director for The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (1956). He subsequently appeared on The Lucky Strike Hit Parade, The Milton Berle Show (1958) and (for 11 years) on Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1948), before ending his career as a senior executive with Command Records.