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Joey D. Vieira spent over 65 years in show business. As a child, he co-starred in the first version of Lassie (1954) to come to television, winning, in the years 1954 to 1958, two Emmy Awards for "Best Family Television show". Those four years of the long-running series, with Tommy Rettig as Jeff and Joey as his best friend Porky, are still entertaining audiences today under the name "Jeff's Collie". Joey then started making appearances on other top television series, including The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (1959), My Three Sons (1960) and Hank (1965). He also starred in live TV shows like Playhouse 90 (1956), Shirley Temple's Storybook (1958), a Bob Hope special and "The George Gobel Show". Joey made his first feature film in 1955 when he costarred with Charlton Heston in The Private War of Major Benson (1955). Other memorable movies over the decades include Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986), Red Heat (1988) and costarring with Mel Gibson in The Patriot (2000) as Peter Howard.

Joey has a diversified background in many other areas of entertainment. He has produced several recording artists including Rick Springfield and Taylor Dayne and has produced and directed national television and radio commercials for such heavyweights as AT&T, Ford, Subaru, Northern Telecom and Mattel Toys. As a writer, Joey co-created the 3-hour musical variety special for NBC, Motown Returns to the Apollo (1985), which won an Emmy for Best Variety Special of the Year. He has also directed presentation videos for some of the top corporations in the world...Bally's, Spiegel Catalog, Paramount Properties, Holiday Inns of America, and the government of the Isle of Mann, to name a few. Lately, Joey has written six original screenplays of different genres and signed with Innovative Artists Talent and Literary Agency for representation. He recently starred in four independent films including The Dwegons (2011) an animated feature film where Joey does the voices of seven characters. Joey says he looks forward to many more years in the biz and hopes they will be at least half as exciting and rewarding as the past half-century has been.

Guillermo del Bosque was born in 1961 in Mexico. He was a producer and director, known for Nosotros los guapos (2016), 100 mexicanos dijieron (2009) and La jaula (2003). He was married to Vica Andrade. He died on 7 April 2025 in Mexico.

Damon Mentzer was born in September 1976 in Spokane, Washington, USA. He was an actor and editor, known for Z Nation (2014), The Absent (2011) and First Spaceship to Venus -Revisioned (2014). He was married to Kari McClure. He died on 7 April 2025 in Olympia, Washington, USA.

William Finn was born on 28 February 1952 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He was a writer and composer, known for Live from Lincoln Center (1976), The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee and In Trousers (1979). He died on 7 April 2025 in Bennington, Vermont, USA.

Keith Bakker was born on 24 November 1960 in New York City, New York, USA. He died on 7 April 2025 in Netherlands.

Marvin J. Levy is Senior Advisor to Steven Spielberg at Amblin Partners. He segued to Amblin Partners from Dreamworks Studios, and from Steven Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment before that, where he was a marketing consultant since 1982 handling advertising. publicity, and promotions for motion pictures and television. Previously, he had an eight-year association with Columbia Pictures where he was vice president of advertising/publicity/promotion. Among his projects were Close Encounters of the Third Kind, which was the first time he worked with Spielberg. The China Syndrome. Kramer vs. Kramer and Tess. and Sophie's Choice for Universal. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of New York University's College of Arts and Science, he served on the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for 23 years. He was the Chairman of the Academy's Public Relations Branch for many of those years. In 2018, Levy was honored with an Academy Award at the annual Governors Awards, the very first honorary Oscar ever for a member of the Academy's publicity branch.

Mike Bradwell was born on 14 June 1948 in Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England, UK. He was a director and writer, known for Screen One (1985), Bleak Moments (1971) and BBC2 Playhouse (1973). He died on 7 April 2025 in the UK.

Leonid Makhkamov was born on 16 June 1943. He was a writer, known for Zalozhnik (1984), Vzglyad (1989) and Malenkiy mstitel (1992). He died on 7 April 2025.

Jorge España was an actor, known for Jesus, Mary and Joseph (1972), Como gallos de pelea (1977) and Un camino al cielo (1975). He died on 7 April 2025 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico.

Tin-Nam Chun was born in 1949 in Hong Kong. He was a writer, known for The Warlords (2007), Bodyguards and Assassins (2009) and Shinjuku Incident (2009). He died on 7 April 2025.

Kenneth "Kenny" Adams is an American boxing trainer and a former amateur boxer. Adams is one of the most respected boxing trainers in the world, having been inducted into the St. Louis Boxing Hall of Fame in 2010. Adams is a pioneer in boxing, having been the first American trainer to implement strength training. He is also the first African-American selected as head coach of the American national boxing team. Adams brings such a strict disciplinarian training style that the eight-time, five-division World champion Floyd Mayweather, Jr. refused to work with him.

He is the former boxing coach of over sixty professional World champions, including Vince Phillips, Diego Corrales, Freddie Norwood, Charles Murray, Kennedy McKinney, Frankie Liles, Michael Nunn, Johnny Tapia, Ruslan Chageav, Samuel Peter, Cory Spinks, and Michael Bentt. Adams also trained notable boxers Evander Holyfield, Pernell Whitaker, Roy Jones, Jr., and Riddick Bowe in the Summer Olympic Games with Team USA.

Adams' most promising boxer is lightweight contender Sharif Bogere.

Edith Nawakwi was born on 24 June 1959. She was married to Geofrey Hambulo. She died on 7 April 2025 in Lusaka, Zambia.

Kirk Wilson was born on 8 April 1956 in Warsaw, Indiana, USA. Kirk was a costume designer, known for Shakespeare's Plan 12 from Outer Space (1991). Kirk died on 7 April 2025 in Long Beach, California, USA.

Edd Dundas was born in November 1929 in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. Edd was a director, known for Nick and Jon (1976). Edd died on 7 April 2025 in Belmont, California, USA.

Greg Millen was born on 25 June 1957 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was an actor, known for Hockey Night in Canada (1952). He died on 7 April 2025 in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada.

Marcel Cupák was born on 19 December 1973 in Brno, Czechoslovakia. He died on 7 April 2025 in Brno, Czech Republic.

Alex Faulkner was born on 21 May 1936 in Bishop's Falls, Newfoundland, Canada. He died on 7 April 2025 in Grand Falls-Windsor, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.