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- Jeane Dixon was, arguably, the most famous American astrologer and psychic in the pop culture of the post-World War II period due to her syndicated newspaper column, television talk-show appearances, and a best-selling biography. Dixon proved more of a celebrity and entertainer than a serious soothsayer, more of a Criswell than an Edgar Cayce. Jeane Dixon herself attributed her prophetic abilities to God; while few doubted her sincerity, more than a few skeptics and believers alike doubted the efficacy of her psychic abilities.
Born Lydia Emma Pinckert in Medford, Wisconsin, on January 5, 1904, the future Jeane Dixon was raised in Missouri and California. The devoutly Catholic Miss Pinckert married James Dixon in 1939 and remained married to him until his death. The couple, who ran a successful real estate business, apparently had no children: Mrs. Dixon was notoriously stingy about personal details, even though she was the subject of one of the best-selling biographies of all time in American publishing, at the time.
Richard Nixon, whom she erroneously predicted would win the 1960 Presidential election (and later predicted, again erroneously, would honorably serve his country), called Dixon "the soothsayer" and went so far as to have the government put on alert for a terrorist attack she predicted. The attack never materialized. Despite being proved wrong publicly many, many times, Dixon served as one of the house astrologers who advised First Lady Nancy Reagan Reagan while her husband Ronald Reagan occupied the Oval Office.
Jeane Dixon died of cardiac arrest in Washington, D.C. on January 26, 1997, three weeks after her 93rd birthday. - Producer
- Animation Department
Jack Farren was born on 17 November 1922 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a producer, known for Fuzz (1972), Get the Message (1964) and Concentration (1958). He was married to Vivian Farren. He died on 25 January 1997 in Surger, Louisiana, USA.- Music Department
- Actor
Conductor, author, and music director for the Voice of America (1940-1947), educated at the University of Munich (Ph.D), and holder of a conducting diploma from the Academy of Vienna. He came to the USA in 1939, and conducted the Charles Wagner Opera Company between 1940 and 1947. During World War II, he served in the US Army, and was awarded a Bronze Star and five Battle Stars. In 1953 he began conducting the Opera Theatre at the University of Southern California, and conducted the University Symphony since 1958. He moved to Austin, Texas with his wife Gina in the fall of 1968 and headed up the Opera Theatre at The University of Texas.- Director
- Producer
- Writer
Soulis Georgiades was born in 1934 in Thessaloniki, Greece. He was a director and producer, known for To hamogelo tis Pythias (1979), Aerosynodos (1971) and Mia paraxeni dolofonia (1985). He died on 25 January 1997 in Athens, Greece.- Werner Aspenström was born on 13 November 1918 in Norrbräcke, Sweden. He was a writer, known for Skuggorna (1960), Løkken (1958) and Poeten och kejsaren (1961). He was married to Signe Lund-Aspenström. He died on 25 January 1997.
- Jirí Chmelar was born on 5 January 1927 in Praskacka Hradec Kralove, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. He was an actor, known for Bez svatozáre (1964), At' zije Republika (1965) and Policejní hodina (1961). He died on 25 January 1997 in London, England, UK.
- Mikhail Zilov was born on 15 October 1912 in Moscow, Russian Empire [now Russia]. He was an actor, known for Bespokoynoe khozyaystvo (1946). He died on 25 January 1997 in Moscow, Russia.
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Marijan Marcius was born in 1932 in Zagreb, Croatia. He was a set decorator, known for The Tin Drum (1979), Fatal Sky (1990) and Out of Control (1984). He was married to Ljerka Marcius. He died on 25 January 1997 in Zagreb, Croatia.- José Luis Cabezas died on 25 January 1997 in General Madariaga, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- Elizabeth Rudel Smith was born in Montreal, Québec, Canada. She was married to Albert W. Gatov and Frederick H. Smith. She died on 25 January 1997 in Kentfield, California, USA.