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Overton Joseph Paul (b. 1960-01-04 / d. 2003-06-30)
He was a senior vice president of the Mackinac Center for Public Policy. He held a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering from Michigan Technological University and a Juris Doctor degree from the Thomas M. Cooley Law School. Overton is known for conceiving of the idea now known as the Overton window, the range of policies politically acceptable to the mainstream at a given time. He died at age 43 from injuries suffered in a crash while piloting an ultralight aircraft, soon after taking off from the Tuscola Area Airport near Caro, Michigan. Overton had just married a few weeks before the accident.
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Born 1939-11-15. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Age
Yaphet Frederick Kotto (November 15, 1939 – March 15, 2021) was an American actor known for numerous film roles, as well as starring in the NBC television series Homicide: Life on the Street (1993–1999) as Lieutenant Al Giardello. His films include the science-fiction/horror film Alien (1979), and the Arnold Schwarzenegger science-fiction/action film The Running Man (1987). He portrayed the main villain Dr. Kananga/Mr. Big in the James Bond film Live and Let Die (1973). He appeared opposite Robert De Niro in the comedy thriller Midnight Run (1988) as FBI Agent Alonzo Mosely.
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Born 1930-04-17. Domain:Society. Cause of death:COVID
Rémy Julienne was a French driving stunt performer, stunt coordinator, assistant director and occasional actor. He was also a rallycross champion and 1956 French motorcross champion. He was a veteran of over 1,400 films. Notable large film projects in which he arranged stunts, consulted or manufactured special stunt cars include The Italian Job and six James Bond films, five of which were directed by John Glen and three with his sons Dominique and Michel. His career suffered a setback in 1999, when a stunt went wrong during the filming of Taxi 2, written and produced by Luc Besson and directed by Gérard Krawczyk, causing the death of a cameraman Alain Dutartre and the serious injury of the cameraman's assistant. Julienne accused the production company of taking short cuts in safety equipment, which Besson denied. The case wound up on September 11, 2007, with Julienne receiving an 18-month suspended jail sentence and a €13,000 fine. The prosecutor accused Julienne of "not taking all the necessary measures for the security of the stunt in question" and notably to have "neglected the speed calculations of the car and the length of the jump". Besson's firm EuropaCorp was initially cleared of all charges in 2007. Instead, Julienne, was held solely responsible for the botched scene. But the Paris Court of Appeal reversed the ruling in June 2009, and ordered EuropaCorp pay €100,000. Julienne's jail sentence was reduced to six months, and his fine was reduced from €13,000 to €2,000 but he was required to pay the Dutartre family €50,000 in court costs. EuropaCorp producers were criticised for rejecting Julienne's offers to trial the car scene in question for a price, which the stuntman claims would have prevented the tragedy.
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Born 1941-02-10. Domain:Directing. Cause of death:Age
Michael David Apted was a British director, producer, writer and actor. One of the most prolific English film directors of his generation, he is known for directing the Up series (1964–2019), the James Bond film The World Is Not Enough (1999), and the American film Coal Miner's Daughter (1980). The last was nominated for seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture. He also directed Nell (1994), which received three Golden Globe Award nominations and one Academy Award nomination, and the critically-acclaimed films Gorillas in the Mist (1988) and Enigma (2001). On 29 June 2003, he was elected president of the Directors' Guild of America, a position he served until 2009. Apted directed Amazing Grace, which premiered at the closing of the Toronto International Film Festival in 2006. He was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 2008 Birthday Honours.
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Born 1955-10-15. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Age
Victoria Leigh Blum, known by the stage name Tanya Roberts, was an American actress and producer. She was best known for playing Julie Rogers in the final season of the 1970's television series Charlie's Angels, Stacey Sutton in the James Bond film A View to a Kill, and Midge Pinciotti on That '70s Show. On December 24, 2020, Roberts fell out of bed and could not get up, following intestinal pain and breathing difficulties that began on a hike the day before. She was taken to Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles and was later placed on a ventilator. It was initially reported that Roberts died on January 3, 2021, after her partner, Lance O'Brien, told her manager that he had visited her in the hospital and "said goodbye". O'Brien later clarified that this was an end-of-life visit; he had not been permitted to see her during her hospitalization due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but was invited to return when Roberts was taken off life support. She was critically ill from a urinary tract infection that entered her organs and bloodstream, leading to a blood infection made worse due to Roberts's history of hepatitis C. After the premature reports, O'Brien was informed by the hospital that she died in the evening of January 4, and confirmed this to the media on January 5.
