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=== FRESH GRAVES ===
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"'''LISTER, Tommy 'Tiny'(Thomas Duane Lister Jr.)''' - 6/24/1958, Compton, California, U.S.A. - 12/10/2020, Marina Del Rey, California, U.S.A.''' -
Professional wrestler turned actor Tommy ‘Tiny’ Lister died at his home in Marina Del Rey, California on December 10th. He was 62. Lister was perhaps best known for his turn as Deebo in the “Friday” films. He co-starred as Obobo in 1993’ “Posse” starring Mario Van Peebles.
*'''TIFFIN, Pamela (Pamela Tiffin Wonso) - 10/13/1942, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S.A. - 12/4/2020, New York City, New York, U.S.A.  
*'''TIFFIN, Pamela (Pamela Tiffin Wonso) - 10/13/1942, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S.A. - 12/4/2020, New York City, New York, U.S.A.  



Revision as of 16:14, 11 December 2020

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...

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FRESH GRAVES

"LISTER, Tommy 'Tiny'(Thomas Duane Lister Jr.) - 6/24/1958, Compton, California, U.S.A. - 12/10/2020, Marina Del Rey, California, U.S.A. - Professional wrestler turned actor Tommy ‘Tiny’ Lister died at his home in Marina Del Rey, California on December 10th. He was 62. Lister was perhaps best known for his turn as Deebo in the “Friday” films. He co-starred as Obobo in 1993’ “Posse” starring Mario Van Peebles.


  • TIFFIN, Pamela (Pamela Tiffin Wonso) - 10/13/1942, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S.A. - 12/4/2020, New York City, New York, U.S.A.

American model and actress Pamela Tiffin died in New York City on December 4, 2020. She was 78. Born Pamela Tiffin Wonso in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on October 13, 1942 where she began a modeling career while in her early teens. She moved to New York to model and attend college, but became so successful in her modeling career that college soon took a back seat. On a trip to California she met producer Hal B. Wallis, who was so impressed with the beautiful teenager that he cast her in the Tennessee Williams drama Summer and Smoke (1961). Her sterling performance netted her nominations for two Golden Globe awards in early 1962. She posted for a number of cheesecake shots in the 1960s and appeared in several light-hearten, frothy romantic comedies. By the mid-1960s, with her marriage to Clay Felker failing, she went to Italy to star in some comedies including “Torture Me But Kill Me With Kisses” (1968) with Nino Manfredi and Ugo Tognazzi, directed by Dino Risi. In these comedies she showed an excellent adaptability to act as a small-town Italian girl. In 1974 she remarried and retired from the screen to raise a family and pursue other interests. She lives in New York with husband Edmondo Danon and her two daughters.


  • GIRALDI, Franco - 7/11/1931, Comeno, Gorizia, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy - 12/2/2020, Trieste, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy

Italian director, assistant director, screenwriter, film editor and actor Franco Giraldi died in a Trieste hospital of COVID-19 on December 2, 2020. He was 89. Born on July 11, 1931 in Comeno, Franco Giraldi began his first steps in the world of cinema, approaching the trend of the Italian western and comedy of costume. He was assistant director for Sergio Leone on “A Fistful of Dollars”. Once Leone left the Jolly Film production company, it was Giraldi who settled behind the camera, making his successful debut in the Italian western with the fiilm “7 Guns for the McGregors” (1965) starring Robert Woods. He also directed Hunt Powers in “Sugar Colt” (1966), wrote and directed “Up the MacGregors:” starring David Bailey and directed Alex Cord in “A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die.” (1967).


  • DALTON, Abby (Gladys Marlene Wasden) - 8/15/1932, Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.A. - 11/23/2020, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.

American actress Abby Dalton, the bubbly actress who starred on the 1960 TV sitcoms ‘Hennesey’ and ‘The Joey Bishop Show’ before portraying the scheming winery heiress Julia Cumson on the primetime soap ‘Falcon Crest’, has died. She was 88. Born Gladys Marlene Wasden in Las Vegas, Nevada on August 15, 1932, Dalton died November 23, 2020 in Los Angeles after a long illness. Abby appeared in one Euro-western as Ma Dalton in 1997’s “Buck and the Magic Bracelet.”


  • CARULLA, Montserrat (Montserrat Carulla i Ventura) - 9/19/1930, Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain - 11/24/2020, Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Spanish theater, film and TV actress Montserrat Carulla died in her home town of Barcelona, Spain on November 24, 2020. She was 90. Born Montserrat Carulla i Ventura on September 9, 1930 she participated in numerous theatrical productions, series and films among them “Guys and Dolls” (1998) an “A Little Night Music” (2001). Her talent and hard work was recognized repeatedly, receiving, among others, the Gold Medal for artistic merit in 1999 and the Gaudí Award of Honor in 2013. She was married to writer, actor Felipe Peña [1921-1989] (195? -1989) and mother of director, actress, singer Vicky Peña (Maria Victòria Peña Carulla) [1954- ], actor Roger Peña [1959- ], Marina Penya-Carulla, Isabel Peña, grandmother of actor Orestes Gas, actress, singer Miranda Gas, actor Aleix Peña Miralles. She appeared in an uncredited role in 1965’s “Sunscorched” starring Mark Stevens and Marianne Koch.


  • DALL, Karl - 2/1/1941, Emden, Germany - 11/23/2020, Lüneburg, Niedersachsen, Germany

German comedian and actor Karl Dall died on November 23rd at the age of 79 in Lüneburg, Germany. He failed to recover from a stroke he suffered twelve days before. Born in Emden on February 4, 1941 he was a soap opera actor and comedian and also hosted German talk shows. Karl appeared in two Euro-westerns “Apache Gold” in 1963 and “The Sheriff was a Lady” in 1964. He played saloon patrons in both films.


  • RIZZOLI, Laura - 5/21/1922, Milan, Lombardy, Italy - 11/23/2020, Milan, Lombardy, Italy

The Milanese actress and voice actress Laura Rizzoli died today November 23, 2020, at the age of 98. She’s remembered with the many roles of her long career. She was the voice of Ursula Andress in 1971’s “Red Sun”.


  • VANDOR, Ivan (Ivan Weisz) - 10/13/1932, Pecs, Hungary - 11/15/2020, Venice, Veneto, Italy

Hungarian born composer and teacher Ivan Vandor died in Venice, Italy on November 15. He was 88. Born Ivan Weisz in Pecs, Hungary on October 13, 1932 his family moved to Rome when Ivan was only 6. He began studying violin and then piano at the age of 8, and, from 1948 to 1954, was tenor sax in the group Roman New Orleans Jazz Band. He was later also member of the avant-garde groups Musica Elettronica Viva and Gruppo di Improvvisazione di Nuova Consonanza. In 1959 he graduated in Composition from the Santa Cecilia Conservatory and in 1962 he obtained Italian citizenship. He was also author of several books and essays. His compositions include one Euro-western “Django Kill” (1967) starring Tomas Milian.

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