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- Martin Benedict was born on 5 August 1944 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor, known for The Shrike (1955) and Carolyn (1956). He died on 2 November 1958 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Peter Fechter was born on Berlin in 1944, during the final years of World War II. After the conflict, he was living in the divided Berlin working as a bricklayer for most of his youth. But on August, 1961 with the Cold War tensions a wall was built leaving Peter and his family living on the East Germany - the Soviet side. He tried to work on the wall's construction which got expanded after many crosses between Easterns and Westerns. Though he was highly recommended as a good worker, he wasn't selected to cross the border to work on the other side of the wall.
Along with a friend, Fechter tried to escape by crossing the wall to West Berlin on 17, August 1962 - a year and three days of the wall anniversary. After succeeding in hiding from the guards at several checkpoints, quite close to the border, it was time for both to climb the wall to the West side. While his friend managed to cross it, Peter was spot by the guards and shot him in the pelvis halfway during climbing. No officers or common people from either side came to his aid and the 18-year boy bled to his death for a whole hour and in front of several habitants.
The news of his death was covered by many newspapers with photos of his body being carried by an East soldier, since he was one of the first victims who tried to cross the wall, later called "the Wall of Shame", by Time magazine and a place that would claim several other victims until its fall in 1989.
In the following years, several memorials were created near the location of his death. - Zuhal Tan was born on 18 February 1944 in Çanakkale, Turkey. She was an actress, known for Askim ve Günahim (1963), Kalbimdeki serseri (1965) and Yavas gel güzelim (1963). She died on 26 May 1966 in Sapanca, Sakarya, Turkey.
- Lynne Ashcroft was born on 15 February 1944 in Marylebone, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Sergeant Cork (1963), Armchair Theatre (1956) and Public Eye (1965). She died on 28 March 1967 in Highgate, London, England, UK.
- Ron Rector was born on 29 May 1944 in Akron, Ohio, USA. He died on 14 July 1968 in Columbus, Ohio, USA.
- Peter Pollatschek was born on 29 March 1944 in Basel, Switzerland. He was an actor, known for Die Glatzkopfbande (1963), Im Himmel ist doch Jahrmarkt (1969) and Pinocchio (1967). He died on 12 September 1968 in Erfurt, German Democratic Republic.
- Actress
- Soundtrack
Tina Lawton was born on 23 March 1944 in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. She was an actress, known for Jazz Meets Folk (1964), Dave's Place (1965) and Country and Western Hour (1963). She died on 24 December 1968 in Mount Longonot, Kenya.- Herbert Huber was born on 4 December 1944 in Kitzbühel, Austria. He died on 15 July 1970 in Kitzbühel, Austria.
- Dan Butler was born on 1 June 1944 in Oakland, California, USA. He died on 23 August 1970 in Fresno, California, USA.
- François Mario Bachand (March 24, 1944 in Montreal - March 29, 1971 in St. Ouen) was a member of the first (1963) wave of the FLQ (Front de libération du Québec).
Mario Bachand was a member of the Front de Liberation du Quebec, imprisoned for his role in planting bombs in Montreal. On 17 May 1963 a bomb crippled Walter Leja, a Canadian army explosives technician. After his release, Bachand remained politically active in Montreal, founding several activist, leftist movements. He was an effective organizer, and was largely responsible for organizing the McGill-français demonstration of March 1969. He was close friends with Jacques Lanctôt, who in 1970 would lead the Liberation Cell in the kidnapping of British diplomat James Cross, the event that initiated the October Crisis.
In April 1969 Bachand fled to Havana, where he met up with other FLQ who had sought refuge in Cuba, including Pierre Charette, Alain Allard and Raymond Villeneuve. Bachand was very much a socialist, and did not view Quebec nationalism, particularly its Parti Québécois manifestation, very positively. This brought him in conflict with certain other FLQ who were more sovereigntist, such as Raymond Villeneuve and Denis Lamoureux.
