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This 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...
This page is our personal hall of faml'e. 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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=== FRESH GRAVES ===
=== FRESH GRAVES ===
*'''ALIGHIERO, Carlo''' - 2/2/1927, Ostra Marche, Italy - 9/11/2021, Ostra, Marche, Italy
*'''PIQUER Concha Márquez''' - 12/31/1945, Buenos Aires, Argentina - 10/18/2021, Madrid, Madrid, Spain


Italian theater, film, TV and voice dubber Carlo Alighero died in Ostra, Marche, Italy on September 11, 2021. He was 94. Born in Ostra on February 2, 1927. He first appeared on stage with “L’Agamennone” by Aeschylus directed by Gianfranco De Bosio. With the theater came his relationship with Elena Cotta, they married and had two daughters, Barbara and Olivia, and then came grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Carlo appeared in only one Euro-western in 1969 as Captain Gutierrez “The 5-Man Army.” He specialized in dubbing and did yoeman’s work in the genre, voicing Craig Hill, Luis Induni and Anthony Quinn as well as many others.  
Argentina born singer and actress Concha Márquez Piquer died in Madrid, Spain on October 18, 2021. She was 75. Born on December 31, 1946 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She was the daughter of the renowned bullfighting figure Antonio Márquez and the famous singer Concha Piquer. She was hired by Columbia records with which she recorded several albums. The following year, 1971, she wanted to present herself as an actress and for this she chooses a book about La Bella Otero, written by the author Joaquín Calvo Sotelo, its title: One million roses. It is a musical comedy, which it is presented at the Maravillas Theater in Madrid, remaining on the bill for more than six months. During the next four decades she focused her career as a singer touring Europe and Mexico but she never reached the popularity of her mother.  
Concha appeared in one Euro-western “Yellow Hair and Fortress of Gold” (1984) as (the gambling woman).




*'''GRAZIOSI, Franco''' - 7/10/1929, Macerata, Marche, Italy - 9/8/2021, Rome, Lazio, Italy
*'''COGGIO. Antonio''' - 5/16/1939, Savona, Liguria, Italy - 10/19/2021, Rome, Lazio, Italy


Italian film and theater actor Franco Graziosi died in Rome, Italy on September 8, 2021 at the age of 92. Graziosi was born on 10 July 1929 in Macerata. He was an actor for both theater and cinema. The beginning of his artistic career is on the stage of the Piccolo Teatro di Milano directed by Giorgio Strehler, but the actor boasts in his curriculum various works directed by other leading directors, such as Orazio Costa, Luigi Squarzina, Luca Ronconi, Diego Fabbri, Giorgio Albertazzi, Vittorio Gassman, Mario Missiroli. He’s probably best remembered as Governor Don Jaime in 1970’s “Duck You Sucker” starring Rod Steiger and James Coburn. He also appeared in “One Damned Day at Dawn... Django Meets Sartana!” (1970) and as General Lucius Morton in “Deaf Smith & Johnny Ears” in 1972.
Italian composer, arranger and record producer Antonio ‘Tonino’ Coggio died in Rome, Italy on October 19, 2021. He was 82. After starting to study piano, he completed his studies at the Niccolò Paganini Conservatory in Genoa; here comes into contact with some exponents of the Genoese school, becoming in 1964 the keyboardist of the group accompanying Gino Paoli; when the singer-songwriter signed to RCA Italian, he moved to Rome, and had the first recording studio experience with the album Gino Paoli at Studio A. Coggio is then hired at RCA as a musical assistant, on the initiative of Ennio Melis, but continues his live activity as keyboardist of Domenico Modugno, whose recordings the singer-songwriter makes at the end of the 1960s for RCA follows. In 1980 he founded, together with Roberto Davini, the production company Calycantus, which collaborates both with the Italian RCA and with CBS, working in the following years with musicians such as Luca Barbarossa , Mario Castelnuovo, Fiorella Mannoia (for which he writes Caffè nero bollente ), Mimmo Cavallo, Massimo Bizzarri and Mariella Nava. Coggio was a musical technician on 1967’s “Day of Anger”.




*'''CASTELNUOVO, Nino (Francesco Castelnuovo)''' - 10/28/1936, Lecco, Lombardy, Italy - 9/6/2021, Rome, Lazio, Italy   
*'''BRYER, Denise''' - 1/15/1928, Kensington, London, England, U.K. - 10/16/2021, England, U.K.


