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Ralphie May was born on 17 February 1972 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for For da Love of Money (2002), Cubed (2009) and Whoopi (2003). He was married to Lahna Turner. He died on 6 October 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.- Travis Maldonado was born on 22 March 1994 in Alameda County, California, USA. He was married to Joe Exotic. He died on 6 October 2017 in Greater Wynnewood Exotic Animal Park, Wynnewood, Oklahoma, USA.
- Terry Downes was born on 9 May 1936 in Paddington, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967), A Study in Terror (1965) and Play for Today (1970). He was married to Barbara Clarke. He died on 6 October 2017 in Hertfordshire, England, UK.
- Actor
- Additional Crew
- Location Management
The FBI claimed Musacchia was linked to the highest levels of New York's Genovese crime family. He was employed by the production company, ABC Motion Pictures, while Prizzi's Honor (1985) was filming in Brooklyn in the fall of 1984. "I have no idea what (Musacchia) did on the movie; I didn't hire him", said John Foreman, the film's producer. He added that Musacchia "works on most of the pictures that go to New York as sort of a local contact. He knows his way around Brooklyn." A spokesman for Capital Cities/ABC, the broadcasting company that no longer operates that film company, said: "Virtually no one connected with the movie is still connected with this company. All I can tell you is that he was not hired on the West Coast."
According to copies of a number of sworn FBI affidavits obtained by The Times, he was an alleged "lieutenant" of Frederick (Fritzy) Giovanelli, a Genovese capo who reports directly to Vincent (the Chin) Gigante, the acting boss of the Genovese family. In addition to Prizzi's Honor (1985), Musacchia also worked on Brighton Beach Memoirs (1986), the feature film version of Neil Simon's play of the same name, produced by Rastar Productions. Published credits for that movie list Musacchia as assistant location manager. While Brighton Beach Memoirs (1986) was filming in 1985, his telephone conversations were intercepted by federal agents under court order. He was overheard on several occasions handing out jobs on the movie set, according to the FBI documents.
Joseph M. Caracciolo, associate producer and production manager of Brighton Beach Memoirs (1986), and an employee of Rastar Productions, said he hired Musacchia, with whom he had worked on The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984). "My association with him goes back to years ago, when he was working in the (film production) business with his uncle and I was doing prop work. After his uncle died, he was out of the business for a while. He's called me many times looking for work and the (Brighton Beach) job fit the bill because it was near his home." Caracciolo said he was unaware of Musacchia's alleged organized crime ties.
Law enforcement sources said Musacchia was also under investigation in Los Angeles and Newark, New Jersey, for his part in an alleged extortion of a Philadelphia-area budget record distributor in 1985. The distributor, John LaMonte, joined the government's witness protection program in 1986 after he allegedly was beaten for refusing to pay for a load of 4 million out-of-date records originally purchased from Los Angeles-based MCA Records. According to one FBI affidavit filed in court, "Thomas Vastola and Morris Levy, the latter of whom is under the direction and control of Vincent Gigante, Dominick Canterino and Frederick Giovanelli, have been exacting extortionate payments of money and other property from John LaMonte with the assistance of Rocco Musacchia."- Animation Department
- Art Department
Carmen Sanderson worked at Disney for over 50 years. Beginning in October 1945 She worked in the ink and paint department on nearly every animated feature from "Song of the South" to "Home on the Range". After serving as Xerox Check and Inking supervisor she became one of the many ink and paint artists switching to CAPS digital paint system. Retiring after being laid off in 2003 she later attended numerous Disney crew events and was a part of many exhibitions including gallery's of the ink and paint department, and numerous other events.- Composer
- Actor
- Sound Department
Bunny Sigler was born on 27 March 1941 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a composer and actor, known for Nobody (2021), About Time (2013) and Step Up 3D (2010). He was married to Martha. He died on 6 October 2017 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.- Writer
- Director
- Animation Department
József Nepp was born on 23 June 1934 in Csepel, Hungary [now in Budapest, Hungary]. He was a writer and director, known for Legacy from the Future - Fantastic Adventures of Family Mézga (1970), Mézga Aladár különös kalandjai (1972) and Gusztáv (1964). He died on 6 October 2017 in Hungary.- Connie Hawkins was born on 17 July 1942 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh (1979), The NBA on CBS (1973) and NBA Hardwood Classics (1992). He died on 6 October 2017 in Phoenix, Arizona, USA.
- Zofia Perczynska was born on 1 January 1928 in Piotrków Trybunalski, Lódzkie, Poland. She was an actress, known for Nowy (1970), Jasne Lany (1947) and Lata dwudzieste... lata trzydzieste... (1984). She died on 6 October 2017 in Skolimów, Konstancin-Jeziorna, Mazowieckie, Poland.
- Mary Cochran was born on 13 January 1963 in Dallas, Texas, USA. She was an actress, known for Neighbours (1985), Great Performances: Dance in America (1976) and The Wrecker's Ball: Three Dances by Paul Taylor (1996). She was married to Thomas Patrick and Bruce Adolphe. She died on 6 October 2017 in Bronx, New York City, New York, USA.
- Camera and Electrical Department
Inge Perkins was born on 30 July 1994. Inge is known for The Calling: A Portrait of Life in the High Country (2016). Inge died on 6 October 2017 in Bozeman, Montana, USA.- Actor
- Producer
J. Gregory Sager was born in Akron, Ohio, USA in 1946 to the late Rex and Evelyn Sager.
He graduated from Copley High School and Barrington College, and earned a Masters in Theater Arts from Kent State University. Sager was a puppeteer, writer, playwright, producer of videos for local organizations, and acted in local theater such as Shakespeare on the Terrace at Stan Hywet. His gentle humor infected everything he did.
While at Copley High, he met Dave Stone. Their mutual interest in puppetry led them to do puppet shows for children. Dave moved on to become a Summit County Sheriff's deputy and part-time puppeteer.
Sager stayed true to his art. He worked in children's programming at Channel 3, where he joked off-set with young weatherman Al Roker, and played second banana to Melinda Scott on "Mindy's Summer Camp". On her studio show, "Mindy, Popeye and Friends", Greg and his puppets were the friends. If you remember that show, he was "The Expert". He also acted and did technical work for the Magical Theater Company in Barberton, and the Illusion Factory with Bunny Balance.
In the 1990s, Sager and Lewis Jenkins formed Epiphany Productions and produced such classics as "Wild Thingdom", "Quest for the Holy Pail", and "Stupendous Person - Episode Three - The Blunder Years". In addition, Sager wrote and produced live performances for the Summit County Historical Society (and other historical societies) that drew much of their cast from an informal acting group called The Perkins Parlor Players.
A memorial service was held on Tuesday, 17 October 2017 at St. Luke's Church, Copley, Ohio, and laid to rest at Glendale Cemetery.- Judy Stone was born on 1 May 1924 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. She died on 6 October 2017 in San Francisco, California, USA.
- Herve Leger died on 6 October 2017.
- Marek Golab was born on 7 May 1940 in Zakliczyn, Poland. He died on 6 October 2017 in Wroclaw, Poland.