In June 1970 he left Cuba for Paris. He was found shot to death in the apartment of Pierre Barral and his wife, Françoise, in the Paris suburb of St. Ouen on March 29, 1971, following a cous cous lunch with them and Normand Roy and Denyse Leduc of the DEFLQ (Delegation extérierure du FLQ). He was assassinated by gunshot - Remembered for her coquettish voice and flame colored tresses, Virginia "Ginger" Gerlach left her quiet suburban life in Bala Cynwyd, PA and moved to New York upon turning eighteen. Becoming a professional actress had been a lifelong ambition for the fiercely determined and independent young woman, who ignored her parents' advice to pursue something "safe and stable." Refusing financial help from her wealthy father Clifford, a brick manufacturer, and mother Betty, herself a former actress, Ginger enrolled in the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and like most struggling actresses, took any odd jobs she could find to make ends meet while also perfecting her acting and singing talent.
By the mid-60s, Ginger's career was on the upswing with TV commercials and summer stock. In the fall of 1965, she made her Off-Broadway debut playing Agnes McGurk and Lady Cynthia in the musical Great Scot! More television work soon followed with day player and under-5 roles on soap operas Guiding Light, Edge of Night, and Love Is a Many Splendored Thing.
In 1969, Ginger's career seemed poised to skyrocket when she won the pivotal role of Julie Forrest on NBC-TV's hit daytime serial The Doctors. Her energetic performances as the seemingly sweet but coolly manipulative Julie dominated the soap's narrative for a year, culminating in one of the most memorable story-lines in its history. Her character's sudden death, from a fall down the stairs, was sadly mirrored in real life. A year after being written off The Doctors, Ginger Gerlach died in her Manhattan apartment from an overdose of sleeping pills. - Ronald K. Pennington was born on 6 November 1944 in the USA. He was an actor, known for Trastevere (1971). He died on 11 May 1972 in Beaverton, Alabama, USA.
- Actor
- Director
- Writer
Torquato Neto was born on 9 November 1944 in Teresina, Piauí, Brazil. He was an actor and director, known for O Terror da Vermelha (1972), Haarautuvan rakkauden talo (2009) and Três Irmãs (2008). He died on 10 November 1972 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.- Barbara Dombre was born on 17 March 1944. She was an actress, known for Heaven with a Gun (1969). She died on 3 January 1973.
- Timo K. Mukka was born on 17 December 1944 in Bollnäs, Sweden. He was a writer and actor, known for The Earth Is a Sinful Song (1973), Tabu (1988) and Milka: Elokuva tabuista (1980). He was married to Tuula Mukka. He died on 27 March 1973 in Rovaniemi, Finland.
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Nino Bravo was born on 3 August 1944 in Ayelo de Malferit, València, Comunitat Valenciana, Spain. He was an actor, known for Cuéntame cómo pasó (2001), Dos tipos duros (2003) and Benidorm (2020). He was married to Amparo Martínez. He died on 16 April 1973 in Villarrubio, Cuenca, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain.- Jack Wrather Jr. was born on 9 May 1944 in Dallas, Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for The Big Land (1957) and Lassie (1954). He was married to Lana Wood. He died on 4 May 1973 in Orange County, California, USA.
- Mieczyslaw Kosz was born on 10 February 1944 in Antoniówka, Lubelskie, Poland. He died on 31 May 1973 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Clarence White was born on 7 June 1944 in Lewiston, Maine, USA. He was an actor, known for Two-Lane Blacktop (1971), Cal's Corral (1959) and The Farmer's Other Daughter (1965). He died on 15 July 1973 in Palmdale, California, USA.- Actor
- Writer
François Cevert was born on 25 February 1944 in Paris, France. He was an actor and writer, known for Formula 1 (1950), One by One (1974) and Sport en fête (1972). He died on 6 October 1973 in Watkins Glen, New York, USA.- Aleksandr Fedin was born on 31 May 1944 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He was an actor, known for Ya-11-17 (1970) and Kloun (1971). He died on 6 October 1973 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].