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Born 1930-08-25. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Age
Sir Thomas Sean Connery was a Scottish actor and producer. He was best known as the first actor to portray the character James Bond in film, starring in seven Bond films (every film from Dr. No to You Only Live Twice, plus Diamonds Are Forever and Never Say Never Again) between 1962 and 1983.
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Born 1931-05-24. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Age
Michael Edward Lonsdale-Crouch, commonly known as Michael Lonsdale and sometimes billed as Michel Lonsdale, was a British-French actor who appeared in over 180 films and television shows. He is best known in the English-speaking world for his roles as the villain Hugo Drax in the 1979 James Bond film Moonraker, the detective Claude Lebel in The Day of the Jackal, and M. Dupont d'Ivry in The Remains of the Day. Lonsdale died aged 89 in Paris.
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Born 1938-07-20. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Age
Dame Enid Diana Elizabeth Rigg, DBE was an English actress. She played Emma Peel in the TV series The Avengers (1965–1968); Countess Teresa di Vicenzo, wife of James Bond, in On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969); and Olenna Tyrell in Game of Thrones (2013–2017). She also enjoyed a career in theatre, including playing the title role in Medea, both in London and New York, for which she won the 1994 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play. She was made a CBE in 1988 and a Dame in 1994 for services to drama. Rigg died at her home in London at the age of 82. Her daughter, Rachael Stirling, said that the cause of death was cancer, which Rigg had been diagnosed with in March.
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Born 1925-08-22. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Age
She was an English actress, widely known for the roles of Cathy Gale in The Avengers (1962–1964), Bond girl Pussy Galore in Goldfinger (1964), Julia Daggett in Shalako (1968) and Hera in Jason and the Argonauts (1963). She is also known for her role as Laura West in the ITV sitcom The Upper Hand (1990–1996).
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Born 1941-04-26. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Age
Claudine Auger (born Claudine Oger) was a French actress best known for her role as a Bond girl, Dominique "Domino" Derval, in the James Bond film Thunderball (1965). She earned the title of Miss France Monde (the French representative to the Miss World beauty pageant) and was also the first runner-up in the 1958 Miss World contest. In 1959, she married writer-director Pierre Gaspard-Huit. They later divorced. She married British businessman Peter Brent in the 1980s. The couple had one child, Jessica Claudine Brent (b. 1991). Peter Brent died in August 2008. Auger died in Paris following a lengthy illness.
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Born 1928-03-17. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Age
Eunice Elizabeth Sargaison, known professionally as Eunice Gayson, was an English actress best known for playing Sylvia Trench, James Bond's love interest in the first two Bond films (Dr. No and From Russia with Love) and is therefore considered to have been the first-ever "Bond girl".
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Born 1938-02-22. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Age
She was a German actress most famous for her role in the late-1960s as a Bond girl in the James Bond movie You Only Live Twice (1967). Dor died at a nursing home in Munich aged 79.
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Born 1952-05-19. Domain:Society. Cause of death:Suicide
He was a retired judge who presided over one of France's most infamous unsolved murders : The Gregory affair. He has been found dead in is apartment.. Jean-Michel Lambert, 65, was found by emergency services with his head in a plastic bag at his home near Le Mans late on Tuesday. "There was no trace of violence...(and) no trace of a break-in," said the Le Mans prosecutor in a statement. The suicide is a new twist in the case that has haunted the country for three decades. Lambert has always been thinking that the mother was guilty. « [...] Ce énième « rebondissement » est infâme. Il repose sur une construction intellectuelle fondée en partie sur un logiciel [allusion au logiciel Anacrim]. La machine à broyer s’est mise en marche pour détruire ou abîmer la vie de plusieurs innocents, pour répondre au désir de revanche de quelques esprits blessés dans leur orgueil ou dans l’honneur de leur corps. Certains de mes confrères ont emboîté le pas avec une mauvaise foi abominable. [...] Car, dès novembre 1984, j’ai pu démontrer que si Murielle Bolle n’était pas dans le car de ramassage scolaire, ce n’était pas le mardi 16 octobre mais le mardi 23 octobre, semaine où elle est rentrée chez elle à cause de la grippe. Les preuves sont au dossier (registre du collège et surtout témoignage du chauffeur de car, Monsieur Galmiche, que j’ai piégé après la remise d’un certificat médical, je crois par la mère de Murielle Bolle, et les auditions d’autres collégiennes qui avaient parfois des repères précis mais qui se sont pourtant trompées d’une semaine). [...] Les événements depuis juin dernier sont voués normalement à l’échec. Et pour cause… Pour ne pas perdre la face, on cherchera alors un bouc émissaire. Autant dire qu’il est tout trouvé… Je refuse de jouer ce rôle. Si j’ai parfois failli, j’ai cependant la conscience parfaitement tranquille quant aux décisions que j’ai été amené à prendre. » — Jean-Michel Lambert
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Born 1926-01-13. Domain:Writing. Cause of death:Age
He was a British author. He is best known for a series of fictional stories for children, featuring the character of Paddington Bear. More than 35 million Paddington books have been sold around the world, and the characters have also been featured in film and on television. His first book was published in 1958 and his last in 2017, a span of 59 years.
