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- Ryszard Zabinski was the son of Warsaw Zookeepers Jan and Antonina Zabinski. During the Holocaust, the family successfully hid 300 Jewish men, women, and children in their villa and in the zoo's animal cages and tunnels. Ryszard carried food to the 'guests' and performed a number of chores without ever inadvertently giving away the family's secret activities.
For young Ryszard, life at the zoo was a childhood dream come true. It was also an adventure he would never forget. He shared space with sick or orphaned new-born animals. Ryszard long remembered all of the animals roaming freely throughout his home. The zoo he remembered prior to the war was filled with love.
On October 30, 1968 a tree planting ceremony was held at Yad Vashem honoring Righteous Among the Nations. Ryszard's parents were among the honorees. Ryszard lived his entire life in Warsaw, Poland. - Charles Lincoln Van Doren came from a family of intellectual achievers. His father was the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Mark Van Doren (1894-1973). His mother, Dorothy Graffe Van Doren, was a novelist and writer, and his uncle, Carl Clinton Van Doren (1885-1950), was a noted historian and author. Van Doren himself earned his B.A. at St. John's College, an M.A. in astrophysics from Columbia University, and a Ph.D. in English.
After studying at the Sorbonne, Van Doren became a professor of English at Columbia, earning an annual salary of $4,400. After learning of the money to be made from quiz shows, Van Doren applied to the show "Twenty-One," where producers were looking for ways to bolster faltering ratings. In Van Doren, a 30-year-old charming academic with name recognition, producers saw an attractive winner who could popularize the show. Producers scripted the program, fed contestants with answers and coached them on how to act during the show, so that contestants would have a string of ties to build the drama for one eventual victory. The clean-cut Van Doren, playing his part, became the new champion of "Twenty-One." Ratings for the show began to rise and the bookish champ became an unlikely national hero. After 14 weeks, Van Doren eventually earned a staggering $138,000. By the end of the streak, Van Doren was a celebrity. "Time" magazine pictured him on their cover and he received 500 letters a week. Van Doren signed a $150,000 three-year contract with NBC for appearances as a guest on Steve Allen's show, a guest host on the "Today Show," and a panelist on NBC radio's "Conversations."
When the quiz show scandals broke, Van Doren asserted his innocence, but eventually confessed in November 1959. Though many other contestants had complied with the network's rigging, Van Doren drew the most attention because of his prominent family. NBC ended its contract with Van Doren, and he resigned from Columbia. Van Doren slipped into obscurity, writing books under a pseudonym and becoming an editor for Encyclopedia Britannica. - Actor
- Music Department
Stromboli was born on 7 July 1926 in Rosyth, Fife, Scotland, UK. He was an actor, known for The Elephant Man (1980), The Bride (1985) and Princess Caraboo (1994). He was married to Sylvia Wilde. He died on 9 April 2019 in Farnworth, Greater Manchester, England, UK.- John Apone was born on 7 April 1927 in Hyde Park, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for Everglades! (1961), Combat! (1962) and You Have to Run Fast (1961). He died on 9 April 2019 in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA.
- Writer
- Art Department
- Producer
James D. Hudnall was born on 10 April 1957 in Santa Rosa, California, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Harsh Realm (1999), The Psycho and Age of Heroes. He died on 9 April 2019 in the USA.- Pyotr Benyuk was born on 4 March 1946 in Bitkov, Stanislav Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Bytkiv, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for Komu vgoru, komu vniz (1991), Dikiy tabun (2003) and Vozdushnye piraty (1992). He died on 9 April 2019 in Lviv, Ukraine.
- Richard E. Cole was born on 7 September 1915 in Dayton, Ohio, USA. He was married to Lucia Martha "Marty" Harrell. He died on 9 April 2019 in San Antonio, Texas, USA.
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Paul Severs was born on 26 June 1948 in Huizingen, Flanders, Belgium. He was an actor, known for Brabançonne (2014), Clan (2012) and Ons Dorp (2012). He was married to Paulette. He died on 9 April 2019 in Anderlecht, Brussels, Belgium.- Elias Garay was born on 22 March 1946 in Las Piedras, Puerto Rico. Elias was married to Ana Santini and Nicholasa Cartagena. Elias died on 9 April 2019 in Canovanas, Puerto Rico.
- Pavel Zelízko was born on 7 July 1950 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. He was an actor, known for Stalingrad (1993), The Secret of Steel City (1979) and Temné slunce (1980). He died on 9 April 2019 in Prague, Czech Republic.
- Marilynn Smith was born on 13 April 1929 in Topeka, Kansas, USA. She died on 9 April 2019 in Goodyear, Arizona, USA.
- Serge Weber was born on 1 April 1951 in Paris, France. He was a composer, known for Der Geschichtenerzähler (1989), Ron & Tanja (1990) and Achterbahn (1992). He died on 9 April 2019 in Linz, Austria.
- Bob Beckett was born on 8 April 1936 in Unionville, Ontario, Canada. He was an actor, known for NHL on CBS (1957). He died on 9 April 2019.
- Dragan Dzankic was born on 18 September 1956 in Kovin, Serbia, Yugoslavia. He was an actor, known for Stanica obicnih vozova (1990), U slavu starog grada (2002) and Ljubav, zenidba i udadba (1997). He died on 9 April 2019 in Vrsac, Serbia.
- Leslie Langley was born on 16 December 1947 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Leslie was a director, known for In the Shadow of the Crow: Legacies of the Narragansetts (2005). Leslie died on 9 April 2019 in Midlothian, Virginia, USA.
- Writer
- Director
Jacques Ségui was born on 7 August 1938 in Barcelona, Spain. He was a writer and director, known for Spécial Chili (1973), Affaire vous concernant (1981) and L'académie des 9 (1982). He died on 9 April 2019 in France.- Actor
- Additional Crew
Eric LaJuan Summers was born on 7 May 1982 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. He was an actor, known for The Greatest Showman (2017), Off the Rails (2017) and The Carrie Diaries (2013). He died on 9 April 2019.