- Actress
- Soundtrack
Candy Darling was born on 24 November 1944 in Long Island, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Women in Revolt (1971), The Death of Maria Malibran (1972) and Flesh (1968). She died on 21 March 1974 in New York City, New York, USA.- Blond German youth Peter Lee Lawrence, who made his uncredited debut in Sergio Leone "For A Few Dollars More" (1965), was the hero in many Spaghetti Westerns. His short cinematographic history can be enclosed in nine years of Italo-Spain co-productions. His recent films include thriller-drama "Giorni d'amore sul filo di una lama" (1973), where he played with his long time partner, the blond German actress Erica Blanc, and Italian horror "Bacio di una morta" (1974).
In 1972 Lawrence began suffering from headaches. Once filming finished on Los Caballeros del Botón de Ancla, he was admitted to the Foundation Jimenez Diaz Hospital in Madrid, where he was operated on by Dr. Sixto Obrador. The surgery was a success, but the biopsy report revealed it was glioblastoma. He moved to Zurich, where, under the auspices of Professor Wolfgang Horst, he began both chemo and radium treatment. On the 25th of March 1974, Lawrence was admitted to the Villa Stuart Clinic in Rome with severe stomach pains. He died on April 20th 1974, at ten past three in the morning. At the time of his death he was married to actress Cristina Galbó. - Pál Szécsi was born on 19 March 1944 in Budapest, Hungary. He was an actor, known for Musical TV Theater (1970) and Lehet egy kilóval kevesebb? (1971). He died on 30 April 1974 in Budapest, Hungary.
- Christine Chubbuck was born on 24 August 1944 in Hudson, Ohio, USA. She died on 15 July 1974 in Sarasota, Florida, USA.
- José Falcón was born on 30 August 1944 in Aldeia de Povöas, Portugal. He died on 11 August 1974 in Barcelona, Cataluña, Spain.
- Miguel Enriquez was born on 27 March 1944 in Talcahuano, Biobío Region, Chile. He was married to Alejandra Pizarro. He died on 5 October 1974 in Santiago de Chile, Metropolitan Region, Chile.
- Eric Emerson was born on 23 June 1944 in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA. He was an actor, known for San Diego Surf (1968), Heat (1972) and **** (1967). He died on 28 May 1975.
- Actor
Jonathan Peck was born on 20 July 1944 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor. He died on 26 June 1975 in Santa Barbara, California, USA.- Paula D'Arco was born on 22 June 1944 in Caracas, Venezuela. She was an actress, known for La indomable (1972), Sagrado y obsceno (1975) and La doña (1972). She was married to Carlos Olivier. She died on 30 January 1976 in Caracas, Venezuela.
- Director
- Actor
- Writer
Denys Irving was born on 4 January 1944 in Colwyn Bay, Wales, UK. He was a director and actor, known for Exit (1971) and Now (1969). He was married to Merdelle Jordine. He died on 6 August 1976 in Sussex, England, UK.- Slobodan Djuric was born on 7 July 1944 in Bajina Basta, Serbia, Yugoslavia. He was an actor, known for Vise od igre (1976), Zlocin i kazna (1972) and Vreme ljubavi (1966). He died on 22 December 1976 in Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia.
- Constantin Nepo was born on 3 March 1944 in Moscow, Russian Empire. He was an actor, known for Odissea (1968), If All the Guys in the World... (1956) and Sputnik (1958). He was married to Yvette Chauviré. He died on 30 December 1976 in Paris, France.