Italian actor of stage, film and television has died in Rome on September 6, 2021. He was 84. Born in Lecco, Italy on October 28, 1936, after practicing artistic gymnastics and dance in 1955 he moved to Milan where he became a pupil of Giorgio Strehler's Piccolo Teatro school. He then began working for television in 1957, and made his film debut as the protagonist in Un cursed imbroglio in 1959 directed by Pietro Germi. He continued playing supporting roles as a young actor in films such as Il hunchback (1960) by Carlo Lizzani and Rocco and his brothers (1960) by Luchino Visconti. He also starred in one of the most awarded films, The English Patient (1996). Nino appeared in two Euro-westerns: “The Brute and the Beast” (1966) as Jason Scott Jr./Jonah/Junior) and “The 5-Man Army” (1969) as Luis.
British Actress and voice artist Denise Bryer has died, aged 93.Bryer passed away peacefully at her home in England on Saturday 16th October 16, 2021. Born on January 5, 1928, Bryer made her film debut aged just 9-years-old, going on to train at RADA and becoming a regular voice on British radio from the mid-1940s onwards. With a career that spanned an incredible 75 years, Bryer was perhaps best known for her work alongside legendary TV producer and Thunderbirds creator Gerry Anderson – in particular for her voice work on the series Terrahawks (1983-1986), terrorizing a generation with her performance as the villainous Zelda. Born on 5th January 1928, Bryer made her film debut aged just 9-years-old, going on to train at RADA and becoming a regular voice on British radio from the mid-1940s onwards. Bryer was the voice of of Ma Jones, Little Jake, Makooya on the Euro-western 1960 TV series ‘Four Feather Falls.




*'''WILLIAMS, Michael K.''' - 11/22/1966, Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.A. - 9/6/2021, New York City, New York, U.S.A.
*'''HAAS, Ludwig''' - 4/16/1933, Eutin, Lübeck, Oldenbur, Germany - 10/12/2021, Neumünster, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany


American actor Michael K. Williams was found dead in his New York City apartment on September 6, 2021. He was 54. Born Michael Kenneth Williams in Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York on November 22, 1966. He found playing the role of Omar Little in award winning drama “The Wire”. Williams also appeared in such films as “Boardwalk Empire”, “Lovecraft County” and the 2013 Euro-western “They Die by Dawn” as Nat Love.  
German film and TV actor Ludwig Haas died of a heart attack in Neumünster, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany on October 12, 2021. He was 88. Born in g. Germany on April, 16, 1933. He is best known for portraying Dr. Ludwig Dressler in theWDR German television series ‘Lindenstraße’, since the very first episode in 1985. Ludwig appeared in one Euro-western as von Zitzewitz in 1993’s Texas - Doc Snyder hält die Welt in Atem”.




*'''MARTIN, George''' - 9/18/1937, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain - 9/1/2021, Miami, Florida, U.S.A.
*'''de PABLO, Luis (Luis de Pablo Postales)''' - 1/28/1930, Bilbao, Vizcaya, Spain - 10/10/2021, Madrid, Madrid, Spain


Spanish stuntman, director, writer and leading actor George Martin died in Miami on September 1, 2021. He would have turned 84 on September 18th. Born Francisco Martínez Celeiro in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain he was a member of the Spanish acrobatic team which led to him being cast in films in the late 1950s. His good looks and athletic ability led to lead roles in Spaghetti westerns and action films. George appeared in 40 films between 1956 and 1975. He also wrote scripts and directed a few films along the way. Some of his best known films were “A Pistol for Ringo” and “Return of Ringo” both in 1965. “A Taste of Killing” (1966); “Clint the Stranger” and “15 Scaffolds for a Killer” both (1967); “Return of Clint the Stranger” (1972) and “3 Supermen Out West” (1973). He ended his career abruptly and moved to Miami, Florida where he became a successful land developer. He was given an award in recognition of his contribution to the Spanish westerns at 2017 Almeria Western Film Festival and more recently married Mercedes Piedra in 2018.
The Basque composer Luis de Pablo, one of the main exponents of the Generation of ’51 (New Music), died October 10, 2021 in Madrid at the age of 91. Born in Bilbao on January 28, 1930, he started in music when he was just eight years old in Fuenterrabía (Guipúzcoa). His training, essentially self-taught, was completed in Madrid, and guided by Maurice Ohana, Max Deutsch and others. He graduated in Law, also in Madrid, in 1952. His first compositions, influenced by Falla, Debussy, Bartók and Mompou, date from the 50s, and the subsequent study of the compositional technique of Olivier Messiaen, as well as the meditation of ‘Doctor Faust’, by Thomas Mann, transferred him to his first avant-garde works, such as’ Gargoyles’ (1953), ‘ Eucharistic Choir ‘(1954),’ Symphonies’ (1954-66), ‘Inventions’ (1955),’ Concerto for harpsichord ‘(1956) or’ Sonata for piano ‘(1958), among others. He was the author of the music for some 26 films including one Euro-western, 1973’s “Yankee Dudler”.




