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- John Dennis was born on 3 May 1925 in Bronx, New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Soylent Green (1973), Young Frankenstein (1974) and Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972). He was married to Carolinda Brophy. He died on 20 March 2004 in Apple Valley, California, USA.
- She was the only child of the Dutch ruling couple of Queen Wilhelmina and Heinrich Duke of Mecklenburg. Through her mother, Juliana is Princess of Orange-Nassau; Through her father she holds the title of Duchess of Mecklenburg. After school, Juliana began studying law at Leiden University in 1927, which awarded her an honorary doctorate two years later. In 1930 she received her doctorate in Leiden. phil. Juliana married the German officer and Prince Bernhard von Lippe-Biesterfeld in 1937, with whom she had four daughters Beatrix (1938), Irene (1939), Margriet (1943) and Christina (1947).
When the troops of National Socialist Germany invaded, the family fled from the Netherlands to England in the spring of 1940. From London she later came to Canada. After the end of the war, they returned home in 1945. On August 31, 1948, Juliana was made Queen of the Netherlands, succeeding her abdicating mother. In this role, Juliana demonstrated a great ability for reconciliation and peaceful conflict resolution in the years and decades that followed. At the end of 1949, after 400 years of Dutch colonial rule over Indonesia, she released the Southeast Asian island state into freedom.
In the course of settling scores with collaborators who had worked with the German occupation, the young queen prevented the execution of death sentences in the post-war period. Juliana exerted a not insignificant influence on politics in the Netherlands, although the public also viewed the royal family ambivalently. The marriage of the heir to the throne, Wilhelmina Armgard Beatrix, to the German diplomat Claus von Amsberg in 1966 caused a particular stir.
Juliana died on March 20, 2004 in Soestdijk. On December 1, 2004, she was succeeded by her husband, Prince Bernhard, who died of cancer. - Son of the actor Emilio Portes. Brother of the playwriter Alvaro Portes. Francisco Portes was actor, director and poet. He worked in Spanish classical Theater ofen. He was own theater company. He won best actor award in El Paso Festival (1985) and best director at the same festival in 19991. Wrote for theatre: Los colores del fuego, La soga de Cáñamo and La trompeta de Crista.
- Chosuke Ikariya was born in Tokyo in 1931. First a factory worker, he aspired to be an artist. After learning the double bass he managed to become a renowned player of this instrument, performing in various bands, from an amateur Hawaiian music one to a country and western one to the fabulously successful "The Drifters" (from 1962 to 1985). Chosuke Ikariya later became the leader of "The Drifters", giving the band a a slapstick comedy lowbrow humor trend. A very tall person, always prone to antics, he could in no way remained unnoticed, nor was he by talent scouts who detected his acting abilities. Not too sure of his talents, Chosuke Ikariya hesitated but finally tried his luck and soon discovered he was as good an actor as a musician and even won a Japanese Best Supporting Award for his performance of Heihachiro Waku in 'Katsuyuki Motohiro's "Bayside Shakedown" (1998). His most remarkable role though is the Crying Demon who haunts Akira Kurosawa as a young man in his 1990 "Dreams". Ikariya died of cancer in 2004, at the age of 72.
- Robert M. Sweeney was born on 18 June 1930 in the USA. He was an actor, known for It's Pat: The Movie (1994). He was married to Jeraldine C Sweeney. He died on 20 March 2004 in Spokane, Washington, USA.
- Pierre Sévigny was born on 12 February 1917 in Quebec, Canada. He was married to Corrine Kernan. He died on 20 March 2004 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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Des Horne was born on 20 March 1951 in Australia. He was an editor, known for Come in Spinner (1990), Olive (1988) and Hunger (1986). He died on 20 March 2004 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.