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*'''HIRSCHFELD, Gerald''' - 4/25/1921, New York City, New York, U.S.A. – 2/13/2017, U.S.A.
*'''HIRSCHFELD, Gerald''' - 4/25/1921, New York City, New York, U.S.A. – 2/13/2017, Ashland, Oregon, U.S.A.


American cinematographer Gerald Hirschfeld died February 13th. He was 95. Born on April 25, 1921, in New York City, Hirschfeld was self-taught in his craft — mostly by watching movies. He filmed such classics as “Young Frankenstein”, “Two-Minute Warning”, “Fail-Safe” and several other films including one Euro-western, 1970’s “Doc” starring Stacy Keach and Faye Dunaway.
American cinematographer Gerald Hirschfeld died February 13th. He was 95. Born on April 25, 1921, in New York City, Hirschfeld was self-taught in his craft — mostly by watching movies. He filmed such classics as “Young Frankenstein”, “Two-Minute Warning”, “Fail-Safe” and several other films including one Euro-western, 1970’s “Doc” starring Stacy Keach and Faye Dunaway.

Revision as of 21:44, 19 February 2017

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

  • SQUITIERI, Pasquale - 11/27/1938, Naples, Campania, Italy – 2/18/2017, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Italian director and screenwriter Pasquale Squitieri died today February 18th in Rome. He was 78. He began his film career in 1969 with “lo e Dio”, produced by Vittorio De Sica, and under the pseudonym William Redford which he also used in two spaghetti western films: “Django Defies Sartana” and “Vengeance Trail”. His career ended very early when Squitieri dedicated his life to current issues and reality in Italian society: Contacts between the Mafia and politics, drugs, terrorism, the "white deaths" and immigration. But his fame is mainly due to his historical and political films, some of which have earned him much criticism. This is the case of " Li chiamarono... briganti!", In 1999 he withdrew immediately from the industry under mysterious circumstances.


  • LANSBURY, Bruce - 1/12/1930, London, England, U.K. - 2/13/2017, La Quinta, California, U.S.A.

Veteran producer and screenwriter Bruce Lansbury died in La Quinta, California on February 13, 2017. He was 87. Born William Bruce M. Lansbury on January 12, 1930 in London, England, he was the son of Irish-born stage actress Moyna Macgill and Edgar Lansbury, a politician and timber merchant. His grandfather was George Lansbury, a former Labor Party leader in England and a member of Parliament. His sister was actress Angela Lansbury and he had a twin brother Edgar. Bruce served as VP of creative affairs for Paramount Television starting in the late 1960s, supervising such series as ‘The Brady Bunch’, ‘Happy Days’, ‘The Odd Couple’, ‘Love, American Style’, and ‘Petrocelli’. He joined CBS' ‘The Wild Wild West’ before its second season and assumed control of the futuristic Western in the summer of 1966 when the show's creator, Michael Garrison, died from injuries suffered in a fall in his home. Lansbury went on to produce 69 episodes of Wild Wild West before it was canceled in 1969 amid an outcry over violence on television. Bruce was a screenwriter on six episodes of the 1990-1991 ‘Zorro’ TV series, filmed in Spain and starring Duncan Regehr.


  • HIRSCHFELD, Gerald - 4/25/1921, New York City, New York, U.S.A. – 2/13/2017, Ashland, Oregon, U.S.A.

American cinematographer Gerald Hirschfeld died February 13th. He was 95. Born on April 25, 1921, in New York City, Hirschfeld was self-taught in his craft — mostly by watching movies. He filmed such classics as “Young Frankenstein”, “Two-Minute Warning”, “Fail-Safe” and several other films including one Euro-western, 1970’s “Doc” starring Stacy Keach and Faye Dunaway.