- Ângela Diniz was born on 10 November 1944 in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. She died on 30 December 1976 in Praia dos Ossos, Búzios, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
- Director
- Production Designer
Alexandru Bocanet was born on 15 February 1944 in Bucharest, Romania. He was a director and production designer, known for Gloria nu cînta (1976), Un orfelin iubea o orfelina (1976) and Dupleks TV varijete Beograd - Bukurest (1975). He died on 4 March 1977 in Bucharest, Romania.- Transportation Department
One of Brazil's first great racing drivers, Pace was a contemporary and friend of countryman and two-time world champion Emerson Fittipaldi. Pace began racing in the 1960s and won three straight Brazilian national championships before moving to Europe to compete in the Formula 3 series. A versatile race driver, Pace competed in open-wheel formulas, sportscars, and rallys before getting his break in the ranks of the Formula 1 World Championship. Pace raced for future winning owner Frank Williams, driving a March. He then moved to Surtees, and drove well enough to attract the attention of Brabham, then one of the top teams. "Moco" proved his worth, taking several podium results and finally a win, at the 1975 Brazilian Grand Prix, his home race. For two and a half seasons, Pace raced for Brabham, but he was killed in a plane crash in Sao Paulo, just after the beginning of the 1977 season. Pace was 32.- Actor
- Composer
- Writer
Eddie Peregrina was born on 11 November 1944 in Manila, Philippines. He was an actor and composer, known for Mardy (1969), What Am I Living For (1970) and Make Laugh, Not War (1971). He died on 30 April 1977 in Mandaluyong, Metro Manila, Philippines.- Prinz Louis Ferdinand Junior von Preussen was born on 25 August 1944 in Golzow, Pomerania, Germany [now Golczew, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland]. He was married to Donata zu Castell-Rüdenhausen. He died on 11 July 1977 in Bremen, Germany.
- Actor
- Make-Up Department
- Additional Crew
Divine's former best friend, with dyed silver hair, met the future Waters star in beauty school in Baltimore, Maryland. Divine later claimed that he had "never even heard the word 'drag' before David," and that Lochary did his makeup and wigs at parties (prior to Van Smith). Divine introduced Lochary to Waters in the mid-1960s, and he quickly became one of Waters' "Dreamlanders," first appearing in his 8mm underground film Roman Candles (1966). Lochary usually played exotically-dressed, sophisticated perverts who threatened, and lost to, Divine. Lochary moved to New York after the release of Pink Flamingos (1972) to do theater, but returned to Baltimore for Female Trouble (1974), after which he drifted away from the Dreamlanders. He allegedly died by bleeding to death in his New York apartment after falling on a glass while on PCP, shortly after the release of Waters' first film without him and Divine, Desperate Living (1977).- Jim Vellone was born on 20 August 1944 in Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, USA. He died on 21 August 1977 in Huntington Beach, California, USA.
- Jan-Carl Raspe grew up as the son of a factory owner in East Berlin. The father died the year he was born. From 1961 he lived with relatives in West Berlin. In 1963 he graduated from school with a high school diploma. He then studied chemistry and later sociology at the Free University. He completed his studies with a diploma. In 1971 Raspe joined the Red Army Faction. In 1972, Andreas Baader and Gudrun Ensslin returned to Germany from their exile and, as the "Red Army Faction", assumed responsibility for terrorist attacks in May, which they carried out in Augsburg, Hamburg, Karlsruhe and at the US Army headquarters in Heidelberg.
Raspe, who had taken part in the preparations and implementation, was arrested on June 1, 1972 together with Andreas Baader and Holger Meins in Frankfurt am Main and sentenced to life imprisonment on April 28, 1977, after almost two years of trial and 192 days of trial . The trial took place in a purpose-built armored building that was specially built for twelve million DM, right next to the grounds of the Stuttgart-Stammheim prison. Raspe was then imprisoned in Cologne-Ossendorf and later in Stuttgart-Stammheim.
On September 5, 1977, the RAF responded to the verdict by kidnapping Hanns-Martin Schleyer, President of the Confederation of German Employers' Associations. The RAF now demanded that the Federal Republic release Baader and eleven other members who were in custody. The demand was that each of them should receive 100,000 DM and be flown out of Germany. Chancellor Helmut Schmidt refused to give in to the demand and made it clear: "The Federal Republic of Germany cannot be blackmailed." On October 13, 1977, four Arab terrorists hijacked the Lufthansa plane "Landshut" on the flight from Mallorca to Frankfurt with a new destination of Mogadishu. There were 82 passengers and 5 crew members on board the "Landshut".
