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- Kashmiri magician Kuda Bux (born Khuda Bakhsh) was famously known as "The Man with the X-Ray Eyes". Heavily blindfolded by wads of cotton or gauze over freshly kneaded white flour dough covering his eye sockets, he would read words written by spectators on a blackboard. Alternatively, he would accurately duplicate drawings or precisely trace over text, even if written in a foreign language. Other feats included being buried alive for sixteen days, walking along a ledge 200 metres off the ground while blindfolded, or accurately firing a rifle at a target randomly pinpointed by a member of the audience. In 1945, he bicycled along Broadway and Times Square, again with his head fully swathed in bandages and in the middle of heavy traffic. Dark, with his deep-set, penetrating eyes, Kuda Bux at times resembled Boris Karloff's Dr. Scarabus from The Raven (1963). The career of this softly-spoken, self-styled Hindu mystic began in the mid-1930's, when, billed as 'Professor K. B. Duke', he performed several well-documented fire walks in England and outside Radio City Music Hall in New York. Gleefully marketing his act as a combination of magic and Eastern mysticism, he became the first magician to have his own network television show on CBS in the late 1940's. Though these episodes are now lost to posterity, some of his acts -- as always, while blindfolded -- were said to include 'jumping barefoot onto a narrow, spiked board and catching darts with a ping pong paddle'. He was also featured in the very first TV episode of "Ripley's Believe It Or Not!". Ironically, in his final years, Kuda Bux suffered from deteriorating eyesight brought on by glaucoma and ended up legally blind. He died in Hollywood in February 1981 at the age of 76.
- Pauline Drake was born on 6 July 1905 in Denver, Colorado, USA. She was an actress, known for Willard (1971), Under Fiesta Stars (1941) and Hi, Neighbor (1942). She died on 5 February 1981 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Liana Trouche was born in 1938 in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. She was an actress, known for Il ribelle di Castelmonte (1964), La sciarpa (1963) and Love Angels (1974). She was married to Aldo Giuffrè. She died on 5 February 1981 in Bisaccia, Campania, Italy.
- Derek Birch was born on 15 July 1906 in St George Hanover Square, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Treasure Island (1951), Treasure Island (1957) and ITV Television Playhouse (1955). He died on 5 February 1981 in Kensington, London, England, UK.
- Diane Markland was born on 5 December 1963. She died on 5 February 1981 in Daytona Beach, Florida, USA.
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- Camera and Electrical Department
- Production Designer
Aleksandr Lavrik was born on 13 March 1906 in Birsk, Birsky Uyezd, Russian Empire. He was a cinematographer and production designer, known for Vasylyna (1927), V sugrobakh (1929) and Novymi putyami (1929). He died on 5 February 1981 in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union [now Kyiv, Ukraine].- Sound Department
Jack F. Lilly was born on 3 July 1913 in Texas, USA. Jack F. is known for Star Trek (1966), Yancy Derringer (1958) and The Invisible Man (1975). Jack F. died on 5 February 1981 in Los Angeles County, California, USA.- Barend Barendse was born on 14 October 1907 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. He was an actor, known for Oebele (1968), Zeskamp (1968) and It's a Knockout (1966). He died on 5 February 1981 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.
- Ella Grasso was born on 10 May 1919 in Windsor Locks, Connecticut, USA. She was married to Thomas A. Grasso. She died on 5 February 1981 in Hartford, Connecticut, USA.