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In the mid 1970s, as a young man not yet thirty, Malcolm McLaren owned and operated a London shop simply called "Sex" and dreamed of fame and fortune. He met a half formed group of teenage rock star hopefuls and fed them happy half truths about the great bands he had led to stardom. With his help in finding corner stone members John Lydon (aka Johnny Rotten) and Sid Vicious, those boys became the English punk rock legends Sex Pistols. The group met its ends less then four years later and McLaren walked away with a little bit of personal fame, but with most of his big dreams unfulfilled. Using his status as a legend maker McLaren would later manage such 80s punk influenced pop successes as Adam Ant, Bow Wow Wow and Boy George, and even release albums of music under his own name. Though Malcolm McLaren has never achieved the Beatle-mania level of fame that he so clearly strives for, he's never strayed to far from the spotlight. Writing, producing and always looking for new talent to show the world, hopefully for a profit.

Laura Solari was born on 5 January 1913 in Trieste, Austria-Hungary [now Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy]. She was an actress, known for Roman Holiday (1953), Duel of the Titans (1961) and Il vento m'ha cantato una canzone (1947). She was married to Oscar Semere and Arthur Roper Caldbeck. She died on 13 September 1984 in Bellinzona, Ticino, Switzerland.

Anita Traversi was born on 25 July 1937 in Giubiasco, Tessin, Switzerland. She died on 25 September 1991 in Bellinzona, Ticino, Switzerland.

Ottó Indig was born on 18 November 1890 in Brassó, Hungary, Austria-Hungary [now Brasov, Transylvania, Romania]. He was a writer and actor, known for Ember a híd alatt (1936), Te csak pipálj Ladányi (1938) and Segítség, örököltem! (1937). He was married to Lili Neményi. He died on 22 May 1969 in Bellinzona, Ticino, Switzerland.

Diether Stolze was born on 5 February 1929 in Starnberg, Bavaria, Germany. He died on 24 October 1990 in Bellinzona, Cantone Ticino, Switzerland.