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- Bald, tubby and engaging African-American character actor Charles McGregor was born on September 1, 1922 in New York City. McGregor spent a fair share of his early life in jail, but cleaned up his act when he was released from prison and had a brief, but impressive career as a supporting actor in blaxploitation features made throughout the 70s. McGregor was excellent as sleazy snitch drug dealer Fat Freddie in the terrific cult classic "Super Fly" and likewise fine as the vulgar and flamboyant the Cokeman in the offbeat "The Baron." Charles was very funny as Charlie in Mel Brooks' hilarious Western parody "Blazing Saddles." He had a nice bit as a corrupt police detective in the uproariously tasteless "Andy Warhol's Bad" and pops up in a small uncredited role as a bar patron in the fantastic Oscar-winning police crime thriller "The French Connection." Outside of acting, McGregor toured junior and senior high schools and counseled kids on the perils of crime and drugs. Charles McGregor died on August 11, 1996 in Santa Clara, California.
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Henry Slate was born on 15 June 1910 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Miss Sadie Thompson (1953), Bloodhounds of Broadway (1952) and Pete's Dragon (1977). He died on 11 August 1996 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Baba Vanga, born Vangeliya Pandeva Dimitrova, in Strumica, North Macedonia, then the Ottoman Empire, in 1911, was a mystic, clairvoyant, and herbalist. Vanga lost her sight when she was 12. She was swept away by a mighty tornado. Later she was found alive, covered with dirt and stones, with sand in her eyes. She became blind as a result. In 1925 Vanga was brought to a school for the blind in the city of Zemun, in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, where she spent three years, and was taught to read Braille, and to play the piano. In 1927 she started making minor predictions about local phenomena. Her powers of foreseeing, clairvoyance, deepened and expanded after she turned 30. She attracted believers with her ability to heal and soothsay, fortune telling, a great number of people visited her, hoping to get a hint about whether their relatives were alive, or seeking for the place where they died. One of them was the Bulgarian Tzar Boris III. Another was Adolf Hitler. In 1942 Vanga married Dimitar Gushterov, a Bulgarian soldier, and moved to Petrich, Bulgaria, where she soon became well-known for her gifts and predictions. After the Second World War, Bulgarian politicians and leaders from different Soviet Republics, including Soviet Premier Leonid Brezhnev, sought her counsel. Several researchers have studied the phenomenon of Vanga in the attempt to establish whether she has any extraordinary capabilities. One of the first studies was initiated by the Bulgarian government and is described in the documentary "Fenomen" (1977). Fulfilling Baba Vanga's last will and testament, her house in Petrich was turned into a museum, which opened for visitors on May 5, 2008.
- Charles Brehm was born on 14 January 1925 in Pennsylvania, USA. He died on 11 August 1996 in Carrollton, Texas, USA.
- Frank Kuenstler was born on 17 April 1928. He was an actor, known for Guns of the Trees (1961). He died on 11 August 1996 in Manhattan, New York, USA.
- Soundtrack
Mel Taylor was born on 24 September 1933 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He died on 11 August 1996 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Randall Kim was born on 28 November 1959 in Hawaii, USA. He was a producer, known for Bu Lai'a the Hawaiian Superman (1993), Bu Lai'a the Hawaiian Superman (1994) and Follow the Sun (1980). He died on 11 August 1996 in Oahu, Hawaii, USA.
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- Actor
- Soundtrack
Rafael Kubelík was born on 29 June 1914 in Býchory, near Kolín, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]. He was an actor, known for Jiný vzduch (1939), Palermo or Wolfsburg (1980) and Ternos Caçadores (1969). He was married to Elsie Morison and Ludmila Bertlová. He died on 11 August 1996 in Lucerne, Switzerland.- Jirí Valenta was born on 13 October 1928 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. He was an actor, known for Hostinec U kamenného stolu (1949), Pan Novák (1949) and Jarní povetrí (1961). He died on 11 August 1996 in Prague, Czech Republic.