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Composer, musician, singer Augusto Martelli died today in Rome. He was 74. Martelli is probably best remembered for the song Djamballà, the main theme song of the 1971 film Il dio serpent. He composed the scores for two Euro-westerns: “Another Dollar for the MacGregors” with Peter Lee Lawrence and “Ballad of Death Valley” with William Berger and Wayde Preston. Both were made in 1970 and Martelli sang the main theme songs for both films.
Composer, musician, singer Augusto Martelli died today in Rome. He was 74. Martelli is probably best remembered for the song Djamballà, the main theme song of the 1971 film Il dio serpent. He composed the scores for two Euro-westerns: “Another Dollar for the MacGregors” with Peter Lee Lawrence and “Ballad of Death Valley” with William Berger and Wayde Preston. Both were made in 1970 and Martelli sang the main theme songs for both films.


*'''BOULANGER, Daniel (Daniel Michel Auguste Boulanger)''' - 1/24/1922, Compiègne, Oise, France – 10/27/2014, Paris, Île de France, France
French novelist, playwright, screenwriter and actor Daniel Boulanger died last night October 27th in France. He was 92. Boulanger was a co-screenwriter on the 1971 Euro-western The Legend of Frenchie King with Brigitee Bardot and Claudia Cardinale.




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Revision as of 16:01, 27 November 2014

KÜLOWThis page is our personal hall of fame. A reminder to us all that even though considered a B-genre, Spaghetti Westerns were full of great characters, played by great people. Many have passed away, and while we are young growing up re-watching all these classics, many more will probably leave us. May they be remembered. What follows, is a work-in-progress, a growing list of legends who have passed away...

sorted by their last names:

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z|}

FRESH GRAVES

  • TRECCA, Fabrizio Trifone - 8/19/1940, Rome, Lazio, Italy - 11/12/2014, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Fabrizio Trifone Trecca, host of Italian TV’s ‘Better Living’ and ‘Living Well’ died November 12th in Rome. He was 74. Born in Rome, Italy on August 19, 1940 Fabrizio became a medical doctor before writing screenplays for TV series such as ‘Diagnosi’ and ‘Gamma’ both in 1975. Under the pseudonym T.F. Karter he was a co-writer for the Euro-western Shanghai Joe (1973). He was the personal physician of Silvio Berlusconi.


  • SUSI, Carol Ann - 2/2/1952, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.A. – 11/11/2014, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.

Television veteran Carol Ann Susi has died at the age of 62. Susi The Big Bang Theory’s voice of Mrs. Wolowitz, passed away Tuesday November 11 after a brief battle with an aggressive form of cancer. Carol Ann appeared as a Segestra daughter in the 1988 Euro-western "Blood Red" starring Dennis Hopper and Giancarlo Giannini. As a teen, Susi studied acting HB Studio in New York and came to Los Angeles in the 1970s. Soon after, she was cast as Kolchak's secretary Monique Marmelstein on the hit ABC series "The Night Stalker." Dozens of TV appearances followed, including memorable turns on "Cheers," "Married ... With Children," "Seinfeld" and "Six Feet Under."


  • NUNI, Geula - 9/6/1942, Ramat Gan, Israel - 11/10/2014, Tel Aviv, Israel

Israeli actress Geula Nuni passed away on Sunday night at age 72. Nuni became famous in the 1960's for her role in the Israeli film Sallah Shabati in which she costarred with Chaim Topol and Gila Almagor. Sallah Shabati was one of the most successful films in Israeli history and centered on the chaos of Israeli immigration in the 1960s. She appeared in one Euro-western as Graziella in “Legacy of the Incas” 1965.


  • MARTELLI, Augusto - 3/15/1940, Genoa, Liguria, Italy – 11/3/2014, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Composer, musician, singer Augusto Martelli died today in Rome. He was 74. Martelli is probably best remembered for the song Djamballà, the main theme song of the 1971 film Il dio serpent. He composed the scores for two Euro-westerns: “Another Dollar for the MacGregors” with Peter Lee Lawrence and “Ballad of Death Valley” with William Berger and Wayde Preston. Both were made in 1970 and Martelli sang the main theme songs for both films.


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