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- Texas born, Harvard educated, Jack Valenti has led several lives; a wartime bomber pilot, advertising agency founder, political consultant, White House Special Assistant, movie industry leader. In his current role as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Motion Picture Association of America, Valenti has presided over a worldwide sea change in the industry, which has radically changed the landscape of the American film and television industry here and abroad. It is Valenti's duty and challenge to lead the U.S. film and TV industry's confrontation with these global dangers and opportunities. Born in Houston, Texas, Valenti was the youngest (age 15) high school graduate in the city. He began work a a 16-year-old office boy with the Humble Oil Company (now Exxon). As a young pilot in the Army Air Corps in World War II, Lieutenant Valenti flew 51 combat missions as the pilot-commander of a B-25 attack bomber with the 12th Air Force in Italy. He was decorated with the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air Medal with four clusters, the Distinguished Unit Citation with one cluster, the European Theater Ribbon with four battle stars. He has a B.A. from the University of Houston (doing all his undergraduate work at night, working during the day). He graduated from Harvard with an M.B.A. In 1952, he co-founded the advertising/political consulting agency of Weekley & Valenti. In 1955, he met the man who would have the largest impact on his life, the then Majority Leader of the U.S. Senate, Lyndon B. Johnson. Valenti's agency was in charge of the press during the visit of President John F. Kennedy and Vice President Johnson to Texas. Valenti was in the motorcade in Dallas on November 22, 1963. Within hours of the murder of John F. Kennedy, Valenti was on Air Force One flying back to Washington, the first newly hired special assistant to the new President. On June 1, 1966, Valenti resigned his White House post to become only the third man in MPAA history to become its leader. Valenti has written four books, three non-fiction, The Bitter Taste Of Glory (World Publishing); A Very Human President (W. W. Norton Co.); Speak Up With Confidence (Wm. Morrow Co.); his newest book is a political novel, Protect Aand Defend (Doubleday, 1992). He has written numerous essays for the New York Times, The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Reader's Digest, Atlantic Monthly, Newsweek, Cox newspapers and other publications. France awarded him its highly prized Legion d'Honneur, the French Legion of Honor. He has been awarded his own Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He and his wife, Mary Margaret Valenti, lived in Washington, though he spent half his time in Los Angeles. They had three children, Courtenay Valenti, John Valenti and Alexandra Valenti. He died from complications of a stroke in April 2007.
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Henry LeTang was born on 19 June 1915 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Bojangles (2001), Tap (1989) and Great Performances (1971). He was married to Emma Jimenez and Ellie Epps. He died on 26 April 2007 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.- Actress
Uilani Silva was born on 7 November 1929 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She was an actress. She died on 26 April 2007 in Kailua, Oahu, Hawaii, USA.- Animation Department
Roberta Greutert was born on 12 December 1913 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. She is known for It's the Wolf (1969), Jonny Quest (1964) and Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines (1965). She died on 26 April 2007 in Woodland Hills, California, USA.- Frank Jürgen Krüger was born on 24 December 1948 in Berlin, Germany. He was an actor, known for Pankow '95 (1983), Rot und Blau (2003) and Blam! (1985). He died on 26 April 2007 in Berlin, Germany.
- Mariusz Sabiniewicz was born on 21 January 1963 in Poznan, Wielkopolskie, Poland. He was an actor, known for M jak milosc (2000), Deszczowy zolnierz (1996) and Television Theater (1953). He died on 26 April 2007 in Poznan, Wielkopolskie, Poland.
- Jill Hulbert was born in 1927 in Paddington, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Black Widow (1951) and Dressing Up (1948). She died on 26 April 2007 in Chichester, Sussex, England, UK.
- Lindsey Hughes was born on 4 May 1949 in Swanscombe, Kent, England, UK. She was married to Dr. Jim Cutshall. She died on 26 April 2007 in London, England, UK.
- Daniel Sander was an actor, known for Remo e Romolo (Storia di due figli di una lupa) (1976), Mirror, Mirror (1978) and Ein roter Teppich für... (2002). He died on 26 April 2007.
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Virginia Hunt was born on 28 June 1928 in Dayton, Ohio, USA. She was an actress. She died on 26 April 2007 in the USA.