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- Phyllis Fraser was born on 13 April 1916 in Kansas City, Missouri, USA. She was an actress, known for Little Men (1934), Every Saturday Night (1936) and Winds of the Wasteland (1936). She was married to Robert F. Wagner and Bennett Cerf. She died on 24 November 2006 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
- Writer
- Director
- Actor
William Diehl was born in 1924 in Jamaica, New York. At age 17, he lied about his age to enlist in the Army Air Corps, volunteering for the US Army Corps Aviation Cadet Program. After washing out of pilot school, he served as a ball turret gunner on a B-24 Liberator where he flew 24 missions over Germany during World War II. He was the recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross, Purple Heart and Air Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters.
After the war, he enrolled at the University of Missouri and graduated with a degree in creative writing and history. He moved to Atlanta in 1949 and joined the staff of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution where he served as a writer, photojournalist and editor.
He remained at the paper as a reporter and columnist until 1955, then freelanced for several years. In 1960 he became the first managing editor of Atlanta Magazine. He taught himself how to take photographs for his stories and later worked as a freelance photographer.
He started on the plot of his first novel, "Sharky's Machine", while serving as a juror. Diehl, then 50, was bored by the trial and started writing the story on a notepad. The book was published in 1978.
His other novels, all with plot lines fueled by murder, greed, romance and various forms of mayhem, included "Chameleon" (1981), "Hooligans" (1984), "The Horse" (1987), "27" (1990), "Primal Fear" (1992), "Show of Evil" (1995), "Reign in Hell" (1997) and "Eureka" (2002).
He had been working on another novel "Seven Ways to Die," when he died in 2006 at Emory University Hospital. That book was completed by a colleague, Kenneth Atchity, based on over 400 pages of manuscript Diehl had left behind, a working outline, notes and chapter drafts. The book was published in early 2012.- Actor
- Soundtrack
Robert McFerrin was born on 19 March 1921 in Marianna, Arkansas, USA. He was an actor, known for Porgy and Bess (1959). He was married to Athena Ann Bush and Sara Elizabeth Copper. He died on 24 November 2006 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA.- Writer
- Actor
- Soundtrack
A graduate of Phillips Exeter Academy and Harvard University (class of 1965), George Trow was a novelist, playwright, short story writer, and media critic whose comments on the decline of American civilization after the end of World War II could be summarized in one word - "Television". He further described it as a "landscape rather like history with the tide out." As a media critic, Trow was best known for his 1980 essay "Within in the Context of No Context" which assessed the context of contemporary discourse and found it wanting in style and substance. A writer for the New Yorker magazine for almost thirty years, he resigned in protest in 1994 when editor Tina Brown assigned actress Roseanne Barr to edit a special edition on women.- Gerry Searle was born on 24 September 1921 in Wisconsin, USA. He is known for Faking It (2003). He died on 24 November 2006 in Pearce, Arizona, USA.
- Anna-Lisa Berg was born on 15 March 1910 in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden. She was an actress, known for The Voice of Firestone (1949) and Hylands hörna (1962). She was married to Jussi Björling. She died on 24 November 2006 in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden.
- Producer
- Additional Crew
Leon Roth was born on 21 June 1919 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was a producer, known for The Luck of Ginger Coffey (1964), Poor Albert & Little Annie (1972) and Television Fashions (1948). He was married to Miriam Wolf. He died on 24 November 2006 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Composer
- Music Department
- Actor
Juice Leskinen was born on 19 February 1950 in Juankoski, Finland. He was a composer and actor, known for A Funny Story (1989), The Last Border: Viimeisellä rajalla (1993) and Ylösnousemus (1985). He was married to Sari Leskinen and Tarja Leskinen. He died on 24 November 2006 in Tampere, Finland.- Production Manager
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Producer
Eugen Bobek was born on 26 May 1922 in Trnava, Czechoslovakia [now Slovakia]. He was a production manager and assistant director, known for Dragon's Return (1968), A Pact with the Devil (1967) and Krótkie zycie (1976). He died on 24 November 2006 in Bratislava, Slovakia.