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Brooklyn-born Lee Hessel attended Columbia but left to serve in the army. They sent him to engineering school at the University of Michigan and Michigan State but he left to work in his father's fur business in Manhattan. In 1950, he married a fashion photographer, but it lasted only a few weeks and was annulment. The next year, he married actress Edith Fern Bell, who had been modeling for the annual Hessel Furs show for years. They had two children. At a fashion event in NYC, Lee had met the business partner of independent film maker Radley Metzger and ended up financing "I Spit on Your Grave," a French film. The film made money and in 1963, Hessel began Cambist Films, which distributed foreign films, dubbed and edited for America, which were mostly softcore sex. Soon, Cambist was distributing new films shot in NYC. Cambist also worked twice with director George Romero of "Night of the Living Dead" fame, on 1971's "There's Always Vanilla," and in 1973, on the horror film, "The Crazies," in which wife Eadie was cast in a supporting role. However, it was one of the few Cambist-financed films to lose money and by 1978, Cambria shut down. Eadie developed early-onset Alzheimer's by 1978 and she eventually died in 1981. Hessel became successful in real estate during the 1980's and in 1989, met ex-casting director Sally Dennison and they married two years later. He sold off all his properties and they moved to her cabin in Big Bear Lake, CA, which was on land leased from the Federal Government in a former campgrounds. An avid skier in New England, he loved the Big Bear area. In 1995, he had successful surgery for colon cancer. In 2003, Sally left Hessel and moved to Idaho. They were divorced in 2004 and he stayed in Big Bear. In January of 2012, Hessel either blacked out or fell while attempting to board a ski chairlift and fell 15 feet, landing on his head. Airlifted to a San Bernardino hospital, he was successfully treated for cranial edema, but he knew he could no longer live alone in a remote mountain cabin. He sold the cabin and moved to Raleigh, NC, where he passed away from pancreatic cancer in 2014. About 20 years earlier in Big Bear, he had two half-wolves and a cat. The wolves died of old age in Big Bear, but Katie the cat ended up moving to Raleigh with her master and as of his death in 2014, she was 22 years old.- Dana Krueger was born on 6 April 1940 in Washington, USA. She was an actress, known for The Abduction of Figaro by P.D.Q Bach (1807-1742)? (1984). She was married to Milton Grossman. She died on 12 July 2014 in Rockville, Maryland, USA.
- Manfred Winkler was born on 27 October 1922 in Putilla, Bukowina, Romania. He died on 12 July 2014 in Jerusalem, Israel.
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Néstor Basterretxea was born on 6 May 1924 in Bermeo, Vizcaya, País Vasco, Spain. He was a writer and director, known for Tierra madre (1968), Operación H (1963) and Pelotari (1964). He was married to Maria Isabel Irurzun Urkia. He died on 12 July 2014 in Hondarribia, Basque Country, Spain.- Albert Stunkard died on 12 July 2014 in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, USA.
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Mark Burchett was born on 20 April 1960 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. He was a director and writer, known for Evil Ambitions (1996), Hell-O-Ween (2011) and Star Trek Phase II (2004). He died on 12 July 2014 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.- Editor
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Marko Babac was born on 9 March 1935 in Zemun, Serbia, Yugoslavia. He was an editor and director, known for Kapi, vode, ratnici (1962), Grad (1963) and Ceznja (1958). He died on 12 July 2014 in Belgrade, Serbia.- Emil Bobu was born on 22 February 1927 in Várfu Cámpului, Romania. He died on 12 July 2014 in Bucarest, Romania.
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Fran Adams was an actress and writer, known for Missing Persons (1993) and The Second City's 149 1/2 Edition (1994). She was married to Reginald Ruston Kearton. She died on 12 July 2014 in Stanford Hospital, Stanford, California, USA.- Music Department
Myer Fredman was born in 1932 in England, UK. He is known for The Magic Flute (1964) and An Opera Prepares: Eugene Onegin (1981). He died on 12 July 2014 in Hobart, Australia.- Christian Martaguet was born on 28 May 1936 in Paris, France. He was an actor, known for L'homme aux mains d'argile (1949), Le coeur sur la main (1948) and Nez de cuir (1952). He died on 12 July 2014 in Paris, France.
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Mladen Skiljan was born on 24 December 1921 in Zagreb, Croatia. Mladen was a director and writer, known for Balade Petrice Kerempuha (1971), Cintek (1967) and Vrtlarev pas (1961). Mladen died on 12 July 2014 in Zagreb, Croatia.- Producer
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Fernando Gou was born on 5 October 1944 in Mexico, Distrito Federal, Mexico. He was a producer and director, known for Palenque sangriento (1980), La metiche (1990) and eXXXorcisms (2002). He died on 12 July 2014 in Mexico, Distrito Federal, Mexico.- Actor
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Rusty White is an criminal defense attorney with the Public Defender's office in Memphis, Tennessee. A life-long movie buff, he has written several un-produced screenplays. He is collaborating with director Jeremy Benson on the screenplay of the supernatural thriller "Night Song." Rusty wrote the "Hollywood Obituary" column for EInsiders before retiring from the website in July 2009.- Valeriya Novodvorskaya was born on 17 May 1950 in Baranovichi, Byelorussian SSR, USSR [now Belarus]. She died on 12 July 2014 in Moscow, Russia.