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- Ivor Francis, besides his many roles on television and at the movies, acted on radio as well in shows like "Fibber McGee and Molly"; on Broadway in shows such as "J.B." with Christopher Plummer, and came west to California when New York plays turned mostly to musicals. He worked in films, television and in day-time soaps as well. In addition, he operated the Ivor Francis Actors Workshop in West Hollywood and, among the class members, were Ben Murphy (Alias Smith and Jones (1971)); Linda Haynes (Brubaker (1980) & The Drowning Pool (1975)); Mary Douvan (Sandra Dee's mother) and the Goldrup brothers, Tom Goldrup and Jim Goldrup, who appear on stage in Santa Cruz County, California, stage productions.
- Jane Dornacker was a U.S. Postal worker turned comedienne and musician. She was a member of the bands The Tubes and Leila and the Snakes. In the 1980s she turned from comedy and music to playing music and doing traffic reports on radio stations in San Francisco and New York City. She also had a featured role in the motion picture The Right Stuff (1983) as Nurse Murch.
On October 22, 1986 Jane Dornacker was killed while doing a traffic report on WNBC-AM in New York City. Much to the horror and dismay of radio host Joey Reynolds and the millions of WNBC-AM listeners who heard the terrified voice of Jane Dornacker screaming "Hit the water! Hit the water! Hit the water!" as the helicopter from which she and pilot Bill Pate were reporting, fell from the sky and crashed into the Hudson River. A very shaken Joey Reynolds searched for the right words to say in the tense moments after the transmission breaks off. She died on arrival to Saint Vincent's Hospital. Jane Dornacker was 39 years old. - Uller Dubi was born on 12 April 1935. He was an actor, known for The Magic Mountain (1982) and Faulheit oder Der hinkende Alois (1980). He died on 22 October 1986.
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Brit Norton was born on 13 April 1917 in Macclenny, Florida, USA. She was an actress. She died on 22 October 1986 in San Diego, California, USA.- Eric Gray was born on 17 October 1900 in Croydon, Surrey, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Where the Rainbow Ends (1921) and The Shoeblack of Piccadilly (1920). He died on 22 October 1986 in Hove, East Sussex, England, UK.
- Albert Szent-Györgyi was born on 16 September 1893 in Budapest, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]. He died on 22 October 1986 in Woods Hole, Falmouth, Massachusetts, USA.