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Jan Shepard was born on 19 March 1928 in Quakertown, Pennsylvania, USA. She was an actress, known for Paradise, Hawaiian Style (1966), Captain Midnight (1954) and Then Came Bronson (1969). She was married to Ray Boyle. She died on 17 January 2025 in Burbank, California, USA.

Jules Feiffer, the Pulitzer-Prize and Oscar-winning cartoonist, playwright and screenwriter, was born on 1929 in the New York City borough The Bronx. During the 1940s, the young Jules apprenticed with comic strip artist Will Eisner on his "The Spirit" strip at the Quality Comics Group. The strip had floundered during the war, after Eisner had been drafted in 1942, but upon his return, Eisner -- with the aid of assistants such as Feiffer -- reinvigorated the strip. Under Eisner, Feiffer learned how to tell a story in illustrations and words. Feiffer is most famous for his cartoons for The Village Voice, which was opened for business in a Greenwich Village in October 1955 by Dan Wolf, Ed Fancher and Norman Mailer. Feiffer's cartoons, which ran in The Voice for 42 years, were syndicated to a wide variety of Sunday papers. He also has the distinction of being the first opinion-editorial page cartoonist employed by The New York Times, a post he held from 1997 through the year 2000.

In addition to his cartoons, Feiffer wrote the 1967 play Little Murders (1971), which was turned into a film in 1971 despite being a flop on Broadway, lasting but one week of seven performances with a cast that included Heywood Hale Broun and Elliott Gould. Feiffer wrote the screenplay for the film, which was directed by Alan Arkin; despite having Gould, then at the height of his fame during the student social upheavals that were cresting and would soon abate, the film was not a success at the box office.

However, Feiffer did taste great cinema success that same year with his screenplay for Mike Nichols, masterpiece Carnal Knowledge (1971), an acerbic look at the sexual mores of men who came to maturity just after World War II. Feifer's first foray with motion pictures was the animated short film 'Munro (1961) (I)', which won the 1961 Academy Award for Best Short Subject, Cartoons.

Feiffer has published over 20 books, including the children's classic The Phantom Tollbooth (1970), which he illustrated and which was made into a movie in 1970.

Feiffer's cartoons for the Voice have been collected in 19 volumes; he also has written the acclaimed children's books "The Man in the Ceiling" and "A Barrel of Laughs, A Vale of Tears".

After teaching at the Yale School of Drama and Northwestern University and serving as a Senior Fellow at Columbia University's National Arts Journalism Program, Feiffer took a post at Southampton College (the graduate school of Long Island University). Among his many honors are membership in the American Academy of Arts and Letters (1995), the National Cartoonist Society Milton Caniff Lifetime Achievement Award (2004), and being named the Creativity Foundation's 2006 Laureate.

Aman Jaiswal was an actor, known for Dhartiputra Nandini (2023). He died on 17 January 2025 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.

Noelia Noel was born on 31 October 1931 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She was an actress, known for Santo in the Treasure of Dracula (1969), Night of the Bloody Apes (1969) and El hijo de Alma Grande (1976). She was married to Noé Murayama. She died on 17 January 2025 in Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico.

Sterling Singletary was born on 19 September 1996 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for FETCH! with Ruff Ruffman (2006). He died on 17 January 2025 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Kati Kuroda was born on 16 January 1947 in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. She was an actress, known for Picture Bride (1994) and Frank DeLima's Hawaiian Christmas Carol (1982). She died on 17 January 2025 in the USA.

Robert Verrall was born on 13 January 1928 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was a producer, known for Energy and Matter (1966), What on Earth! (1967) and The Family That Dwelt Apart (1973). He died on 17 January 2025 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Ai Muney was born on 3 February 2002. He was an actor, known for Ai Muney: How We Living (2023). He died on 17 January 2025 in Indianola, Mississippi, USA.

Denis Law was born on 24 February 1940 in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK. He was an actor, known for The Perfect Match (1995), 3-2-1 (1978) and FA Cup Final: 1963 - Manchester United vs Leicester (1963). He was married to Diana Law. He died on 17 January 2025 in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK.

Manuëla Kemp was born on 13 February 1963 in Kwadijk, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. She was an actress, known for De zeemeerman (1996), Bos Is Back (2004) and Ellis in Glamourland (2004). She was married to Tjerk Lammers. She died on 17 January 2025 in Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.

Patrice Vivancos was a director and writer, known for Xenia (1989), Zoi harisameni (1993) and Ta genethlia tis Tilemahis (1985). He died on 17 January 2025 in Brussels, Belgium.

Don McCall was born on 21 September 1944 in Birmingham, Alabama, USA. He was an actor, known for Number One (1969), The NFL on CBS (1956) and 1967 Rose Bowl (1967). He was married to Shirley. He died on 17 January 2025 in Spring Hill, Tennessee, USA.

Stéphane Venne was born on 2 July 1941 in Verdun, Québec, Canada. He was a composer and writer, known for The Plouffe Family (1981), Heartbeats (2010) and Seul ou avec d'autres (1962). He was married to Marie Dumais. He died on 17 January 2025 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada.

Alvin M. Sugarman was born on 3 June 1938 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. He was an actor, known for Driving Miss Daisy (1989) and Shared Legacies (2020). He was married to Barbara. He died on 17 January 2025 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

Fekri Sadeq was born on 5 May 1945 in Cairo, Egypt. He was an actor, known for El-Nimr wa el-Untha (1987), Ayshin el-Lahzah (2010) and Imraatan Wa Ragol (1987). He died on 17 January 2025 in Cairo, Egypt.

Lil Xelly was an actor, known for Lil Xelly: Socket (2025). He died on 17 January 2025 in Rockville, Maryland, USA.

Almuth Ullerich was born on 30 October 1933. She was an actress, known for Bürgerkrieg in Russland (1967), Sir Roger Casement (1968) and Notarztwagen 7 (1976). She died on 17 January 2025 in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Ryszard Sibilski was born in 1955. He was a producer, known for Reich (2001), Taki lajf (2017) and Squared Love (2021). He died on 17 January 2025.

François Ponchaud was born on 8 February 1939 in Sallanches, Haute-Savoie, France. He died on 17 January 2025 in Lauris, Vaucluse, France.

Martin Pollack was born on 23 May 1944 in Bad Hall, Upper Austria, Austria. He died on 17 January 2025 in Bocksdorf, Burgenland, Austria.

She was a biochemist, policymaker and women's health advocate who resigned from the FDA to protest what she saw as the agency's politically motivated delay in expanding access to Plan B, an emergency contraceptive. She helped draft the National Institutes of Health Revitalization Act of 1993, a law that required the inclusion of women and minorities in NIH research. She received a bachelor's degree in psychobiology from what is now Rhodes College in Memphis, and a PhD in biology from Boston University. She did postdoctoral work in neuroscience at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

Amy Lau was born on 12 December 1968 in Scottsdale, Arizona, USA. Amy was a producer, known for House of the Rising Sun (2011) and YouTube Live (2008). Amy died on 17 January 2025 in Scottsdale, Arizona, USA.

Volemir Gruzets was born on 25 September 1940 in Leningrad, USSR. He was an actor, known for Gmadlobt Ratili (1983), Chrezvychainyy komissar (1970) and Posledniy gaiduk (1973). He died on 17 January 2025.

Didier Guillaume was born on 11 May 1959 in Bourg-de-Péage, Drôme, France. He was married to Béatrice Frecenon. He died on 17 January 2025 in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France.

Khaled Salahuddin Ahmed is known for The Rain (1976) and Nishan (1977). He died on 17 January 2025 in the USA.