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Ned Eisenberg was a character actor who is remembered for the role of Italian gangster Fredo Strozzi in action film/western Last Man Standing (1996) with Bruce Willis, directed by Walter Hill; and films such as The Burning (1981) and Limitless (2011). Born in New York, he attended Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts in Manhattan, where he studied acting. Eisenberg appeared in episodes of the long-running NBC crime drama Law & Order, beginning in 1997. He also had roles in Clint Eastwood's Academy Award-winning drama Million Dollar Baby (2004) and war film Flags of Our Fathers (2006), and also in A Civil Action (1998) and action/thriller film Asher (2018), opposite Ron Perlman.

Jo Van Fleet was born on December 29, 1915 in Oakland, California. She established herself as a notable dramatic actress on Broadway over several years, winning a Tony Award in 1954 for her skill in a difficult role, playing an unsympathetic, even abusive character, in Horton Foote's "The Trip to Bountiful" with Lillian Gish and Eva Marie Saint. Her first film role was playing the estranged mother of James Dean's character in East of Eden (1955). This debut performance earned Van Fleet an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Her subsequent film work was steady through 1960, then very sporadic, and include such films as The Rose Tattoo (1955), I'll Cry Tomorrow (1955), The King and Four Queens (1956), Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957) and Cool Hand Luke (1967).

In 1958, Van Fleet was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play for her performance in "Look Homeward, Angel" on Broadway. Other films include Wild River (1960), Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella (1965) and I Love You, Alice B. Toklas! (1968). Her television work include Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955), Bonanza (1959), Thriller (1960) and The Wild Wild West (1965).

Jo Van Fleet died at age 80 of undisclosed causes on June 10, 1996 in Queens, New York City.

Buddy Duress was born on 21 May 1985 in Queens, New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Good Time (2017), Beware of Dog (2020) and Flinch (2021). He died in November 2023 in Astoria, Queens, New York City, New York, USA.

Sully Boyar was born on 14 December 1923 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Dog Day Afternoon (1975), In the Soup (1992) and Car Wash (1976). He was married to Josephine Pizzo. He died on 23 March 2001 in Queens, New York City, New York, USA.

Jerry Leon was born on 3 June 1934 in New York, USA. He was an actor, known for The Seven-Ups (1973), Kojak (1973) and Book of Numbers (1973). He died on 2 February 1987 in Queens, New York City, New York, USA.

Rasheed is one of today's rising comedy stars. Rasheed is a survivor of the streets of Brooklyn, NY and proud of it. So proud in fact, that he has used his experiences from the tough neighborhood streets and the many nationalities surrounding him to create his laid back style of comedy. Taking no prisoners, Rasheed continues to shock audiences across the country, night after night, with his hilarious brand of cutting edge comedy

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Comedian Rasheed Thurmond on Bad Boys of comedy. Rasheed Thurmond passed away Nov. '07 apparently of a heart attack, he was 36yrs old. Born in East New York, Thurmond and his four siblings were raised in a Vermont Ave. house by his stern father, who worked as a train conductor, and his mother, who worked as a token clerk. "He started comedy at the age of 5," recalled his mother, Elizabeth Thurmond, 61. "My friend was afraid of mousetraps, and when he found out, he would always put one in her pocket.

Darren Robinson was born on 10 June 1967 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Krush Groove (1985), Disorderlies (1987) and Price of Glory (2000). He died on 10 December 1995 in Queens, New York City, New York, USA.

Alan Manson was one of a group of World War II soldiers selected to appear in Irving Berlin's 1942 musical This Is the Army (1943). He appeared in the Broadway production as well as in the film. After the war, he continued to perform on Broadway. In 1955, he was called before the House committee investigating communists in New York theater. He refused to answer any questions but was later cleared. He found little work as an actor for a few years after.

Sandra Reaves-Phillips was born on 23 December 1944 in Mullins, South Carolina, USA. She was an actress, known for 'Round Midnight (1986), Lean on Me (1989) and For Love or Money (1993). She died on 29 December 2023 in Queens, New York City, New York, USA.

Sandy Alexander was born on 8 August 1942. He was an actor and writer, known for 12 Monkeys (1995), Jersey Girl (2004) and I.Q. (1994). He died on 17 August 2007 in Jamaica, Queens, New York City, USA.

Mario Todisco was born on 8 October 1949. He was an actor, known for Léon: The Professional (1994), Miller's Crossing (1990) and Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992). He died on 18 June 1996 in Queens, New York City, New York, USA.

Linda Pugach was born on 23 February 1937 in Bronx, New York City, New York, USA. She was married to Burt Pugach. She died on 22 January 2013 in Queens, New York City, New York, USA.

George Dickerson was born on 25 July 1933 in Topeka, Kansas, USA. He was an actor, known for Blue Velvet (1986), Death Warrant (1990) and After Dark, My Sweet (1990). He was married to Suzanne Hartman and Victoria Chess. He died on 10 January 2015 in Queens, New York City, New York, USA.

Fred Trump Jr. was born on 14 October 1938 in Queens, New York City, New York, USA. He was married to Linda Clapp. He died on 26 September 1981 in Queens, New York City, New York USA.

Erminia Motika was born on 23 January 1921 in Pola, Istria, Italy [now Pula, Republic of Croatia]. She was married to Franco Motika (Matticchio). She died on 14 February 2021 in Queens, New York, USA.

