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*'''JURGENS, Udo(Udo Jürgen Bockelmann)''' - 9/30/1934, Schloß Ottmanach, Carinthia, Austria- 12/21/2014, Münsterlingen, Switzerland | *'''JURGENS, Udo (Udo Jürgen Bockelmann)''' - 9/30/1934, Schloß Ottmanach, Carinthia, Austria- 12/21/2014, Münsterlingen, Switzerland | ||
Udo Jürgens was one of the biggest stars and entertainers in the German speaking countries. His music spanned several generations. He collapsed while walking while travelling in Switzerland. He died today December 21, 2014 in a hospital of heart filure in Münsterlingen, Switzerland. He 80 years old. Jurgens composed the song Reach for the Stars which was a worldwide hit for singer Shirley Bassey.Udo in his life composed over 1000 songs and sold over 100 million records. He co-composed the score for the Euro-western “Montana Trap” (1975). | Udo Jürgens was one of the biggest stars and entertainers in the German speaking countries. His music spanned several generations. He collapsed while walking while travelling in Switzerland. He died today December 21, 2014 in a hospital of heart filure in Münsterlingen, Switzerland. He 80 years old. Jurgens composed the song Reach for the Stars which was a worldwide hit for singer Shirley Bassey.Udo in his life composed over 1000 songs and sold over 100 million records. He co-composed the score for the Euro-western “Montana Trap” (1975). | ||
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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...
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Udo Jürgens was one of the biggest stars and entertainers in the German speaking countries. His music spanned several generations. He collapsed while walking while travelling in Switzerland. He died today December 21, 2014 in a hospital of heart filure in Münsterlingen, Switzerland. He 80 years old. Jurgens composed the song Reach for the Stars which was a worldwide hit for singer Shirley Bassey.Udo in his life composed over 1000 songs and sold over 100 million records. He co-composed the score for the Euro-western “Montana Trap” (1975).
Swedish actor Ingvar Kjellson died of pneumonia on December 18th he was 91. A stage actor with more than 140 credits but also appeared regularly in Swedish films and on television. His one Euro-western was as the judge in Wild West Story in 1963.
Arthur was born Arthur Goldberg on June 7, 1910 in Marinette, Wisconsin. He appeared in 1930’s All Quiet on the Western Front. During World War II, Gardner served in the Army Air Forces' First Motion Picture Unit in Culver City, California, where he met Jules V. Levy and Arnold Laven. The three formed the Levy-Gardner-Laven production company in 1951. Gardner's producing credits include the television series The Rifleman (1958–1963) and The Big Valley (1965–1969). His feature film credits include 1974's McQ and 1975's Brannigan, both starring John Wayne. He was executive producer on the Euro-western The Hunting Party (1971).
Italian actor Giorgio Ardisson who had chosen to live in Cerveteri, was known for numerous films and for being in the cinema "Zorro the Fox". The debut film of the blond actor, athletic and good looking thanks to Mauro Bolognini, who chose him for a secondary but important role in “Arrangiatevi!” (You're on Your Own). His athletic prowess and his boldness to make his characters real made him ideal for adventure films and so called peplum-movies, for Spaghetti westerns and, especially, for the cult police/crime films exploiting the reckless adventures of secret agents like James Bond / 007, much in vogue in the early 1960s. George Ardisson, was born in Rocca, Canavese, Turin, Italy 1931 and died at his home in Cerveteri on December 11th.
Italian actress Virna Lisi who played memorable roles in European and Hollywood films including 1965 comedy classic “How To Murder Your Wife,” with Jack Lemmon, in which she famously pops out of wedding cake wearing a bikini, and also a masterfully maleficent queen in Patrice Chereau’s “La Reine Margot,” died in Rome on December 18th 2014. She was 78. Born in Ancona, Italy in 1936 as Virna Pieralisi, she began her film career as a teenager in 1953, initially thanks to her stunning looks. Her increasingly important parts in Italian postwar pics include 1957 drama “La Donna Del Giorno,” 1963 crimer “Il Delitto” Dupre, with Alain Delon, and Mario Monicelli’s 1965 Italo comedy classic “Casanova ’70’,” in which she co-starred with Marcello Mastroianni. She appeared as Sister Evangelina in “White Fang” (1973) and “Challenge to White Fang” (1974).
RIP Renato Mambor. Artist, stage and film actor Renato died in Rome on December 6, 2014 the night after his 78th birthday. Mambor appeared in five Euro-westerns including “My Name is Pecos” as Brack Tedder with Robert Woods. Mambor also appeared in “A Dollar of Fear” (1960), “If You Want to Live Shoot”, “The Son of Django” and “The Stranger Returns” all 1967. His passion was painting which he began in the late 1950s and he left acting to pursue it full time in 1969.
Italian Composer Manuel DeSica has died of a heart attack December 5, in Rome. He was 65. DeSica was the son of director Vittorio DeSica and actress María Mercader, brother of Christian and Emi DeSica. Manuel composed the scores for “They Call Him Veritas” (1972) and the Italian TV western “Undead Men” (2011).
Italian director and screenwriter Giulio Questi died today December 3, 2014 in Rome, Italy. He was 90. Questi had just returned home from attending the Turin Film Festival. Questi wrote the screenplay and directed Django Kill (1966) starring Tomas Milian.
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