  • TOOTOOSIS, Tyrone (Okiysikaw Tyrone Tootoosis) - 1959, Poundmaker Reserve, Saskatchewan, Canada - 2/12/2017, Duck Lake, Saskatoon, Canada

Cree cultural icon Tyrone Tootoosis died at his home near Duck Lake, Saskatoon. Tootoosis, who was 58, died early Sunday morning, February 12th of colon cancer. He was at his ranch near Duck Lake, Sask., which he shared with his wife, University of Saskatchewan professor Winona Wheeler. Tootoosis was a key figure in the Indigenous performing arts, but also in Cree linguistics and history. Like his father, Wilfred, Tootoosis spent tens of thousands of hours sitting with elders, recording their stories. Tyrone was born on Poundmaker Reserve, Saskatchewan, Canada in 1959. He was the nephew of Native American film and TV actor Gordon Tootoosis who died in 2011 at the age of 70. Tyrone appeared in one Euro-western the U.S., Canadian, German co-produced television film ‘DreamKeeper’ in the role of Whirlwind Dreamer.


  • PLENIZIO, Gianfranco - 1/10/1941, Sedegliano, Udine, Italy – 2/7/2017, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Italian composer, musical director, conductor, pianist Gianfranco died in Rome today February 7th, he was 74. Plenizio was born in Sedegliano Udine, Italy on January 10, 1941. He studied piano with Enrico De Angelis Valentini and conduction under Franco Ferrara. After his debut as a pianist, he focused on conducting; among others, he conducted the London Symphony Orchestra, the Santa Cecilia Orchestra, the Orquesta Nacional de España, the Orchestre de chambre de Genève and the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra. He was conductor on the Euro-western film scores for “Boot Hill” (1968), “El Puro” (1969), “They Call Me Trinity” (1970), “Trinity is STILL My Name” (1971), “White Fang to the Rescue” (1974), “Red Coat” “Cipolla Colr” and “Zorro” and “Who’s Afraid of Zorro” all 1975. Active as a film score composer, Plenizio collaborated with notable directors such as Federico Fellini, Billy Wilder, Mario Monicelli, Pietro Germi, Ermanno Olmi. He composed three scores for Euro-westerns: “Garter Colt” (1968), “Who’s Afraid of Zorro” and “Django Strikes Again”. He was also active as an author of essays, mainly focusing on history of music.


  • JULIO, Montserrat (Montserrat Julió i Nonell) - 1929, Mataró, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain – 1/26/2017, Madrid, Madrid, Spain

RIP Montserrat Julió. Spanish actress Montserrat Julió died in Madrid, Spain on January 26th. She was 87. Born Montserrat Julió i Nonell in 1929 in Mataró, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. She lived in exile in Chile during the Spanish Revolution and returned to Spain in 1956 where she began theatrical and film career. Later she appeared in television and wrote several book including her autobiography Chronicle of an Exile to Xile. Montserrat appeared as Cecily Breidlinger in the rare 1975 Euro-western “The Valley of the Dancing Widows”.


  • HURT, John (John Vincent Hurt) - 1/22/1940 Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England, U.K. – 1/27/2017, Cromer, Norfolk, England, U.K.

British actor Sir John Hurt who starred in “The Elephant Man” and “Harry Potter died of cancer On January 27th. He was 77. Born John Vincent Hurt in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England on January 22, 1940, the star was one of Britain's most treasured actors, at his home in Norfolk after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. Sir John was well known for roles including Quentin Crisp in “The Naked Civil Servant”, the title role in “The Elephant Man” and wand merchant Mr Ollivander in the “Harry Potter” films. His only Euro-western was as John Schofield in 1994’s “Dead Man” starring Johnny Depp.


  • LIEBEZEIT, Jaki - 5/26/1938, Dresden, Saxony, Germany - 1/22/2017, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Jaki Liebezeit, drummer and founding member of Krautrock legends Can, died January 22 of pneumonia. He was 78. Liebezeit recorded with Can for all the band’s studio albums, and performed and recorded throughout his life. While Liebezeit was arguably best known for his work with Can, some of his earliest recordings were as a member of Manfred Schoof’s bands in the late 1960s. He appeared on Brian Eno’s Before and After Science as well as solo records by Neu!’s Michael Rother. He would later collaborate with Depeche Mode and the Eurythmics. He formed drum-centric groups Drums Off Chaos and Club Off Chaos. Liebezeit along with his CAN bandmates can be heard on the Euro-western soundtracks of “Deadlock” (1970) and “Carlos” - 1971.


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