Cemetery with crosses - legends lost but remembered

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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...

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

  • BONAGURA, Gianni (Gianfelice Bonagura) - 10/27/1926, Milan, Lombardy, Italy - 10/8/2017, Milan, Lombardy Italy

Gianni Bonagura is dead at 92, one of the great Italian voices. He was the Italian voice of Danny De Vito, Rod Steiger, Mel Brooks, Walter Matthau, Gene Wilder and many others. A man of fine culture (a library of 10,000 volumes donated to the Municipal Library of Formello), he was also an excellent interpreter of the lyrics of Gioacchino Belli. Born Gianfelice Bonagura in Milan, Italy on October 27, 1926 he became one of the great voice actors of the Golden Age of Italian films. His Euro-western dubbing was small: Frank Brana in “For a Few Dollars More” (1965), Jacques Sernas in “Fort Yuma Gold” 1966 and Giorgio Gargiullo in “Roy Colt and Winchester Jack” (1970). Bonagura died in Milan on October 8th.


  • SABRINA (Norma Ann Sykes) - 5/19/1936, Stockport, Cheshire, England, U.K. – 11/24/2016, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.

Sabrina, the onetime British model and actress once hailed as a British Marilyn Monroe died on November 24, 2016 but was just made public in British newspapers on October 7, 2017. Born Norma Ann Sykes on May 19, 1936 in Stockport, England, she became a household name when she appeared as a regular on the weekly comedy TV series ‘Before Your Very Eyes’, hosted by Arthur Askey. She appeared in a handful of British films including the Euro-western “Ramsbottom Rides Again” (1956) and the comedy “Blue Murder at St Trinian’s” with Terry-Thomas and Alastair Sim. Most parts were small and insignificant. She relocated to the US, where she performed in a touring cabaret. She moved to the U.S. and in November 1967 Sabrina withdrew from public life when she married Dr Harry Melsheimer, a wealthy Hollywood gynecologist. Sabrina suffered chronic back problems through her adult life and had several unsuccessful operations. In later years she was paraplegic. In 1990 her mother moved to Hollywood to look after her, but died five years later. Sabrina lived quietly thereafter, visited regularly by a small group of friends with whom she rarely talked of her colorful past.


  • ROCHEFORT, Jean (Jean Raoul Robert Rochefort) - 4/29/1930, Dinan, Cote-d'Armor, France - 10/9/2017, Paris, Île-de-France, France

An icon of elegance and comedy with an instantly recognizable mustache, veteran French actor Jean Rochefort has died. The prolific talent and three-time César Award winner was hospitalized in August and passed away overnight Sunday, his family told AFP. He was 87. Rochefort was born in Paris and began making movies in the 1950s. He grew to be one of France’s favorite actors, appearing in other popular titles like Philippe de Broca’s “Cartouche” with Jean-Paul Belmondo and Claudia Cardinale; Leconte’s “Les Grands Ducs” and “Ridicule”; and Robert’s “Nous Irons Tous Au Paradis” and “Pardon Mon Affaire” which Gene Wilder remade as “The Woman In Red” in 1984. Rochefort supplied the French voice for Lucky Luke’s horse Jolly Jumper in 2004’s “The Daltons”.


  • SCHMIDT, Andreas (Andreas M. Schmidt) - 11/23/1963, Heggen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany - 9/28/2017, Berlin, Berlin, Germany

German actor who was seen in such TV series as from "Tatort", "Police 110" and " Sommer vorm Balkonsummer", has died at the age of 53. Schmidt born in Heggen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany on November 23, 1963, died in Berlin on September 28th after a long illness. He played the role of Slave Trader Bill in the 2012 Euro-western “The Adventures of Huck Finn”.


  • DENNAN, Barry - 2/22/1938, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. - 9/26/2017, Burbank, California, U.S.A.

Barry Dennen, who played Pontius Pilate in the original stage and film versions of Jesus Christ Superstar and earlier played a key role in Barbra Streisand’s emergence from cabaret unknown to superstar diva, died Tuesday morning in Burbank, where he was in hospice care. He was 79. Dennen born in Chicago, Illinois on February 22, 1938 was an actor, singer and voice artist and was crucial in the emergence of the Barbra Streisand legend; that he urged her to do cabaret when her acting efforts seemed stymied. He who was the voice of Jack Dalton for French ‘The Daltons’ 2010 TV series.


  • FIALOVA, Květa (Kvetoslava Fialová) - 9/1/1929, Vel'ké Dravce, Lučenec, Czechoslovakia - 9/26/2017, Prague, Czech Republic

After nearly three years in an Alzheimer's Center, where she gradually lost contact with the world, Czech actress Květa Fialová has died at 88. Květa was perceived as a sex symbol during her early career and was considered one of the most beautiful Czech actresses – The Czech Elizabeth Taylor. Thanks to her fierceness she was destined for the roles of strong willed women who became her acting staple for a long time. When she became older she changed her acting style from sexy women to mature, elegant ladies, mothers and grandmothers. Such as the Countess Thun in the parody “Adela Did Not Sleep” (1977), Bob's mother in “Summer With The Cowboy” (1976), Mommy Samkova in “Half a House Without a Groom” (1980) or grandmother in a comedy of the century “I Enjoy the World With You” (1983). Květa appeared in two Euro-westerns: Lemonade Joe as Tornado Llou “The Arizona Warbler” in 1964 and the 1992 TV film Be Quiet Horse.


  • TRISKA, Jan - 11/4/1936, Prague, Czechoslovakia - 9/25/2017, Prague, Czech Republic

Czech actor Jan Triska, who moved to the U.S. after being banned by the Czechoslovak Communist regime, died, more than a day after he fell from Prague's iconic Charles Bridge. He was 80. Triska was the narrator of the Czech animated western “Úkryt cerného Billa” (The Hiding of Black Bill) 1965.


  • McCarty, Allen (Roy Allen McCarty - 1/22/1941, Pampa, Texas, U.S.A.

- 9/16/2017, Walton County, Florida, U.S.A

Allen McCarty was a lifelong media professional, Born Roy Allen McCarty on January 22, 1941 in Pampa, Texas, he was on-air talent in both radio, television and films and a lifetime member of the Screen Actors Guild, advertising agency owner, past Governor of American Advertising Federation District 7 and on camera host of the Jerry Lewis Muscular Dystrophy Telethon for over 20 years in Baton Rouge La. McCarty died in Walton County, Florida on September 16, 2017. He had a small part as an auction bidder in the 1983 Euro western television film ‘Lousiana’ starring Margot Kidder.


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