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Born 1927-10-14. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Cancer
He was an English actor best known for playing British secret agent James Bond in seven feature films from 1973 to 1985, beginning with Live and Let Die. His most notable television role was playing the main character, Simon Templar, in the British television series The Saint from 1962 to 1969. He also had roles in some American television shows and films in the late 1950s and early 1960s, including replacing James Garner and portraying Beau Maverick in the Maverick series in 1960–1961. Moore starred with Tony Curtis in The Persuaders television series in 1971 to 1972, and had roles in several theatrical films in the 1970s and 1980s.
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Born 1917-00-00. Domain:Business. Cause of death:Age
Lillet (French pronunciation: French pronunciation: [li.lɛ]), classed as an aromatised wine within EU law, is a French wine-based aperitif from Podensac. It is a blend of 85% Bordeaux region wines (Semillon for the Blanc and for the Rosé, Merlot for the Rouge) and 15% macerated liqueurs, mostly citrus liqueurs (peels of sweet oranges from Spain and Morocco and peels of bitter green oranges from Haiti). The mix is then stirred in oak vats until blended. During the aging process, Lillet is handled as a Bordeaux wine (undergoing fining, racking, filtering etc.). In the original Kina Lillet formulation (so named with respect to its status as a quinquina), quinine liqueur made of cinchona bark from Peru was included among its ingredients. "Lillet" belongs to a family of aperitifs known as tonic wines because of the addition of quinine liqueur. In 1962, Pierre Lillet, grandson of Raymond, keen to capitalize on America's growing taste for red wine, created Lillet Rouge for the American market. • 1953: in the first Ian Fleming James Bond novel Casino Royale, James Bond invents and orders a Kina Lillet martini, which he named the "Vesper" after his love interest in the story: "A dry martini," he said. "One. In a deep champagne goblet." "Oui, Monsieur." "Just a moment. Three measures of Gordon’s, one of vodka, half a measure of Kina Lillet. Shake it very well until it’s ice-cold, then add a large thin slice of lemon-peel. Got it?" "Certainly, monsieur." The barman seemed pleased with the idea. • 1981: “Lillet” is the preferred drink of serial killer Hannibal Lecter in the series of books written by Thomas Harris. • 2006 and 2008: The Vesper was again prepared for James Bond in the remake of Casino Royale and its follow up Quantum of Solace.
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Born 1922-09-16. Domain:Directing. Cause of death:Age
He was an English film director. He directed 22 films from the 1950s to the 1980s, including four James Bond films.
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Born 1948-07-17. Domain:Directing. Cause of death:Pneumonia
He was a Swiss theatre and film director. He has had numerous health problems all his life long.
93
Born 1922-05-27. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Age
Sir Christopher Frank Carandini Lee was a British actor, singer and author. Lee initially portrayed villains and became best known for his role as Count Dracula in a sequence of Hammer Horror films. His other film roles include Francisco Scaramanga in the James Bond film The Man with the Golden Gun (1974), Saruman in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy (2001–2003) and The Hobbit film trilogy (2012–2014), and Count Dooku in the final two films of the Star Wars prequel trilogy (2002 and 2005).
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Born 1935-07-31. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Age
Geoffrey Bond Lewis was an American character actor. He appeared in more than 200 films and television shows, and was principally known for his film roles alongside Clint Eastwood and Robert Redford. He typically portrayed villains or quirky characters. He played a bodyguard in the Jean-Claude van Damme film Double Impact.
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Born 1929-09-13. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Age
He was an American actor known for his role of the steel-toothed Jaws in the James Bond movies The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) and Moonraker (1979) as well as the video game Everything or Nothing (he also had cameos in many other James Bond videogames). He was also well known as Mr. Larson in the 1996 comedy Happy Gilmore, for playing the Kanamit aliens in the classic Twilight Zone episode To Serve Man and for his role of Dr. Miguelito Loveless' assistant Voltaire in first season episodes of The Wild, Wild West (1965-1966). He had been admitted to a hospital in Fresno, California, after breaking his leg the previous week.
