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Versatility and ability to portray a variety of characters over four decades on stage, screen, and television have made Tony Roberts one of the busiest actors in America. He is a graduate of the High School of Music and Arts, which merged with the High School of Performing Arts to become LaGuardia High School for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center, where he majored in theater and studied acting with Alvina Krause. Tony is the son of Radio and Television announcer Ken Roberts, one of the founding members of AFTRA, and has himself served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Screen Actor's Guild and Actor's Equity Association. He is currently the President of Theatre Authority - an organization established by the entertainment unions to oversee benefit performances. Tony has appeared in dozens and dozens of films including Stardust Memories (1980), Star Spangled Girl (1971), The Million Dollar Duck (1971), The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974), Popcorn (1991), Amityville 3-D (1983), Key Exchange (1985), Hannah and Her Sisters (1986), Radio Days (1987) and Switch (1991). His theater credits included "Sugar", "Don't Drink the Water", "Arsenic and Old Lace" and "South Pacific".

Bruce French was born on 4 July 1945 in Reinbeck, Iowa, USA. He was an actor, known for Jurassic Park III (2001), Fletch (1985) and Mr. Deeds (2002). He was married to Eileen Barnett. He died on 7 February 2025 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Anthony Dileo Jr. was born on 26 April 1956 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for Day of the Dead (1985), Night of the Living Dead (1990) and Only You (1994). He died on 7 February 2025 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.

Harvey Flaxman was born on 18 December 1934 in Far Rockaway, Queens, New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Grizzly (1976), The Night They Robbed Big Bertha's (1975) and Preacherman (1971). He died on 7 February 2025 in Dunedin, Florida, USA.

Peter Tocco was an actor and producer, known for No Sudden Move (2021), Machine Gun Preacher (2011) and The Crumbs (2020). He died on 7 February 2025 in the USA.

Toomas Leius was born on 28 August 1941 in Tallinn, Estonia, USSR. He was married to Ene Leius (née Visnapuu). He died on 7 February 2025.

Gerti Pall was born on 13 March 1932 in Graz, Styria, Austria. She was an actress, known for Dear Karl (1984), Das Dorf an der Grenze (1979) and Familienrat (1981). She died on 7 February 2025 in Graz, Styria, Austria.

Vladimir Podolyak was born on 14 April 1955. He was an actor, known for Gulyashchie lyudi (1989) and And Quiet Flows the Don (2015). He died on 7 February 2025.

Dickson Despommier was born on 5 June 1940 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Vertical Farm, Monsters Inside Me (2009) and This Week in Parasitism (2009). He was married to Judith Forman and Marlene Bloom. He died on 7 February 2025 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.

Dafydd Elis-Thomas was born on 18 October 1946 in Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, Wales. He was married to Mair Parry Jones and Elen Williams. He died on 7 February 2025 in Wales, UK.

Mike Kudra was born on 3 December 1939 in Trenton, New Jersey, USA. Mike is known for Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus (2006). Mike died on 7 February 2025 in Yardley, Pennsylvania, USA.

Katja Burghardt died on 7 February 2025 in Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.

Dae-Kwan Song was born on 2 June 1946 in Jeongeup, Jeollabuk-do, South Korea. He was an actor, known for The Queen Returns (2009) and Golden Disc Awards (1986). He was married to Jungsim Lee. He died on 7 February 2025 in Seoul, South Korea.

Jo Jordan died on 7 February 2025 in Ratoath, County Meath, Ireland.

Naâman was an actor, known for Mr Ishan Jack feat. Emiway Bantai, Naâman, Ranveer Allahbadia & Umran Malik: Do It Your Way (2023). He died on 7 February 2025 in France.

Leornard Mambo Mbotela is a Kenyan veteran journalist famous for his show "Je, Huu Ni Uungwana?" that is relayed on state-owned KBC Chanel 1 and KBC Radio Taifa. Born in 1940 in Mombasa, Kenya, Mbotela joined Voice of Kenya (VoK), now Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC), in 1964 and has had a successful career that spans more than five decades.He briefly worked with Kenya Weekly News and the East African Standard before joining KBC. During the attempted 1982 coup, Mbotela was forced at gunpoint to announce on air that Moi's government had been overthrown.