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- Scott Charles Bigelow was an American professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Bam Bam Bigelow. Recognizable by his close to 400-pound frame and the distinctive flame tattoo that spanned most of his bald head, Bigelow was hailed by Ryan Murphy (a writer for Bigelow's former employer WWE) as "the most natural, agile and physically remarkable big man of the past quarter century", while former co-worker Bret Hart described him as "possibly the best working big man in the business."
Bigelow is best known for his appearances with promotions New Japan Pro-Wrestling, the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), World Championship Wrestling (WCW), and Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) between 1987 and 2001. Over the course of his career, he held championships including the ECW World Heavyweight Championship, the ECW World Television Championship, the IWGP Tag Team Championship, the WAR World Six-Man Tag Team Championship, and the WCW World Tag Team Championship. Bigelow headlined seven pay-per-views: the first Survivor Series in 1987, Beach Brawl in 1991, King of the Ring in 1993 and 1995, WrestleMania XI in 1995, and the 1997 and 1998 editions of ECW's premier annual event, November to Remember. - Actor
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Denny Doherty was born and reared in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada and began his musical career there in a local rock band, The Hepsters, while working in a pawn shop. He had started singing in public at age 15, on a dare by performing "Love Letters In The Sand" in a skating rink-turned-dance-hall. In 1959 he formed his first folk trio, The Colonials, and after changing their name to The Halifax Three, signed a recording contract in New York. After recording two albums, the trio broke up, and Denny linked with Cass Elliot as a member of her group, The Big Three, which later became The Mugwumps, the first folk-rock group. Cass and Denny later joined John and Michelle Phillips of The New Journeymen to become The Mamas and The Papas. In 1965 the group relocated to Los Angeles where, over the next four years, they turned out a score of top-selling albums and singles featuring Doherty and Elliot's lead vocals, including "California Dreamin'," "Monday Monday" and "I Saw Her Again." Upon the collapse of the group, Denny recorded two solo albums, and material for an unreleased third. (One of these albums reunited him with former Mamas Michelle and Cass as they sang background vocals for 1974's Waiting For A Song.).
Doherty played the lead in Andy Warhol and John Phillips' Man on the Moon on Broadway in 1975 and Doherty was cast in The Irish Art Centre's Juno and the Paycock. In 1978 he returned to Canada and hosted "Denny's Sho" on Canadian television. During the 1980s he reunited with fellow Papa, John Phillips in The New Mamas and Papas and toured the United States as well as Europe and Asia. Having returned to home in Canada, Doherty's many stage credits there include North Mountain Breakdown, Needfire and Paul Ledoux's Fire as well as The Secret Garden. Film/TV credits include "Pit Pony" and The Harbourmaster in "Theodore Tugboat." Denny was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame in 1996; The Mamas and The Papas were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998, and the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 2001. In recent years, Doherty told the tale of his life with The Mamas and The Papas, in Dream A Little Dream which ran in Halifax, Toronto, and finally Off-Broadway in 2003. Doherty was married briefly to Linda Woodward in the early seventies with whom he had a daughter, Jessica. He lived outside Toronto with his other two children, Emberly and John, to whose mother Jeannette, Doherty was married for twenty years until her death in 1998. He died on January 19, 2007, following kidney problems. (www.dennydoherty.com)- Hrant Dink was born on 15 September 1954 in Malatya, Turkey. He was a writer, known for Kertenkele (2009), Screamers (2006) and Kirlangicin yuvasi (2007). He was married to Rakel Yagbasan. He died on 19 January 2007 in Istanbul, Turkey.
- Nando Marineo was born on 10 July 1923 in Palermo, Italy. He was an actor, known for La piovra (1984), The Red Nights of the Gestapo (1977) and Milano: il clan dei Calabresi (1974). He died on 19 January 2007 in Rome, Italy.
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Gerhard Bronner was born on 23 October 1922 in Vienna, Austria. He was a composer and writer, known for A Prize of Gold (1955), Erzähl mir nichts (1964) and Ich und der Teufel (1957). He was married to Bruni Löbel and Margaret. He died on 19 January 2007 in Vienna, Austria.- Curt Dempster was born on 1 November 1935 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. He was an actor, known for Desperately Seeking Susan (1985), The Manhattan Project (1986) and Last Ball (2001). He was married to Kathleen (Kathy) Yates. He died on 19 January 2007 in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
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Francisco Petrônio was born on 8 November 1923 in São Paulo, SP, Brazil. He was an actor, known for Senhora (1975), ValDivino (2012) and Senhora (1976). He died on 19 January 2007 in São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.- Make-Up Department
Alicja Kowzan is known for The Last Schoolbell (1989), Skrzypce Rotszylda (1988) and Nocny gosc (1989). She died on 19 January 2007 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.