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Born 1929-12-08. Domain:Writing. Cause of death:cancer (pancreas)
He was a French writer, journalist and publisher. His SAS series of spy novels have been bestsellers, according to the New York Times, "His works have been translated and are especially popular in Germany, Russia, Turkey, and Japan. SAS series has sold about 100 million copies worldwide, which would make it one of the top-selling series in history, on a par with Ian Fleming's James Bond books. SAS may be the longest-running fiction series ever written by a single author."
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Born 1950-12-06. Domain:Sport. Cause of death:Heart
Sims is frequently credited with inventing the first modern snowboard. He built his "Skiboard" prototype in wood shop class in seventh grade in 1963, and followed with several skateboard and snowboard industry firsts, including the first snowboard with metal edges, the first pro-model and women's-specific snowboard. He was also the first to incorporate some of the earliest high-back binding systems. Sims ran a skateshop and founded Sims Skateboards in Santa Barbara in 1976 and won the Skateboard World Championships that same year. He was featured, alongside Stacy Peralta, in the 1976 skate film "Freewheelin.'" Christian Hosoi and the late Jeff Phillips both turned pro for Sims shortly thereafter. In addition to topping many snow and skate podiums throughout his career, including winning the slalom event at the U.S. Open of Snowboarding in 1985, Sims was a snowboarding stunt double for Roger Moore in the 1985 James Bond film "A View to a Kill."
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Born 1933-11-03. Domain:Music. Cause of death:Heart attack
He was an English film score composer. He was best known for composing 11 James Bond soundtracks and was hugely influential on the 007 series' distinctive style. Barry suffered a rupture of the oesophagus in 1988, following a toxic reaction to a health tonic he had consumed. The incident rendered him unable to work for two years and left him vulnerable to pneumonia. He died suddenly from a heart attack. Barry was married four times. His first three marriages ended in divorce: Barbara Pickard (1959-63); Jane Birkin (1965-68); and Jane Sidey (1969-71). He married his current wife, Laurie, on 3 January 1978. Barry has four children, one each from his first, second, and fourth marriages, and one with Ulla Larsson, with whom he lived for a while in the sixties, but did not marry.
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Born 1918-05-15. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Age
Joseph Wiseman was a Canadian American theatre and film actor, well known for starring as the villain Julius No in the first James Bond film, Dr. No in 1962. Wiseman was also known for his role as Manny Weisbord on the TV series Crime Story, and his career on Broadway. He was once called "the spookiest actor in the American theatre." Wiseman married Nell Kinard on August 25, 1943 in New York, but they eventually divorced May 15, 1964 in Durham NC. He was married to dancer, teacher, and choreographer Pearl Lang from 1964 until her death in February 2009. Wiseman died at his home in Manhattan aged 91, having been in declining health for some time.
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Born 1921-12-14. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Age
He was the dubbing voice of Artemus Gordon and a lot of James Bond and many others.
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Born 1980-11-24. Domain:Sport. Cause of death:Accident
Kiel was selected by the Chargers with the 62nd pick of the second round in the 2003 NFL Draft. Over his four seasons with the Chargers, he played in 59 games and started 51. He was cut on March 1, 2007, and was declared a free agent the following day.
In July 2003, Kiel was shot three times during an alleged attempted carjacking incident at a southwest Houston mall parking lot. The assailant, described as a man in his young teens or early 20s, fled the scene. None of Kiel's injuries were serious and he was shortly released by the hospital.
In September 2006, Kiel was arrested for multiple drug charges including possession, possession with the intent to sell, and transportation of a controlled substance. Police came to the Chargers practice facility and arrested him. He was released after posting a $1,550,000 bond.
In January 2007, he was cited for publicly urinating outside a San Diego nightclub, but the city dropped the charge. In February 2007, he pleaded guilty to felony and misdemeanor drug charges for shipping codeine-based cough syrup to Texas. He was released by the Chargers after his plea. The felony charge was dropped after he volunteered for 175 hours and underwent counseling for gambling.
On July 4, 2008, San Diego police reported that Kiel had died in a car crash. He was driving back home from a party thrown by Chargers player Stephen Cooper when his 2004 Chevrolet Monte Carlo hit a wall and he was thrown from the car.
The autopsy report stated that Kiel died due to mechanical asphyxia. His funeral was held at hometown Lufkin, Texas.