The Arab kidnappers thus joined the RAF and demanded the release of the RAF members imprisoned in Germany. On October 18, 1977, a special unit of the Federal Border Guard succeeded in a spectacular operation to free the hostages on the tarmac of Mogadishu Airport (Somalia). Just a few hours later, Jan-Carl Raspe, Andreas Baader and Gudrun Ensslin committed suicide after years of solitary confinement in the Stuttgart-Stammheim prison. All police efforts to find and free Hanns-Martin Schleyer were unsuccessful. On October 19, 1977, Hanns-Martin Schleyer was found dead in the trunk of a car.
Jan-Carl Raspe was buried together with his two fellow prisoners Baader and Ensslin in the Dornhaldenfriedhof in Stuttgart. - Bob Behling was born on 16 June 1944 in Franklin, Washington. He was an actor, known for Island of Death (1976), Naked in the Snow (1974) and The Hook (1976). He died on 14 November 1977 in Athens, Greece.
- Composer
- Soundtrack
Gerry Shury was born on 11 August 1944 in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England, UK. Gerry was a composer, known for Dynamo (1978), The Sweeney (1975) and Top of the Pops (1964). Gerry was married to Simone Neal. Gerry died on 24 May 1978 in Surrey, England, UK.- Shelly Novack was a star athlete at Venice High School in California. He later played football at Santa Monica City College, Long Beach State, and was drafted by the San Diego Chargers in 1965. He became an actor through football, much like some other athletes do. Shelly won the first Toyota Grand Prix Pro Celebrity Race in 1977. Although he was a decent actor his passion was sports.
- Baku Hatakeyama was born on 18 June 1944 in Nagano, Japan. He was an actor, known for Secret Squadron Gorenger (1975), J.A.K.Q. Dengekitai vs. Gorenger (1977) and Himitsu sentai Gorenjâ: Aoi daiyousai (1975). He died on 13 July 1978.
- Sharon Reeves was born on 11 February 1944 in Wichita Falls, Texas, USA. She died on 20 July 1978 in Copperas Cove, Texas, USA.
- Actor
- Additional Crew
David Blagden was born on 8 February 1944. He was an actor, known for Kidnapped (1971), The Adventurer (1972) and Swallows and Amazons (1974). He died on 10 September 1978 in Alderney, Channel Islands.- Ronnie Peterson was probably the most famous and most successful Swede ever to race in F1. He started his F1 career in 1970, driving for March, before moving to Lotus in 1973. In 1973 and 1974, he won 7 Grands Prix, and finished third and fifth in the championship respectively.
Moving back to March in 1976, he won the Italian Grand Prix before moving to Tyrrell to drive the wonderful 6 wheeled P34, but a move back to Lotus and the revolutionary ground effect Lotus 79 re-invigorated him. As Mario Andretti's team mate, he dutifully played the role of second driver, earning 2 wins. He had signed for the McLaren team, replacing James Hunt for 1979, but sadly was never able to take his place. He was tragically killed from leg injury complications after an horrific crash at the start of the 1978 Italian Grand Prix. He finished second in the championship posthumously.
Ronnie was the fastest driver in F1 throughout the 1970s. Always a team player, he was a shy, friendly man who is now a legend. - Andrea Fior was born on 17 January 1944 in Graz, Styria, Austria. She was an actress, known for Das Ereignis (1969) and Herr Pfeffermaus und seine Freunde (1971). She died on 23 June 1979 in Villach, Carinthia, Austria.
- Rita Hovink was born on 3 March 1944 in Beverwijk, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. She was an actress, known for Hollands glorie (1977), Europabeker voor zangvoordracht - De Knokke cup (1959) and Lach een lied (1966). She died on 7 September 1979 in Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.