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Wilton Norman Chamberlain was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Olivia Ruth (Johnson), a domestic worker, and William Chamberlain, a welder, custodian, and handyman. Wilt didn't come from a race of giants as many thought. Both his parents were no bigger than 5-9, but as a young boy he began a growth spurt which would eventually stop when he reached 7-1. That height made him legendary in sports history as arguably the greatest basketball player ever. Chamberlain played at Overbrook High School in Philadelphia, and collegiately at Kansas University, where he led the Jayhawks to the NCAA finals. Kansas lost in title game to North Carolina and that game haunted Chamberlain throughout his career and gave birth to the unfair image of him as a "loser." He left Kansas as an underclassman to play professionally for the Harlem Globetrotters, and after a year with them, signed to play with his hometown team in the NBA, the then-named Philadelphia Warriors. With the Warriors he performed some astonishing feats that no NBA player before or since accomplished.- Jacqueline Malouf was born on 3 July 1941 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Donovan's Reef (1963), Petticoat Junction (1963) and I'm Dickens, He's Fenster (1962). She was married to Andrew Nassir. She died on 12 October 1999 in La Jolla, California, USA.
- Madeleine Marie was born on 26 October 1914 in Linkebeek, Flanders, Belgium. She was an actress, known for The Visitors (1993), Peer Gynt (1981) and Olivier, Olivier (1992). She died on 12 October 1999 in Yerres, Essonne, France.
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Born in Quebec City on July 3, 1929, Clément Perron obtained his bachelor's degree at Laval University. He then went to France to study literature (in Poitiers), then at the Sorbonne in Paris in preparation for a career as a teacher. Out of a desire to learn, he also enrolled in the Film Institute and he became a frequent visitor to the French cinematheque, where he really discovered cinema and its great creators. Upon his return to Canada in 1957, he joined the National Film Board as a screenwriter ("Correlieu", "L'Emigré", "L'Amiante"...). Dissatisfied, wishing to push further the experience of creating a film, he began directing in 1960. his first film with a documentary about Governor General Georges-P. Vanier. His first truly personal film was a 1962 documentary set in a small town where a paper mill determines the daily life of its population. With its striking editing and oppressive soundtrack by Maurice Blackburn, "Day After Day" was a strong denunciation of alienation at work in a way that is perhaps even more alarming than Fritz Lang's "Metropolis". He continued to shoot until the early 1980s, sometimes co-directing with Georges Dufaux, alternating interesting shorts with original features, including the eccentric "C'est pas la faute à Jacques Cartier" (1967). In the early 1970s, he wrote the screenplay for the film "Mon oncle Antoine", directed by Claude Jutra, one of the major works of Quebec and Canadian cinema. It earned Perron two awards, one at the 1971 Canadian Film Awards and the other at the 7th Chicago International Film Festival. Perron followed up with the social drama "Taureau" (1973), the first feature film for which he was both writer and director. The subject, intolerance in a rural community, was controversial and the film got mixed reviews. His next opus, "Partis pour la gloire", about conscription, was much better received. Apart from writing and directing, Clement Perron was also a demanding producer, for fellow filmmakers like Jean-Pierre Lefebvre ("Mon amie Pierrette") or Jacques Godbout ("Kid sentiment"). Perron finally retired from the NFB in 1986 to work in the private sector primarily as a writer. He died in 1999 in Pointe-Claire, Quebec.- Joe Palmieri was an actor, known for Scarecrow in a Garden of Cucumbers (1972), Kojak (1973) and Foreplay (1975). He died on 12 October 1999 in Brooklyn, New York, USA.
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Ayako Miura was born on 25 April 1922 in Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Japan. She was a writer and actress, known for Bing dian (1966), Hyoten (1966) and Love Stopped the Runaway Train (1973). She was married to Miura Mitsuyo. She died on 12 October 1999 in Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Japan.- Zygmunt Wiaderny was born on 9 January 1932 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland. He was an actor, known for Roman i Magda (1979), Zycie na goraco (1979) and The Dancing Hawk (1977). He died on 12 October 1999 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.