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- Kent Damon was born on 18 August 1942 in the USA. He was an actor, known for Stuck on You (2003). He was married to Celeste Kent and Nancy Carlsson-Paige. He died on 14 December 2017 in Massachusetts, USA.
- Actor
- Writer
- Director
Neeraj Vohra was born on January 22, 1963 in Bhuj, Gujarat. But he grew up in Santacruz, a suburb of Mumbai. His father, Pandit Vinayak Rai Nanalal Vohra was a classical musician and a proponent of Tar-Shehnai. His father popularised Tar-Shehnai as the solo instrument for classical music. He is an Indian film director, producer, actor, writer & composer. As a child, Vora had no access to Bollywood movies. As he hailed from a classical musician's family, listening to film music and watching films was not allowed. His mother Premila Ben had a tremendous fascination for films, and she used to secretly take her son to watch movies. Vora went to famous Pupils' Own School in Khar, Mumbai. Many famous celebrities such as Falguni Pathank, Kinjal Bakshi, Tina Munim were his compatriots at this school.
Many students from his school used to attend music coaching classes conducted by his father, who insisted on teaching classical Indian music while Vorawould sneakily teach them how to play Bollywood songs on harmonium. This made Vora very popular at the school.
Luckily, a lot of Gujarati drama stalwarts followed his father's work and knew him personally, following which he got inclined towards Gujarati theatre. His love for theatre began at the age of 6, and when his father discovered this at the age of 13, he supported Vora and asked him to follow his passion.
He had worked in many successful Bollywood blockbusters like Khiladi 420 (2000), Hera Pheri (2000), Phir Hera Pheri (2006), Hello Brother (1998), Khatta Meetha (2010), Familywala (2009), Shortkut: The Con Is On (2009), Hungama (2003), Garam Masala (2005) etc.
Vora, who had been suffering from an illness for a long time, died at the age of 54 on December 14, 2017. He was reportedly in a coma for 13 months after suffering from a massive heart-attack and brain stroke. He reportedly breathed his last at 4 am at Criti Care hospital in Andheri, Mumbai. Vora had been staying at film producer Firoz Nadiadwala's house since October 2016 as they were working on film Hera Pheri 3 after slipping into coma due to a heart-attack followed by a brain stroke. Nadiadwala had brought him to his home and converted a room into a make-shift Intensive Care Unit (ICU).- Actor
- Soundtrack
Marc Van Eeghem was born on 14 September 1960 in Brugge, Flanders, Belgium. He was an actor, known for Windkracht 10 (1997), Het eiland (2004) and In Flanders Field (2014). He died on 14 December 2017 in Antwerp, Belgium.- Animation Department
- Production Designer
- Art Department
Bob Givens began straight out of high school as an animation checker and 'in-betweener' working primarily for Grim Natwick at Disney studios in 1937. He perfected his drawing technique in subsequent years by attended night classes at the Chouinard Art Institute and the New York Art Students League. In 1940, Bob moved over to Leon Schlesinger's animation unit at Warner Brothers as a layout and storyboard artist. He famously created early model sheets for Bugs Bunny which markedly improved upon Ben Hardaway's original designs. Bob's finished product - with refinements by Tex Avery -- then became more or less the blueprint for future incarnations of the rabbit (Robert McKimson's fine-tuning later resulted in the finished product). Bob's work was initially featured in A Wild Hare (1940), a cartoon which also set the tone for the personalities of both Bugs and his perennial antagonist Elmer Fudd.
In 1942, Bob was drafted into army service and spent the war years making military training films at Culver City under the auspices of Rudolf Ising, one of the original creators of Looney Tunes & Merrie Melodies (the other was Hugh Harman). He returned to 'Termite Terrace' after the war, mainly as layout artist for McKimson and Chuck Jones. After 1954, he free-lanced at various animation studios, including U.P.A. (where he worked on Mr.Magoo cartoons), Hanna-Barbera and DePatie-Freleng, in addition creating graphics for numerous Western Publishing comics and children's books. He retired in 2001 after six and a half decades in the animation business, that year also receiving the prestigious Winsor McCay Award for lifetime achievement.- Tamio Ôki was born on 2 January 1928 in Tokyo, Japan. He was an actor, known for Ghost in the Shell (1995), Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (2004) and Tekken: The Motion Picture (1998). He died on 14 December 2017 in Japan.
- Producer
- Director
- Writer
Bob Claver was born on 22 May 1928 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was a producer and director, known for Ensign O'Toole (1962), The Second Hundred Years (1967) and The Powers of Matthew Star (1982). He died on 14 December 2017 in Redding, California, USA.- Mab Ashforth was born on 13 May 1931 in New York City, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Too Romantic (1992). She was married to Bo Goldman. She died on 14 December 2017 in Rockland, Maine, USA.
- R.C. Sproul was born on 13 February 1939 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a writer, known for Calvinist (2017), The Parables of Jesus (2012) and The Gospel: 2016 National Conference (2016). He was married to Vesta Ann. He died on 14 December 2017 in Altamonte Springs, Florida, USA.
- Vicky Olivares was an actress, known for En retirada (1984), Women's Reformatory (1986) and Deadly Revenge (1983). She died on 14 December 2017 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- Manfred Cierpka was born on 13 April 1950 in Nürtingen, Württemberg-Baden [now Baden-Württemberg], Germany. He died on 14 December 2017 in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
- Aldo Platini was born on 2 November 1927 in Fresnes-en-Woëvre, Meuse, France. He was married to Piccinelli, Anna. He died on 14 December 2017 in Marly, Moselle, France.
- Actor
- Producer
Bryan Petro was an actor and producer, known for Closing Time (2015), Turning Point, Graf Zeppelin (2008) and Waitin' (2009). He died on 14 December 2017 in Port Orchard, Washington, USA.- Brian Searle died on 14 December 2017 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
- Gangstalicious was born on 9 July 1997 in Norfolk, Virginia, USA. He was an actor, known for Gangstalicious: Not Supposed to Be (2015), Gangstalicious: Off Task (2016) and Gangstalicious: Dot Com (2016). He died on 14 December 2017 in Hartford, Connecticut, USA.
- Actor
- Special Effects
- Production Designer
Douglas Saunders was an actor and production designer, known for Warlock Moon (1973). He died on 14 December 2017 in Berkeley, California, USA.- Karl Erik Nilsson was born on 4 January 1922 in Stehag, Eslöv, Sweden. He died on 14 December 2017 in Malmö, Sweden.
- Lones Wigger Jr. was born on 25 August 1937 in Great Falls, Montana, USA. He was married to Mary Kay Spencer. He died on 14 December 2017 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.
- Additional Crew
Bill Mead was born on 1 April 1934 in the USA. He is known for The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg (1998), ESPN SportsCentury (1999) and ESPN 25: Who's #1? (2004). He was married to Jennifer. He died on 14 December 2017 in Bethesda, Maryland, USA.- Charles Cogan was born on 11 January 1928. He died on 14 December 2017 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
- Composer
- Soundtrack
Kuang-chung Yu was born on 21 October 1928 in Nanjing, China. He was a composer, known for Yin jian xiang ma, Chui gu chui (1988) and Tokyo Juliet (2006). He was married to Fan Wo-tsun. He died on 14 December 2017 in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.