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Italian TV entertainer Raffaella Carra died on July 5, 2021 in Rome, Italy. Trying to define Raffaella Carrà is really difficult. Because this multifaceted artist really did it all. Singer, dancer, actress, TV lady. Born Raffaella Maria Roberta Pelloni in Bologna, Italy on June 18, 1943, she grew up in Romagna. She grew up following the Musichiere, learning titles and refrains by heart. At the age of eight she left Romagna to attend the National Dance Academy of Rome, that of Jia Ruskaia. She is 14 when Ruskaia tells her that her ankles are too small and that going on like this, maybe at 28 she could have been a choreographer. Raffaella runs away and decides to try the way of cinema and enrolls in the Experimental Center of Cinematography. In 1960 she won a small part in "La lunga notte del '43" by Florestano Vancini. Three years later she shoots "I Compagni" and then "Celestina" with Carlo Lizzani. Then the American experience. With Frank Sinatra he starred in "Von Ryan’s Express". '' I was chosen from a lot of famous actresses who wanted to play alongside Frank. He was a great gentleman, but I didn't know his songs. I used to go to the juke-box and put the Beatles on. He was perplexed,'' she recalled. Hollywood doesn't drive her crazy. Raffaella appeared in one Euro-western as Carmela in 1962’s “Shadow of Zorro” starring Frank Latimore, Robert Hundar and Paul Piaget.
Italian TV entertainer Raffaella Carra died on July 5, 2021 in Rome, Italy. Trying to define Raffaella Carrà is really difficult. Because this multifaceted artist really did it all. Singer, dancer, actress, TV lady. Born Raffaella Maria Roberta Pelloni in Bologna, Italy on June 18, 1943, she grew up in Romagna. She grew up following the Musichiere, learning titles and refrains by heart. At the age of eight she left Romagna to attend the National Dance Academy of Rome, that of Jia Ruskaia. She is 14 when Ruskaia tells her that her ankles are too small and that going on like this, maybe at 28 she could have been a choreographer. Raffaella runs away and decides to try the way of cinema and enrolls in the Experimental Center of Cinematography. In 1960 she won a small part in "La lunga notte del '43" by Florestano Vancini. Three years later she shoots "I Compagni" and then "Celestina" with Carlo Lizzani. Then the American experience. With Frank Sinatra he starred in "Von Ryan’s Express". '' I was chosen from a lot of famous actresses who wanted to play alongside Frank. He was a great gentleman, but I didn't know his songs. I used to go to the juke-box and put the Beatles on. He was perplexed,'' she recalled. Hollywood doesn't drive her crazy. Raffaella appeared in one Euro-western as Carmela in 1962’s “Shadow of Zorro” starring Frank Latimore, Robert Hundar and Paul Piaget.
*'''RAMSEY, Bill (William McCreery Ramsey)''' - 4/17/1931, Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.A. - 7/2/2021, Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
American ex-patriot Bill Ramsey died in his adopted home if Hamburg, Germany on July 2, 2021. He was 90. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio on April 17, 1931, William McCreery Ramsey later served his military service in Germany. His musical career began in Frankfurt am Main when the young GI appeared there as a jazz singer in army clubs in the early 1950s. As the US military broadcaster AFN he was soon able to devote himself entirely to music as the chief producer. Ramsey had great success in Germany in the 1950s and 1960s with hits like "Pigalle - die große Mausefalle", "Zuckerpuppe aus der Bauchtanzgruppe" oder "Ohne Krimi geht die Mimi nie ins Bett". In the 1960s in particular, he also appeared in films, including hit films and Karl May adventures. Around 30 films and even more albums, plus numerous TV programs such as "Talentschuppen" (1974-1980) - Ramsey was a born entertainer. As a moderator, he presented his "Swingtime" for Hessischer Rundfunk even at an advanced age. It wasn't until the beginning of March 2019, shortly before his 88th birthday, that he put an end to the show after more than three decades as an anchorman. Ramsey appeared as a piano player in the 1963 Winnetou western “Apaches Last Battle” starring Lex Barker and Pierre Brice, Dahlia Lavi and Guy Madison.





Revision as of 16:04, 5 July 2021

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

  • CARRA, Raffaella (Raffaella Maria Roberta Pelloni) - 6/18/1943, Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy - 7/5/2021, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Italian TV entertainer Raffaella Carra died on July 5, 2021 in Rome, Italy. Trying to define Raffaella Carrà is really difficult. Because this multifaceted artist really did it all. Singer, dancer, actress, TV lady. Born Raffaella Maria Roberta Pelloni in Bologna, Italy on June 18, 1943, she grew up in Romagna. She grew up following the Musichiere, learning titles and refrains by heart. At the age of eight she left Romagna to attend the National Dance Academy of Rome, that of Jia Ruskaia. She is 14 when Ruskaia tells her that her ankles are too small and that going on like this, maybe at 28 she could have been a choreographer. Raffaella runs away and decides to try the way of cinema and enrolls in the Experimental Center of Cinematography. In 1960 she won a small part in "La lunga notte del '43" by Florestano Vancini. Three years later she shoots "I Compagni" and then "Celestina" with Carlo Lizzani. Then the American experience. With Frank Sinatra he starred in "Von Ryan’s Express". I was chosen from a lot of famous actresses who wanted to play alongside Frank. He was a great gentleman, but I didn't know his songs. I used to go to the juke-box and put the Beatles on. He was perplexed, she recalled. Hollywood doesn't drive her crazy. Raffaella appeared in one Euro-western as Carmela in 1962’s “Shadow of Zorro” starring Frank Latimore, Robert Hundar and Paul Piaget.


