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Paul Crauchet was born on 14 July 1920 in Béziers, Hérault, France. He was an actor, known for The Red Circle (1970), Belphégor ou le fantôme du Louvre (1965) and Army of Shadows (1969). He was married to Suzon. He died on 19 December 2012 in Rocbaron, Var, France.

Keiji Nakazawa was born in Hiroshima, Japan in1939. His father was opposed to Japan being involved in a war that they would lose and that it was a reckless war. But when he was six years old, the first nuclear weapon "" has detonated above his home of Hiroshima, killing his father sister, and little brother. He and his mother had to struggle for survival in the chaotic aftermath. Even the most basic information on radiation and it's effects were classified until 1957 and those who were victims had to hide their origins, or face discrimination, as many outsiders thought they carried disease or even a curse.

Keiji became an artist in Tokyo, publishing his first work in 1963, his first creations being boys' adventure stories such as "Spark One" and "Space Giraffe". But in 1966 he rushed home for his mother's funeral and was angered by the fact that there were so few bone fragments left of his mother's cremated remains. When he had dug his father and siblings out of the ruins, their skulls were in tact, so he felt that in his mother's case, the bomb had deprived her of even her bones, after surviving 21 years on. He vowed never to endure wars and atomic bombs, returned to Tokyo and risked pariah status by openly discussing his experiences of the bomb and then writing of them, with the first of his "Black" series, "Beneath The Black Rain".

In 1972 the boys' magazine "Shonen Jump" began running stories about the lives of manga artists, Keiji used it as a platform to publish "I Saw It", an account of Hiroshima, which eventually formed the opening chapters of his ten-volume series "Hadashi no Gen" (aka Barefoot Gen). It was published at the height of the cold war and shortly after student demonstrations over Japan's "Security Treaty" with the US. Large publishers had previously refused to publish it out of fear of finding themselves on CIA blacklists. The family saga was not completed until 1987.

Later volumes (two of which became the basis for Barefoot Gen 2 (1986) detail the attempts of the survivors to stay alive in the ruins and were told in a cartoon-ish style that was popular in comics in the 1970s. A group of Americans including Jared Cook and Frederik L. Schodt acquired copies of Barefoot Gen and began "Project Gen". The group was formed by a group of students from Japan, USA and Russian that sought to translate the manga series into several languages and distribute them worldwide as an attempt to spread an anti war/nuclear weapons message. The story was also adapted into live action films (the first of which won Best Screenplay at the Czech Film Festival in 1977) and two animated versions. Keiji is credited as screenwriter for the 1st anime, but had no direct involvement in the 2nd.

Keiji went on to write many more manga, including some more that involved the Japanese experience surrounding the second world war, such as "Okonomi Ha-chan" which was turned into a live action movie (Okonomi Hatchan (1999)), with Keiji writing and directing.

Bud Alper was born on 24 August 1930 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is known for Blade Runner (1982), Ladyhawke (1985) and The Crow (1994). He was married to Vicki. He died on 19 December 2012 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Robert Bork is an American judge, government official and legal scholar who served as the Solicitor General of the United States from 1973 to 1977. A professor at Yale Law School by occupation, he later served as a judge on the influential U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit from 1982 to 1988. In 1987, President Ronald Reagan nominated Bork to the U.S. Supreme Court, but the U.S. Senate rejected his nomination.

Perry Bullington was born on 29 May 1947 in Dothan, Alabama, USA. He was a casting director and actor, known for Runaway Train (1985), The Delta Force (1986) and American Ninja (1985). He died on 19 December 2012 in Santa Monica, California, USA.

Douglas Leiterman was born on 1 January 1927 in South Porcupine, Ontario, Canada. He was a producer and director, known for The Chief (1964), One More River (1963) and Three on a Match (1963). He was married to Beryl Fox. He died on 19 December 2012 in Vero Beach, Florida, USA.

1962 Abitur. Studied law in Göttingen and Hamburg; first state examination in law in 1967, second in 1971; doctorate in law in 1971. Joined the Hamburg administration as a government councilor in 1971. 1971 to 1972 Personal Assistant to the President of the University of Hamburg. Subsequently in the Finance Authority of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg. 1973 Elected city councilor and deputy city director of the city of Uelzen. 1983 Admitted to the bar at Uelzen District Court and Lüneburg Regional Court.

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Member of the SPD since 1964.

Member of the Bundestag since 1980, October 1998 to July 2002 and since November 21, 2005 Chairman of the SPD parliamentary group; July 2002 to November 2005 Federal Minister of Defense.

Ivan Mulkay was born in 1930 in Quemado de Güines, Las Villas, Cuba. He was an actor, known for Una mujer, un hombre, una ciudad... (1978) and Cría cerdos (2003). He died on 19 December 2012 in Habana, Cuba.

Dick Saxty died on 19 December 2012 in the UK.

Colin Davis was born on 29 July 1933 in Marylebone, London, England, United Kingdom. He died on 19 December 2012 in Cape Town, South Africa.

Diane Lensink was born on 21 October 1950 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. She was an actress, known for Centraal station (1974), De schorpioen (1984) and Baantjer (1995). She was married to Wim Van Der Grijn. She died on 19 December 2012 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.

Larry Kelem is known for The Mask (1994) and Alaska (1996). He died on 19 December 2012 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.