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Dale White was born on 13 January 1932 in Otto, Wyoming, USA. He was an actor, known for The Jack Benny Program (1950). He was married to Marie Maughan. He died on 16 February 2006 in Pella, Iowa, USA.- Deceased American professional wrestler known for his work from 1993 until he passed in 2006 as Johnny Grunge. He debuted in 1987 and competed in independent promotions as Johnny Rotten and as Zap of the tag team the Equalizers. The Public Enemy debuted at "ECW Ultra Clash 93" with a win over Jason Knight and Ian Rotten (John Williams). The Public Enemy defeated Kevin Sullivan and the Tazmaniac (Peter Senerchia) for the NWA ECW Tag Team Titles on the March 8 (taped March 6) "ECW Hardcore TV" and would ultimately hold the NWA ECW/ECW World Tag Team Titles five times setting a record that would last until the Dudley Boys (Bubba Ray (Mark LoMonaco) and D-Von (Devon Hughes)) broke it in 1999. The Public Enemy would go on to WCW in 1996 where they would hold the WCW World Tag Team Titles for 8 days, from September 23, 1996 to October 1, 1996. They returned to ECW in January 1999 and the Dudleys ran them out soon after. They would ultimately be in and out of ECW, WWE and WCW by the middle of August 1999. They held the NWA World Tag Team Titles for two days in 1999. They competed for 'Hulk Hogan' and Jimmy Hart's short-lived XWF promotion in 2001. The team ended when Petty passed away on September 21, 2002. Grunge continued wrestling until his death.
- Director
- Producer
- Writer
Dennis Kirkland was one of Britain's top television comedy producers and directors and best-known for his long association with Benny Hill. He worked with Hill for more than 18 years, first as a floor manager, then as a director and producer. He was, finally, Hill's best friend and confidant and wrote a revealing memoir of the comedian.
Born in North Shields, Northumberland, he originally wanted to become an actor but decided to go into television and worked initially as a props man at Tyne Tees Television. Later, he worked at the Royal Opera House and the Windmill Theatre in London, before joining ATV as a floor manager.
He joined Thames TV as a floor manager in 1968 and quickly worked his way up from children's programmes to become a leading comedy director and producer. He took over the reins of the Benny Hill Show in the eighties when the comedian was at the height of his creative powers. Hill's saucy seaside humour and cleverly written sketches made the show an international hit. The series was screened in more than 100 countries and by 1985 not a single day passed without The Benny Hill Show being screened somewhere in America.
In 1988, however, the Broadcasting Standards Council denounced the show as being "increasingly offensive" and the following year Hill was called into the office of Thames TV's new head of light entertainment, John Howard Davies, and sacked. Whatever the reason, the board of Thames TV was unaware of the decision and attempted to entice Hill back. Kirkland was furious and persuaded Hill to go to Central TV to make a new series of programmes.
Sadly, this was never to materialise. During the Easter weekend of 1992, Hill died alone at his flat near Teddington Studios. He was found two days later by Kirkland. On the day that Hill died there was a contract in the post to him from Central TV.
Kirkland remained bitter towards Thames TV, not least because the company went on to make a fortune through their archive sales of Hill's show. He continued working in television both in the UK and Ireland until ill health forced him to retire in 2005.- Karim Zenasni was born in 1961. He was an actor, known for Nass Mlah City (2002), Barakat! (2006) and Gourbi Palace (2006). He died on 16 February 2006 in Algiers, Algeria.
- Music Department
- Composer
- Soundtrack
Sid Feller was born on 24 December 1916 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. Sid was a composer, known for JFK (1991), Donnie Brasco (1997) and Four Dogs Playing Poker (2000). Sid was married to Gertrude Hager. Sid died on 16 February 2006 in Beachwood, Ohio, USA.- Director
- Soundtrack
Luis Arribas Castro was born on 14 July 1934 in Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. He was a director, known for The Giants (2011), La orquesta (1984) and La palmera (1988). He died on 16 February 2006 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.- Ernie Stautner was born on 20 April 1925 in Prinzing-by-Cham, Bavaria, Germany. He was married to Jill Stautner. He died on 16 February 2006 in Carbondale, Colorado, USA.
- Director
- Writer
- Animation Department
Constantin Chamski was born on 22 October 1971 in Paris, France. He was a director and writer, known for Migrations (1997). He died on 16 February 2006 in Paris, France.