*'''VILARINO, Matilde F. (Matilde Fernandez Vilariño)''' - 8/13/1921, Madrid, Madrid, Spain - 8/20/2021, Madrid, Madrid, Spain
*'''PANDOLFI, Elio''' - 6/17/1926, Rome, Lazio, Italy - 10/11/2021, Rome, Lazio, Italy


Spanish theater, film, radio TV actress and voice actress Matilde Vilariño died in Madrid, Spain on August 20, 2021. She was 100. Born Matilde Fernandez Vilariño in Spain in 1921 she began her career as a stage actress then appeared in a few films and then radio and television but found her niche as a voice actress especially in dubbing children’s voice. For 16 years she was the radio voice of Periquin on the popular radio series “Matilde, Perico and Periquin” between 1955 and 1971. She’s best remembered as the voice of child actor Pabito Calvo aka Joselito in all his films. She was also the Spanish voice of Maya the Bee a popular 1978 Japanese TV series. She was the Spanish voice of Monica Randall in 1965’s “Charge of the 7th”; Maria Badmajew in 1966’s “Two Violent Men”; Solvi Stubing in 1966’s “The Sheriff Won’t Shoot”; Miguelito in 1975’s “Zorro” with Alain Delon.
Italian actor, singer, voice dubber Elio Pandolfi died in Rome, Italy on October 11, 2021. He was 95 years old. Born in Rome on June 27, 1926, he was considered by critics and fellow entertainers to be one of the greatest eclectic artists of the second half of the twentieth century. After earning a degree in accounting he enrolled in the Silvio d’Amico Academy of Dramatic Arts graduating in 1948. That same year he made his stage debut and became active in theater appearing in operettas, musical theater and revues. In the 1960s he turned to films and TV where he became a character actor in a number of films, mainly in humous roles. He had a fantastic ear for sound and used this when he became a voice actor and dubber after his film and TV career began to slow down. His only Euro-western was as Miguel in 1966’s “For a Few Dollars Less”. His Italian voice was heard though dubbing Armando Bandini in 1968’s “Ace High”, Enzo Andronico in 1972’s “Trinity and Sartana are Coming” and as Peter Berling in 1985’s “Tex and the Lord of the Deep”.




*'''GERICKE, Gerd''' - 4/20/1935, Behnsdorf, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany - 8/7/2021, Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany 
*'''TYLO, Michael (Michael Edward Tylo)''' - 10/16/1948, Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A. - 9/29/2021, Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.A.


East German screenwriter and script editor Gerd Gericke died on August 7, 2021 in Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany after a long illness. He worked as at East Germany’s ‘Hollywood studios’ – Deutsche Film-Aktiengesellschaft, better known as DEFA – and worked on the Oscar-nominated book adaption, Jakob der Lügner. Gericke was born in Behnsdorf, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany on April, 20, 1935. After his DEFA career he became a professor at the University in Potsdam. He was married to Gabriele Herzog and was the father of singer and DJ Nik Sleazy (Henryk Gericke). Gerd wrote the screenplay for 1979’s “Blue Bird” and was a script advisor on “Sing, Cowboy, Sing” (1981), “The Scout” (1983) and “Bloody Heart” (1986).
RIP Michael Tylo. Soap veteran Michael Tylo, best known for his role as Quinton McCord on Guiding Light, passed away September 29, 2021 at the age of 73. His death was announced by a work colleague where Tylo served as a teacher. Michael Edward Tylo was born in Detroit, Michigan on October 16,1948. Tylo was wed to actress Hunter Tylo (ex-Taylor Hayes) from 1987-2005. The couple had three children, Michael “Mickey,” Jr., who died in 2007, and daughters Izabella Gabrielle and Katya Ariel. In 2012, Tylo and wife Rachelle Tylo welcomed a daughter, Kollette “Koko.” Michael appeared as Alcalde Luis Ramone on the 1990-1991 Euro-western TV series ‘Zorro’ starring Duncan Reghr as the swashbuckling hero.




