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.
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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).
RIP Patrick Demarchelier (1943 – 2022)
Patrick Demarchelier was a French photographer known for such photos as the cover of Janet (1993).
RIP Denise Coffey (1936 – 2022)
Denise Coffey (1936 – 2022) was an English actress, director and playwright known, among other things, for the satirical television program Do Not Adjust Your Set.
RIP Lars Bloch (1938 – 2022)
Lars Bloch was a Danish actor and producer known for his appearances in such films as A Stranger in Town (1967), the first of a series of three “Man with No Name” copycat films.