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Fred Hurt was born on 10 July 1943 in Minot, North Dakota, USA. He was married to Jennifer Sheets and Lorrayne Frances Leier. He died on 11 July 2023 in Glendale, Oregon, USA.

Milan Kundera was born on April 1st 1929 in Brno, Czechoslovakia. He wrote his first poems during his high school years. After World War II he worked as a jazz musician before going to college. He studied music, film and literature at university in Prague. He moved on to become a professor at the film faculty of the Prague Academy of Performing Arts. He also published poems, essays and stage plays. In the same period of time he joined the editorial staff at the literature magazines "Literarni noviny" and "Listy". Kundera joined the Communist Party in 1948, as many other Czech intellectuals did at that time. In 1950 he got expelled from the Party because of "individualistic tendencies".

After graduation in 1952 he was appointed lecturer in world literature at the Film Academy. He joined the Communist Party once again and stayed on from 1956 to 1970. In 1953 he published his first book of poems. Kundera got known after collections of poems through his three volumes "Laughable Loves", written and published between 1958 and 1968. In his first novel, "The Joke" from 1967, he dealt with Stalinism. After the Soviet invasion in the spring of 1968 Kundera lost his permission to teach and his books were removed from all public libraries in the country.

Kundera moved to France and became a guest professor at the University of Rennes in 1975. In 1979 he was deprived of his Czechoslovakian citizenship by the government as a reaction to his "Book of Laughter and Forgetting".

The following novels were not allowed to be published in Czechoslovakia. Since 1981 he is a French citizen. During his years in France he has also written material in French. He resides in Paris with his wife, Vera Hrabankova.

George Armstrong was born on 7 September 1962 in London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Tucker's Luck (1983), Just William (1977) and Grange Hill (1978). He died on 11 July 2023 in England.

Mirsad Tuka was born on 19 June 1965 in Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia. He was an actor, known for Underground (1995), Remake (2003) and Pecat (2008). He was married to Nerma Tuka. He died on 11 July 2023 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Sam Cutler died on 11 July 2023 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

Cynthia Okereke was an actress, known for Katakata (2021), Idemili (2014) and Hidden Hunger (2015). She died on 11 July 2023 in Nigeria.

Born in Atlanta, Georgia, Robert was raised in the North Carolina mountain town of Hendersonville where he graduated from East Henderson High School and attended the University of Georgia where he received a journalism degree. After college, Robert worked as a studio cameraman, a game show producer and as a promotions writer/producer. Aside from his career as a screenwriter, Robert Tate Miller has had essays and articles published in Reader's Digest, numerous times in The Christian Science Monitor and in several of the Chicken Soup For the Soul books. He is the author of six novels and lives in Northridge, California.

Michael Bakewell was born on 7 June 1931 in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, UK. He was a producer and director, known for You Only Live Twice: The Radio Play (1990), The Men from Room 13 (1959) and Wicked City (1987). He was married to Melissa Dundas and Joan Bakewell. He died on 11 July 2023.

Mercedes López de Luzuriaga was born on 16 November 1927 in Bilbao, Spain. She was an actress, known for Rey Gitano (2015), Hospital Central (2000) and Aquí no hay quien viva (2003). She died on 11 July 2023 in Spain.

Mike Halac was born on 14 May 1968 in Omaha, Nebraska, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for WWF Superstars (1986), WWE Raw (1993) and Family Property 2: More Blood (2025). He was married to Emily Spicer. He died on 11 July 2023 in the USA.

S.A. Rajkannu was born on 10 May 1946 in British India. S.A. was a producer, known for Pathinaru Vayathinile (1977), Kanni Paruvathile (1979) and Enga Chinna Rasa (1987). S.A. died on 11 July 2023.

Otto Hahn was born on 6 November 1935 in Frickenhausen, Germany. Otto was a director, known for Texel - Insel der Vögel (1999) and Naturparadies Portugal - Im Nationalpark Peneda-Gerês (2001). Otto died on 11 July 2023 in Bopfingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

Gheorghe Costinescu was born on 12 December 1934 in Bucharest, Romania. Gheorghe was a producer, known for Synesthesia (2014). Gheorghe died on 11 July 2023 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.

Peter Walters was born on 11 March 1931 in Birmingham, England. He was married to Meryl Marshall and Patricia Tulloch. He died on 11 July 2023 in the UK.

Tom Johnson of Shillington, Pennsylvania, is an expert on the subject of England's Hammer Films, particularly that company's horror films with Peter Cushing and/or Christopher Lee. He has written several books on the subject for McFarland & Co. Movie-related articles by Johnson have appeared in a number of magazines and fanzines. Johnson taught and coached cross country and track for 30 years and is still involved in the school system.

Ahmad Reza Ahmadi was born on 20 May 1940 in Kerman, Kerman Province, Iran. He was a writer and actor, known for Pomegranate and Cane (1989), The Window (1970) and The Oldman and His Garden of Stones (2004). He was married to Shohreh Heydari. He died on 11 July 2023 in Tehran, Iran.

C.R. Roberts was born on 29 February 1936 in Tupelo, Mississippi, USA. He was an actor, known for Monsters Across America (2020) and The NFL on CBS (1956). He was married to Yvonne Barton and Joyce Moss. He died on 11 July 2023 in Norwalk, Connecticut, USA.

Índia Potira died on 11 July 2023 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Yvonni Metaxaki was a writer and actress, known for Drunkenness of the Flesh (1970), A Greek Woman in the Harem (1971) and Agapi mou pagovouno (1974). She died on 11 July 2023 in Greece.

Christian Rose was born on 4 March 1946 in Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France. Christian is known for Pervertissima (1972). Christian died on 11 July 2023 in France.

Yuzo Toyama was a composer, known for Clouds Over the Hill (2009) and Anjyu no Chi (2023). He died on 11 July 2023 in Nagano Prefecture, Japan.

Toni Carbone was born on 23 May 1961 in Italy. He was an actor and producer, known for Carmen Consoli: Volevo fare la rockstar (2021) and Turno di notte (1987). He died on 11 July 2023 in Italy.

Ales Puschkin was born on 6 August 1965 in Bobr, Byelorussian SSR, USSR [now Bobr, Belarus]. He was married to Janina Demuch. He died on 11 July 2023 in Grodno, Belarus.