*'''LOPEZ, Giorgio''' - 2/16/1947, Naples, Campania, Italy - 8/10/2021, Rome, Lazio, Italy
*'''MAFAI, Giulia''' - 1/13/1930, Rome, Lazio, Italy - 9/26/2021, Rome, Lazio, Italy


Italian voice actor and director Giorgio Lopez died in Rome on August 10, 2021. He was 73. Giorgio Lopez, was actor Massimo Lopez older brother, has died. He was 74 born in Naples on February 16, 1947, he had voiced, among others, Danny DeVito  and Dustin Hoffman. Like many voice actors, Giorgio Lopez was first of all a great actor. After graduating in Literature at the Sapienza University of Rome, in 1974, he entered the Silvio D'Amico National Academy of Dramatic Art where he obtained his diploma. His theatrical activity began in early 1969 RIP and continued until 2016. He then landed in directing in recent years. A career that has seen him compete with authors such as Shakespeare and Beckett, passing through Totò and dialect theater. In 2009, he won the Leggio d'oro award for directing the dubbing of the film “Houdini - The Last Magician” and in 2015 he was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Festival of Acting Voices. Giorgio was the voice of Ennio Gioroliam in 1994’s “Jonathan of the Bears”
RIP Giulia Mafai. Internationally renowned costume designer, set designer production designer, art director and wardrobe designer, Giulia Mafai died in Rome. She was 91. Giulia experienced firsthand the abomination of racial laws and subsequent persecution, when in1938 racist laws were enacted and all certainty, all sweetness, the dream of a future is destroyed in all Jewish homes. A destiny that she shared with her mother, an extraordinary artist who will soon be remembered in an exhibition in preparation for the Galleria Nazionale in Rome, and with her older sisters. In her career, Giulia Mafai worked with various post-war directors and actors, from Vittorio De Sica to Mario Monicelli, from Sophia Loren to Marcello Mastroianni. And again, Elliott Gould, Harvey Keitel, Keith Carradine. She was the creator and curator of the Venice Carnival Laboratory from 1978 to 1985. Her list of Euro-westerns in working on “The Ruthless Four” (1965) [costume designer]; “Yankee’ (1966) [costume designer, set designer]; “Death Walks in Laredo” (1967) [set designer, wardrobe]; “Two Faces of the Dollar” (1967) [production designer, set designer]; “A Hole in the Forehead” (1968) [set designer, art director]; “I’ll Sell My Skin Dearly” (1968) [costume designer, production designer]; “The Stranger’s Gundown” (1969) [costume designer, set designer]; “Roy Colt and Winchester Jack” (1970) [costume designer];
 
“Shango” (1970) [art director]; “Kill Django… Kill First” (1971) [costume designer, production designer].
 
*'''CORD, Alex (Alexander Viespi Jr.)''' - 5/3/1933, Floral Park, New York, U.S.A. - 8/9/2021, Valley View, Texas, U.S.A.
 
American actor Alex Cord who became best known in Hollywood for his 1960s and 1970s work in action-adventure roles, died in his sleep on August 9, 2021. He was 88. Born Alexander Viespi Jr. in Floral Park, New York on May 3, 1933, he was riding horses from the age of 2. Stricken with polio at the age of 12, he was confined to a hospital for a long period of time before he overcame the illness. He was left with one leg shorter and a damaged lung. He held his dream of becoming a jockey until realizing he would soon be too tall. He then was determined to be a cowboy. Anything that would put him near horses. Prodded by an interest in acting, Alex studied with some of the best teachers in New York. He began his professional career in summer stock (The Compass Players in St. Louis, Missouri) and at the American Shakespeare Festival in Stratford, Connecticut where he played “Laertes” in a production of “Hamlet”. At every opportunity he pursued his passionate love of horses with endless hours of training to become the best all-around horseman he could. He guest-starred in TV classics such as ‘Route 66’, ‘Naked City’, ‘Branded’, ‘Murder She Wrote’, ‘Mission Impossible’, ‘Fantasy Island’, ‘Laramie’, ‘Walker, Texas Ranger’, ‘Police Story’, Police Woman’. He gained his most TV fame as Archangel in 1984’s ‘Airwolf’ alongside Jan-Michael Vincent and Ernest Borgnine. He’s probably best remembered for his film role as the “Ringo Kid” in the remake of “Stagecoach” with Ann-Margret, Bing Crosby, Van Heflin and Bob Cummings. Cord made one Euro-western: 1968’s “A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die” as Clay McCord. 
 
