Letizia Battaglia was an Italian photographer whose photos documented Sicilian life, but especially the Sicilian Mafia.
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RIP Michel Bouquet (1925 – 2022)
Michel Bouquet was a French actor known for appearances in such films as The Toy (1976) in which he plays a caricature of a ruthless business tycoon.
In the film, the spoiled son of the business magnate asks for a human as a plaything.
In the scene above, the father enters a house and makes an exuberant offer to buy the house if its owners pack their bags ans leave immediately.
RIP Kathy Lamkin (1947 – 2022)
Kathy Lamkin (1947 – 2022) was an American actress known for such parts as the trailer park lady in No Country for Old Men (2007).
RIP Jack Higgins (1929 – 2022)
Jack Higgins was a best-selling author of thrillers and espionage novels. His novel The Eagle Has Landed (1975) was adapted into the 1976 movie of the same title.
RIP Norman Gimbel (1927 – 2018)
This happened in 2018 but I’ve only just found out.
Norman Gimbel was an American lyricist of popular songs, television and movie themes known for the lyrics of such songs as “¿Quién será?” (1953), “Meditation” (1961), “How Insensitive” (1963), “Água de Beber” (1963), “Summer Samba” (1964), “The Girl from Ipanema” (1964) and “Killing Me Softly with His Song” (1972).
RIP Bobby Rydell (1942 – 2022)
Bobby Rydell (1942 – 2022) was an American singer, actor and teen idol known for interpreting compositions such as “Sway“.
RIP Joe Messina (1928 – 2022)
Joe Messina was an American guitarist known for playing on such recordings as “Dancing in the Street” (Martha & the Vandellas, 1964).
RIP Razzy Bailey (1939 – 2021)
Razzy Bailey was an American musician working in the country soul idiom, known for such compositions as “I Hate Hate” (1974), a country soul composition and Balearic classic.
RIP Richard Howard (1929 – 2022)
Richard Howard was an American poet, literary critic, essayist and teacher. As translator, he was known for translations such as The Fantastic: A Structural Approach to a Literary Genre (1970).
RIP Marvin J. Chomsky (1929 – 2022)
Marvin J. Chomsky was an American director and producer.
He is known for products such as Roots (1977) and Holocaust (1978).