Debuted in World Championship Wrestling in 1995 under the name Chris Kanyon. He was soon teamed up with Mark Starr, and they were given a construction workers gimmick and named Men At Work. In 1997 he became Mortis, a member of James Vandenberg's (James Mitchell) Collection Of Human Oddities. He later unmasked again to briefly be part of The Raven's Flock stable (led by Raven aka Scott Levy) and was simply known as Kanyon. After leaving The Raven's Flock, Kanyon went through numerous gimmick changes. His new gimmicks included being part of The Jersey Triad with Scott 'Bam Bam' Bigelow and Diamond Dallas Page ('Page Falkinberg') and being Chris 'Champagne' Kanyon, or CCK for short. His most recent gimmick was as 'Positively' Kanyon - a character which imitated every mannerism of Diamond Dallas Page, even claiming to have written an auto-biography entitled 'Positively Kanyon' (a take on Falkinberg's auto-biography 'Positively Page').

Willi is a self-taught dancer and has been involved in the ball scene since the early 1980s. He is the founder of the Legendary House of Ninja and until his death was the "Mother" of the House. Willi has been instrumental in bringing vogue to the masses and was the inspiration of Madonna's 1990 "vogue" video. He has worked with Malcolm McLaren, Jean-Paul Gaultier and several prominent people in the music and fashion industry.

In 1990, Willi appeared on Jennie Livingston's Paris Is Burning (1990) documentary along with other prominent people involved in the ball culture. He also starred in Wolfgang Busch's documentary: How Do I Look (2006) featuring the late 'Pepper LaBeija (1948-2003)'.

Willi died on 2 September 2006 of AIDS related heart failure. He died in New York City, age 45. The Willi Ninja style of voguing is the most imitated vogue style by the younger generation of voguers throughout the world.

Esther Minciotti was born on 20 May 1888 in Provincia di Torino, Piemonte, Italy. She was an actress, known for Marty (1955), The Wrong Man (1956) and Playhouse 90 (1956). She was married to Silvio Minciotti. She died on 15 April 1962 in Jackson Heights, Queens, New York City, New York, USA.

Octavia St. Laurent was born on 16 March 1964 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for The Saint of Fort Washington (1993), Paris Is Burning (1990) and Mirror, Mirror (1996). She died on 17 May 2009 in Queens, New York City, New York, USA.

Charley and Nora Guthrie named their son after the Democrat elected president that year. Woodrow Wilson Guthrie knew hard times as a youngster (his house burned down, his sister Clara burned to death, his father's small-town business and political careers never went anywhere, his mother suffered from undiagnosed Huntington's Disease and was declared insane), but he enjoyed performing (dancing, playing harmonica, writing songs) and learning (he read voraciously in the public library). In 1933 he married Mary Jennings, five years his junior, with whom he would have three children. In 1935 he joined the Oakies and Arkies driven to California by the Dust Bowl. His songs went from describing the tragedy of the migrants to urging their unionization. Though he wrote a column for the Weekly People, he never joined the Communist Party. When Will Geer got a part in the play "Tobacco Road" he invited Woody to join him in New York where he met Pete Seeger, Lee Hays, Leadbelly, Cisco Houston. He was commissioned to write songs for a never-completed documentary on Washington State's Grand Coulee Dam, and it was in the Pacific Northwest that his family left him. Back in New York in 1940, Woody joined Pete Seeger's Alamanc Singers and married Martha Graham dancer Marjorie Mazia. His autobiography, Bound for Glory, was published in 1943. He served in the Merchant Marine in World War II, and three ships were torpedoed from under him. In 1947 his and Marjorie's daughter, Cathy, was burned to death in an apartment fire. They had three more children: Arlo, Joady and Nora. In 1953 he married for a third time, to Anneke Van Kirk. They had a child, Lorinna Lynn Guthrie. When Anneke and Guthrie divorced, their daughter was adopted by a couple they knew, and did not have any further contact with Guthrie. Lorinna died prematurely (at age 19) in 1973, in a car accident in California.

In the 1950s he experienced bouts of irrational behavior and was often unable to play his guitar; his condition was ultimately diagnosed as Huntington's Disease. The rest of that decade and into the 1960s a new generation, notably including Bob Dylan, began to discover and play his music, adapting some of it to the new Civil Rights movement.

Joel M. Reed was born on 29 December 1933 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor and director, known for Killer Zombies from the Titanic, The G.I. Executioner (1971) and The Renegade Ghouls of Kaplan's Swamp. He died on 14 April 2020 in Queens, New York City, New York, USA.

Lively childish leading lady on stage and films during the transition to sound. She began on stage at seventeen and went on to films in 1929. She made several early talkies at Paramount but her popularity soon waned.

Harry Ford was born on 5 June 1951 in Astoria, Queens, New York City, New York, USA. He is known for Carlito's Way (1993), Smoke (1995) and A Bronx Tale (1993). He was married to Denise Ford. He died on 17 June 2001 in Queens, New York City, New York, USA.

Jam Master Jay was born on 21 January 1965 in Queens, New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor and composer, known for Die Hard (1988), The Bounty Hunter (2010) and Friday Night Lights (2004). He was married to Terri Corley. He died on 30 October 2002 in Queens, New York City, New York, USA.

Jack Grimes was born on 1 April 1926 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Speed Racer (1967), Tom Corbett, Space Cadet (1950) and The New Adventures of Superman (1966). He died on 10 March 2009 in Queens, New York City, New York, USA.