 
 
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This page is our personal hall of faml'e. 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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FRESH GRAVES

  • PIQUER Concha Márquez - 12/31/1945, Buenos Aires, Argentina - 10/18/2021, Madrid, Madrid, Spain

Argentina born singer and actress Concha Márquez Piquer died in Madrid, Spain on October 18, 2021. She was 75. Born on December 31, 1946 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She was the daughter of the renowned bullfighting figure Antonio Márquez and the famous singer Concha Piquer. She was hired by Columbia records with which she recorded several albums. The following year, 1971, she wanted to present herself as an actress and for this she chooses a book about La Bella Otero, written by the author Joaquín Calvo Sotelo, its title: One million roses. It is a musical comedy, which it is presented at the Maravillas Theater in Madrid, remaining on the bill for more than six months. During the next four decades she focused her career as a singer touring Europe and Mexico but she never reached the popularity of her mother. Concha appeared in one Euro-western “Yellow Hair and Fortress of Gold” (1984) as (the gambling woman).


  • COGGIO. Antonio - 5/16/1939, Savona, Liguria, Italy - 10/19/2021, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Italian composer, arranger and record producer Antonio ‘Tonino’ Coggio died in Rome, Italy on October 19, 2021. He was 82. After starting to study piano, he completed his studies at the Niccolò Paganini Conservatory in Genoa; here comes into contact with some exponents of the Genoese school, becoming in 1964 the keyboardist of the group accompanying Gino Paoli; when the singer-songwriter signed to RCA Italian, he moved to Rome, and had the first recording studio experience with the album Gino Paoli at Studio A. Coggio is then hired at RCA as a musical assistant, on the initiative of Ennio Melis, but continues his live activity as keyboardist of Domenico Modugno, whose recordings the singer-songwriter makes at the end of the 1960s for RCA follows. In 1980 he founded, together with Roberto Davini, the production company Calycantus, which collaborates both with the Italian RCA and with CBS, working in the following years with musicians such as Luca Barbarossa , Mario Castelnuovo, Fiorella Mannoia (for which he writes Caffè nero bollente ), Mimmo Cavallo, Massimo Bizzarri and Mariella Nava. Coggio was a musical technician on 1967’s “Day of Anger”.


  • BRYER, Denise - 1/15/1928, Kensington, London, England, U.K. - 10/16/2021, England, U.K.

British Actress and voice artist Denise Bryer has died, aged 93.Bryer passed away peacefully at her home in England on Saturday 16th October 16, 2021. Born on January 5, 1928, Bryer made her film debut aged just 9-years-old, going on to train at RADA and becoming a regular voice on British radio from the mid-1940s onwards. With a career that spanned an incredible 75 years, Bryer was perhaps best known for her work alongside legendary TV producer and Thunderbirds creator Gerry Anderson – in particular for her voice work on the series Terrahawks (1983-1986), terrorizing a generation with her performance as the villainous Zelda. Born on 5th January 1928, Bryer made her film debut aged just 9-years-old, going on to train at RADA and becoming a regular voice on British radio from the mid-1940s onwards. Bryer was the voice of of Ma Jones, Little Jake, Makooya on the Euro-western 1960 TV series ‘Four Feather Falls.”


  • HAAS, Ludwig - 4/16/1933, Eutin, Lübeck, Oldenbur, Germany - 10/12/2021, Neumünster, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

German film and TV actor Ludwig Haas died of a heart attack in Neumünster, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany on October 12, 2021. He was 88. Born in g. Germany on April, 16, 1933. He is best known for portraying Dr. Ludwig Dressler in theWDR German television series ‘Lindenstraße’, since the very first episode in 1985. Ludwig appeared in one Euro-western as von Zitzewitz in 1993’s Texas - Doc Snyder hält die Welt in Atem”.