  • RAMSEY, Bill (William McCreery Ramsey) - 4/17/1931, Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.A. - 7/2/2021, Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

American ex-patriot Bill Ramsey died in his adopted home if Hamburg, Germany on July 2, 2021. He was 90. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio on April 17, 1931, William McCreery Ramsey later served his military service in Germany. His musical career began in Frankfurt am Main when the young GI appeared there as a jazz singer in army clubs in the early 1950s. As the US military broadcaster AFN he was soon able to devote himself entirely to music as the chief producer. Ramsey had great success in Germany in the 1950s and 1960s with hits like "Pigalle - die große Mausefalle", "Zuckerpuppe aus der Bauchtanzgruppe" oder "Ohne Krimi geht die Mimi nie ins Bett". In the 1960s in particular, he also appeared in films, including hit films and Karl May adventures. Around 30 films and even more albums, plus numerous TV programs such as "Talentschuppen" (1974-1980) - Ramsey was a born entertainer. As a moderator, he presented his "Swingtime" for Hessischer Rundfunk even at an advanced age. It wasn't until the beginning of March 2019, shortly before his 88th birthday, that he put an end to the show after more than three decades as an anchorman. Ramsey appeared as a piano player in the 1963 Winnetou western “Apaches Last Battle” starring Lex Barker and Pierre Brice, Dahlia Lavi and Guy Madison.


  • BENGOECHEA, José Alberto Gutiérrez - 1949, Spain - 6/26/2021, Logrono, La Rioja, Spain

José Alberto Gutiérrez Bengoechea died in Logrono, La Rioja, Spain on June 26, 2021. He was 73. José played guitar and was a member of the Betterville prison camp band in 1966's "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly".


  • SALINES, Antonio - 7/1/1936, La Spezia, Liguria, Italy - 6/22/2021, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Italian theater, film actor Antonio Salines died in Rome on June 22, 2021. He was a week short of turning 85. Born in La Spezia on July 1, 1936 he graduated from the Silvio D’Amico Academy of Dramatic Art in 1959 and co-founded the theatre company ‘Il ribelle’. In his long career he worked with Vittorio Gasmann, brought prose to TV with Pirandello and Rozov, has trod the stages of the Piccolo Teatro of Milan, of the Arena of Verona of the Stabili of Bolzano and of the Veneto. He was the artistic director of the Teatro Belli in Rome, with the homonymous company he founded in 1970 with Magda Mercatali; as well as from 2015 the Theater Season of the Teatro Gentile di Cittanova. Salines appeared in only one Euro-western 1970s “Matalo!” as (Ted/Theo).


  • LANE, Jackie - : 7/10/1941, Manchester, England, U.K. - 6/7/2021,

British actress Jackie Lane of the ‘Doctor Who’ television series died on June 23, 2021. Born in Manchester, England on July 10, 1941, she played Dodo Chaplet, a companion to the First Doctor (William Hartnell) in the early days of the beloved sci-fi TV series. Lane starred in ‘Doctor Who’ alongside Hartnell in 1966, in the third series of the show. She was later portrayed by actress Sophie Holt in the BBC’s ‘An Adventure in Time and Space’, a docu-drama which portrayed the creation of Doctor Who. Prior to her role as Dodo, the actress appeared in various BBC TV and radio shows, including Anna Neagle’s radio production of Wonderful Things in 1958. Jackie appeared in four 1966 episodes of ‘Dr. Who’ revolving around the Tombstone, Arizona gunfight. Doctor Who: The ‘O,K, Corral’; ‘Doctor Who: Johnny Ringo’; ‘Doctor Who: Don’t Shoot the Pianist’ and Doctor Who: A Holliday for the Doctor.


  • HOLSCHER, Heinz - 10/9/1925, Munich, Bavaria, Germany - 5/7/2021, Munich, Bavaria, Germany

German cinematographer, cameraman, actor Heinz Hölscher died in Munich, Germany on May 7, 2021. He was 95. Born in Munich on October 9, 1925, Hölscher trained as a photographer and then worked in repro technology. In 1948 he became a camera assistant, and in 1954 served as chief cameraman for the first time. In the 1960s and 1970s in particular, Hölscher was one of the busiest cameramen in German entertainment cinema. He worked with directors such as Alfred Weidenmann, Alfred Vohrer, Harald Reinl and Franz Josef Gottlieb. For his camera work in the film version of Uncle Tom's Cabin (1965), he received the German Film Award. He later also worked behind the camera for several television series. Holsher worked on four Euro-westerns: “Rampage at Apache Wells” (1965) [cinematographer]; “The Halfbreed” (1966) [cinematographer]; “Hellhounds of Alaska” (1972) [cinematographer]; “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” (aka Cassy) (1975) (Quaker) [cinematographer].

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