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Dee Dee Ramone(1951 - 2002) was born as Douglas Glenn Colvin on September 18, 1951 in Fort Lee, Virginia, USA. He was a German-American musician, best known as a founding member, songwriter and bassist for the influential punk rock band "Ramones". His father was a U.S. Master Sergeant (born 1911) and his mother a woman (born 1931) from Berlin, Germany. After his birth the family relocated to Germany, due to his father's military service, and Dee Dee Ramone grew up in Munich, Bad Tölz, Pirmasens and Berlin. He spoke fluent German and remained in Berlin, Germany until 1968. When Dee Dee Ramone was 15 years old his parents divorced and his mother moved with her son to Forest Hills, Queens, New York City. At the 'Forest Hills High School' and in his neighborhood Dee Dee Ramone became friends with the original band members of the "Ramones": Jeffrey Hyman (aka Joey Ramone), John Cummings (aka Johnny Ramone) and Tamás Erdélyi (aka Tommy Ramone). The "Ramones" were a four-piece rock band that many experts credit for giving birth to the punk movement and having a major influence on music history and popular culture. Playing simple rock songs as hard and fast as possible, the "Ramones" gained a cult following that centered at the New York club CBGB's. After 14 studio albums and nearly constant touring for 22 years "The Ramones" gained a loyal worldwide following, while never achieving spectacular mainstream success like other bands they originally inspired. Dee Dee Ramone and Joey Ramone were the most important and productive songwriters/lyricists of the "Ramones". Dee Dee Ramone remained a band member until 1989, when he left and was replaced by Christopher Ward (aka C.J. Ramone). Dee Dee became a rapper and performed under the moniker 'Dee Dee King', and later formed the band "Chinese Dragons". But a strong connection to his first band always remained: He still occasionally played with the "Ramones" and wrote more songs for them and even appeared on their farewell concert video "We're Outta Here". Dee Dee Ramone was also a painter and is a published author of two books: An autobiography called "Lobotomy - Surviving the Ramones" (2000) and a novel called "Chelsea Horror Hotel" (2001) about the infamous hotel in New York. He released further a solo album in 2001, called "Latest & Greatest". Along with the other (surviving) "Ramones" members, he was inducted into the 'Rock & Roll Hall of Fame' in 2002. Less than two months after his induction, he was found dead in his house by his wife. Dee Dee Ramone was 50 years old. His paintings have been exhibited since posthumously in 2003/2006 in Augsburg (Germany), 2005 in Paris (France) and 2010 in Los Angeles(USA). In September 2005 a museum dedicated to the "Ramones" opened in Berlin, Germany.- Born in the inner-west Sydney suburb of Stanmore and raised in the eastern beach suburb of Coogee, Gwen Plumb did not plan on taking up acting as a career. A chance invitation from a member of the David Jones tailoring department, where she was working at the time, led to her accepting a role in a local Drama Club's play. She had never acted before in her life, but it proved to be the start of what was to become an illustrious new career.
She is best known for her performance of a motherly gossip called Ada Simmonds, who operated the hospital kiosk in the Australian television series The Young Doctors (1976). As well as appearances in television and film, Plumb worked at Sydney's AM radio station 2GB, where she had her own interview programme, and also partnered a mid-morning radio variety show with Gordon Chater, where they were widely known to Sydneysiders by their nicknames: Pussy and Charlie.
She was also a stage performer, and starred in the Australian production of the Nell Dunn play Steaming (1985). In the late 1990s, within two months of an operation to remove a suspected bowel cancer, this veteran performer was back on her feet and rehearsing for a stage production of 'Arsenic and Old Lace'. Plumb received the British Empire Medal (BEM) in the 1970s, and was made a Member in the General Division of the Order of Australia (AM) on the Queen's Birthday Honours List, at the age of 81.
Her autobiography, "Plumb Crazy", was published in 1994. She suffered a decline in health after her bowel cancer operation, and stated that she exhausted herself with the play and never recovered completely from the surgery. Gwen Plumb died in her home at Kirribilli (the first suburb north of the Sydney Harbour Bridge) on the 5th of June 2002, aged 89. - Costume and Wardrobe Department
- Costume Designer
Norman A. Burza was born on 15 March 1934 in New York, USA. He was a costume designer, known for Soylent Green (1973), The Cannonball Run (1981) and Apocalypse Now (1979). He died on 5 June 2002 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Composer
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Carlos García Berlanga was born on 11 August 1959 in Madrid, Madrid, Spain. He was a composer and actor, known for Pain and Glory (2019), Cuéntame cómo pasó (2001) and En la ciudad (2003). He died on 5 June 2002 in Madrid, Madrid, Spain.- Giorgio Porcaro was born in Benevento, Campania in 1952 but his family moved toward Milan when he was child, he made his debut at famous Milan theater "il Derby", he became one of the most important cabaret actor in Italy, his first success in the theater was the play written by Enzo Jannacci an Beppe Viola, "da dove vieni tu", where he invented the role of "terrunciello" with typical dialect of a south man, that was carried on the screen by Diego Abatantuono, close friend of Porcaro, but for this reason, the friendship between Porcaro and Diego was compromised, after the end of golden age of cabaret, he arrived on the screen but probably his best film was "Si ringrazia la regione Puglia per averci fornito i Milanesi", he worked with many important Italian actors and directors like Pozzetto, Samperi, Boldi. This happened in early '80, returned on TV screen for private Italian broadcasting but he died in 2002 for cancer, forgotten, after reconciliation with Abatantuono.
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Michel Bernholc was born on 10 July 1941 in Paris, France. He was a composer, known for Tous vedettes! (1980), The Sweeney (1975) and Michi (1986). He died on 5 June 2002 in Montreuil, Seine-Saint-Denis, France.- Director
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Writer
Radwan El-Kashef was born on 6 August 1952 in Cairo, Egypt. He was a director and assistant director, known for Date Wine (1998), Lieah ya banafsieg (1993) and Al-saher (2001). He died on 5 June 2002 in Cairo, Egypt.- Composer
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Carmelo A. Bernaola was born on 16 July 1929 in Ochandiano, Spain. He was a composer and actor, known for Días de viejo color (1968), Pasodoble (1988) and Tormento (1974). He died on 5 June 2002 in Madrid, Spain.- Animation Department
- Director
- Art Department
Bob Zamboni was born on 28 March 1939. He was a director, known for Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers (1989), Kim Possible (2002) and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987). He died on 5 June 2002.- Soundtrack
Truck Parham was born on 25 January 1911 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He died on 5 June 2002 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.