  • de PABLO, Luis (Luis de Pablo Postales) - 1/28/1930, Bilbao, Vizcaya, Spain - 10/10/2021, Madrid, Madrid, Spain

The Basque composer Luis de Pablo, one of the main exponents of the Generation of ’51 (New Music), died October 10, 2021 in Madrid at the age of 91. Born in Bilbao on January 28, 1930, he started in music when he was just eight years old in Fuenterrabía (Guipúzcoa). His training, essentially self-taught, was completed in Madrid, and guided by Maurice Ohana, Max Deutsch and others. He graduated in Law, also in Madrid, in 1952. His first compositions, influenced by Falla, Debussy, Bartók and Mompou, date from the 50s, and the subsequent study of the compositional technique of Olivier Messiaen, as well as the meditation of ‘Doctor Faust’, by Thomas Mann, transferred him to his first avant-garde works, such as’ Gargoyles’ (1953), ‘ Eucharistic Choir ‘(1954),’ Symphonies’ (1954-66), ‘Inventions’ (1955),’ Concerto for harpsichord ‘(1956) or’ Sonata for piano ‘(1958), among others. He was the author of the music for some 26 films including one Euro-western, 1973’s “Yankee Dudler”.


  • PANDOLFI, Elio - 6/17/1926, Rome, Lazio, Italy - 10/11/2021, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Italian actor, singer, voice dubber Elio Pandolfi died in Rome, Italy on October 11, 2021. He was 95 years old. Born in Rome on June 27, 1926, he was considered by critics and fellow entertainers to be one of the greatest eclectic artists of the second half of the twentieth century. After earning a degree in accounting he enrolled in the Silvio d’Amico Academy of Dramatic Arts graduating in 1948. That same year he made his stage debut and became active in theater appearing in operettas, musical theater and revues. In the 1960s he turned to films and TV where he became a character actor in a number of films, mainly in humous roles. He had a fantastic ear for sound and used this when he became a voice actor and dubber after his film and TV career began to slow down. His only Euro-western was as Miguel in 1966’s “For a Few Dollars Less”. His Italian voice was heard though dubbing Armando Bandini in 1968’s “Ace High”, Enzo Andronico in 1972’s “Trinity and Sartana are Coming” and as Peter Berling in 1985’s “Tex and the Lord of the Deep”.


  • TYLO, Michael (Michael Edward Tylo) - 10/16/1948, Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A. - 9/29/2021, Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.A.

RIP Michael Tylo. Soap veteran Michael Tylo, best known for his role as Quinton McCord on Guiding Light, passed away September 29, 2021 at the age of 73. His death was announced by a work colleague where Tylo served as a teacher. Michael Edward Tylo was born in Detroit, Michigan on October 16,1948. Tylo was wed to actress Hunter Tylo (ex-Taylor Hayes) from 1987-2005. The couple had three children, Michael “Mickey,” Jr., who died in 2007, and daughters Izabella Gabrielle and Katya Ariel. In 2012, Tylo and wife Rachelle Tylo welcomed a daughter, Kollette “Koko.” Michael appeared as Alcalde Luis Ramone on the 1990-1991 Euro-western TV series ‘Zorro’ starring Duncan Reghr as the swashbuckling hero.


  • MAFAI, Giulia - 1/13/1930, Rome, Lazio, Italy - 9/26/2021, Rome, Lazio, Italy

RIP Giulia Mafai. Internationally renowned costume designer, set designer production designer, art director and wardrobe designer, Giulia Mafai died in Rome. She was 91. Giulia experienced firsthand the abomination of racial laws and subsequent persecution, when in1938 racist laws were enacted and all certainty, all sweetness, the dream of a future is destroyed in all Jewish homes. A destiny that she shared with her mother, an extraordinary artist who will soon be remembered in an exhibition in preparation for the Galleria Nazionale in Rome, and with her older sisters. In her career, Giulia Mafai worked with various post-war directors and actors, from Vittorio De Sica to Mario Monicelli, from Sophia Loren to Marcello Mastroianni. And again, Elliott Gould, Harvey Keitel, Keith Carradine. She was the creator and curator of the Venice Carnival Laboratory from 1978 to 1985. Her list of Euro-westerns in working on “The Ruthless Four” (1965) [costume designer]; “Yankee’ (1966) [costume designer, set designer]; “Death Walks in Laredo” (1967) [set designer, wardrobe]; “Two Faces of the Dollar” (1967) [production designer, set designer]; “A Hole in the Forehead” (1968) [set designer, art director]; “I’ll Sell My Skin Dearly” (1968) [costume designer, production designer]; “The Stranger’s Gundown” (1969) [costume designer, set designer]; “Roy Colt and Winchester Jack” (1970) [costume designer]; “Shango” (1970) [art director]; “Kill Django… Kill First” (1971) [costume designer, production designer].

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