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Born 1982-07-25. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:alcohol, other drugs
Knoxville, Tennessee: He struck a plea bargain on cocaine and marijuana charges and agreed to undergo random drug screening. [3 July 1998]
He was arrested in his hometown of Knoxville, Tennessee, when police pulled him over and allegedly found cocaine and marijuana in his pants and socks. [5 June 1998]
Arrested in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on a grand theft charge for allegedly trying to steal a 45 foot yacht. He and a companion failed to untie the boat from the dock, causing damage to both the boat and the dock. [28 August 2000]
Sentenced to two years probation and ordered to pay more than $4,000 for repairs on a yacht he tried to steal in Fort Lauderdale. [5 January 2001]
While on probation in Florida, arrested May 16, 2001 for underage drinking as car was pulled over. Released from jail after $500 bond posted. [May 2001]
January, 2002 - Knoxville, Tennessee Brad was arrested and charged with public intoxication and driving without a license. He was stopped after a traffic violation near his house.
Ordered back to jail for remainder of probation by Florida judge due to his drunk driving arrest in January. [February 2002]
Until he was discovered and cast in The Client (1994), he attended Fountain City Elementary School in Knoxville, Tennesee.
Won the "Hollywood Reporter's Young Star Award" in 1995.
Raised by his grandmother.
On December 23, 2005 he was arrested, together with 14 other suspects, during a random drug sting operation in downtown Los Angeles while allegedly trying to buy heroin.
Was arrested for allegedly trying to buy heroin from an undercover police officer in the skid row section downtown Los Angeles on December 22, 2005.
Had not acted for a year at the time of his arrest for attempting to buy heroin.
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Born 1975-00-00. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:alcohol, other drugs
Stunning Natasha, 32, and the BBC children’s show presenter are said to have stayed up until nearly dawn snorting the Class A drug.
After snatching a few hours’ sleep they woke at lunchtime on Thursday, when Natasha said she felt unwell and went for a bath.
Speight became worried a few minutes later when the bathroom fell silent. He went in and discovered Natasha’s lifeless body in the still warm water.
The CBBC SMart show star pulled her out of the bath and tried desperately to revive her with mouth-to-mouth. He then dialled 999 and paramedics fought in vain to save her.
Police were also called to the couple’s £625,000 penthouse in St John’s Wood, North London, and Speight, 42, was arrested on suspicion of Natasha’s murder.
He was later also arrested for supplying her with a Class A drug after reportedly telling cops how they had snorted cocaine together the night before.
Distraught Speight was taken to Marylebone police station, where he repeatedly broke down sobbing during his interview.
A police source said: “He did everything he could to save her. He was absolutely distraught afterwards and fully cooperative. He gave a full and frank account of what happened.”
She is said to have suffered regular fits after being injured in a car accident several years ago and lapsing into a coma. Neighbours also reported she had recently become painfully thin.
Natasha’s mum Carmen later issued a statement saying: “We are all absolutely distraught over the death of Natasha. She was our loving, caring daughter who was always full of life.”
Natasha met Speight in 1998 when they worked together on kids’ TV show See It Saw It. She played See, a court jester to a king played by Speight. Speight, who first found fame on ITV’s Saturday morning kids’ show Scratchy & Co, has worked on CBBC’s SMart since 1995.
OTHER kids' TV stars caught in scandal include ex-Blue Peter host John Leslie, filmed in a cocaine-fuelled orgy with Abi Titmuss in 2003, and Jamie Theakston, who had sex with a hooker in a Mayfair bondage den. In 1998 Blue Peter axed Richard Bacon over a 12-hour booze and cocaine bender.
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Born 1948-11-10. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Cancer (lung)
Schiavelli served as honorary co-chair of the National Marfan Foundation, an organization which serves those affected by Marfan syndrome, from which Schiavelli suffered.
Marfan syndrome is an autosomal dominant genetic disorder of the connective tissue characterized by disproportionately long limbs, long thin fingers, a typically tall stature, and a predisposition to cardiovascular abnormalities, specifically those affecting the heart valves and aorta. The disorder may also affect numerous other structures and organs — including the lungs, eyes, dural sac surrounding the spinal cord, and hard palate. It is named after Antoine Marfan, the French pediatrician who first described it in 1899.
Schiavelli's role as a subway spirit in the 1990 drama Ghost won him much critical acclaim. In 1992, he played in Tim Burton's Batman Returns as the "Organ Grinder", one of the Penguin's henchmen. He appeared as another villain in the James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies (1997), as a silent monk in The Frisco Kid (1979), and as John O'Connor, one of the evil Red Lectroids in the 1984 cult classic The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension.
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Born 1902-11-17. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Age
French voice of Dr No in a James Bond film.