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- Vittorio Mezzogiorno was born on 16 December 1941 in Cercola, Campania, Italy. He was an actor, known for Scream of Stone (1991), La piovra (1984) and Il giocattolo (1979). He was married to Cecilia Sacchi. He died on 7 January 1994 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy.
- Llewellyn Rees was born on 18 June 1901 in Charmouth, Dorset, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Withnail & I (1987), A Fish Called Wanda (1988) and The Way We Live Now (1969). He was married to Madeleine Newbury and Carol Rees. He died on 7 January 1994 in Barnes, London, England, UK.
- Slammin' Sam Menacker personified Wrestling. Born Frank Menacker in 1915, Sam became a famous wrestler (or "Rassler") in the 1940s. His high-profile character even got him some movie roles, his most famous being one of the 10 strongmen in "Mighty Joe Young" (1949) where, alongside onetime world boxing champion Primo Carnera, and actor Henry Kulky, they had a tug-rope match with the giant ape. Around 1960, Sam migrated to Indianapolis where, retired from wrestling, he did color commentary for the American Wrestling Association, and after 1964 for the World Wrestling Association, on local WTTV Channel 4. Along with the wildly popular Chuck Marlowe (and occasionally with local villain Handsome Bobby Heenan,who later gained fame as Bobby "the brain" Heenan) they provided exciting ringside reports every Saturday afternoon, commenting on the tactics of Dick the Bruiser ("The World's Most Dangerous Wrestler"), Wilbur Snyder ("The World's Most Scientific Wrestler"), Cowboy Bob Ellis, Bobo Brazil and other arch-heroes and arch-villains. (In 1963, when I was 10, I was amazed that every World Champion lived in Indianapolis.) As Sam provided the lively commentary (Wrestling shows are mainly hype) every main event, it seemed, called for "an investigation by the Commission" and "a Re-Match" -- usually a Lumberjack Match, or a Texas Death Match (which would not be televised, you'd have to go to the arena and pay). Sam retired from commentating in the late 1970s; he died in Illinois in 1994.
- Paul Gruber was born on 4 December 1941 in Schofield, Wisconsin, USA. He died on 7 January 1994 in Sandpoint, Idaho, USA.
- Casting Director
Weston Drury Jr. was born on 24 April 1916 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK. He was a casting director, known for Moonraker (1979), The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) and Live and Let Die (1973). He died on 7 January 1994 in Old Windsor, Berkshire, England, UK.- Ævar Kvaran was born on 17 May 1916 in Reykjavik, Iceland. He was a director, known for Nýtt hlutverk (1954), The Last Farm in the Valley (1950) and Reykjavíkurævintýri Bakkabræðra (1951). He died on 7 January 1994 in Iceland.
- An Egyptian actress, who graduated from the Institute of Music Education, where she obtained a bachelor's degree and began her career as a music teacher and then worked on Egyptian television with its beginning in the sixties as an editor for many musical programs, then worked in the cinema, where she participated in the movie The Red Headline (1952), after which her works continued in the cinema, then theater and television. Among her most prominent works The Open Door, and Marriage for Half an Hour. She passed away in 1994.
- G. Eugene Moose was born on 23 July 1951 in Kilgore, Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for The Pirates of Penzance (1980). He died on 7 January 1994 in New York City, New York, USA.