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- There is probably no one who has won over the public in San Diego as much as Tony Gwynn has. While Tony Gwynn the baseball player is worthy of Hall of Fame status, it is Tony Gwynn the human being that endeared himself to many San Diegans.
Born in Los Angeles in 1960, Gwynn grew up in Long Beach where he attended Long Beach Polytechnic High School. Not only was he a skilled baseball player, he was also good at basketball. Interestingly enough, Gwynn actually chose to play basketball and not baseball during his freshman year at San Diego State University. He twice earned All Western Athletic Conference honors and was eventually drafted by the San Diego Clippers of the National Basketball Association.
In his sophomore year, Gwynn joined the baseball team at SDSU while continuing to play basketball there. It turned out to be a wise decision as Gwynn's baseball credentials were better than those he earned in basketball. He received both All Western Athletic Conference and NCAA All-American honors for his performance as a baseball player.
After college, Gwynn was drafted by the San Diego Padres Major League Baseball club, and played in their minor league system for a couple of years. In the middle of the 1983 season Gwynn joined the Padres for good and had a hall of fame career before retiring from the Padres after the 2001 season. Among his many accomplishments were his eight batting titles, five gold gloves, 3,154 career hits and a career batting average of .336.
One of the attributes that distinguished Gwynn from other players was his relentless work ethic and attention to detail. He routinely studied videos of himself batting, looking for anything that could hamper his performance. His ability to analyze pitchers and determine what pitch they were throwing based on subtleties in their pitching motion was well known. This skill was so good that Padres pitchers often consulted Gwynn to determine if there was anything in their pitching motion that hitters could identify. Teammates wishing to improve their hitting also consulted Gwynn.
Gwynn's character as a human being is another attribute that stands out from other players. While he could have easily pursued more lucrative contracts with other teams, he chose to stay in San Diego throughout his major league career, emphasizing the importance of his family and his connection to the community. He supports the Padres Scholars program and his foundation supports many causes helping needy children in the area.
In an era of inflated contracts, steroids scandals and boorish behavior on the part of several major league ballplayers, Tony Gwynn is a great example of how a baseball player should be both on and off the field.
On June 16, 2014, Gwynn lost his battle with salivary gland cancer. He was 54 years old. - Angélica Herrera was born on 29 March 1978 in Caracas, Venezuela. She was an actress, known for Mujercitas (1999), A todo corazón (1997) and Por estas calles (1992). She died on 16 June 2014 in Caracas, Venezuela.
- Mira Slovak was born on 25 October 1929 in Cifer, Czechoslovakia. He died on 16 June 2014 in Fallbrook, California, USA.
- Vera Veroft was born on 17 August 1936. She was an actress, known for Kapitein Zeppos (1964), Driestuiversopera (1969) and Othello (1969). She died on 16 June 2014 in Belgium.
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- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Script and Continuity Department
Ayse Sasa was born on 1 January 1941 in Istanbul, Turkey. She was a writer and assistant director, known for Yedi Kocali Hürmüz (1971), Battal Gazi Destani (1971) and Balatli Arif (1967). She was married to Atif Yilmaz, Attila Tokatli and Bülent Oran. She died on 16 June 2014 in Istanbul, Turkey.- Actor
- Additional Crew
Cocchi was reputed for his encyclopedic knowledge of old Hollywood films, Beginning in 1967 he was involved with the programming of 16mm collector prints of rare and obscure such titles, many of them "B" films, at New York City's CoOperative Film Society. During the 1970s, he was a reporter and reviewer of movies for Boxoffice magazine. He did research that contributed some of the information that was read by Bob Dorian in the introductions to films on the American Movie Classics cable channel starting in the late 1980s. He also wrote the book, "Second Feature," published by Citadel Press in 1991. When the American Film Institute published its catalogue of American Feature Films From 1931 to 1940 in 1993, they used some of the cast lists he had compiled of unbilled character and bit players.- Hubert Deuringer was born on 18 January 1924 in Empfingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. He was an actor, known for Wir machen Musik (1960), Werner Müllers Schlagermagazin (1961) and Stelldichein beim Wein (1967). He was married to Ursula. He died on 16 June 2014 in Empfingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
- Production Designer
- Art Director
Viktor Petrov was born on 14 January 1947 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He was a production designer and art director, known for Come and See (1985), The Spy (2012) and The Thief (1997). He died on 16 June 2014 in Moscow, Russia.- Vladimir Erasov was born on 1 April 1939 in Leningrad, USSR. He was an actor, known for Konvoy PQ-17 (2004) and Prikaz (1987). He died on 16 June 2014.
- Rosemarie Ambé was born on 7 February 1941 in Perleberg, Brandenburg, Germany. She died on 16 June 2014 in Berlin, Germany.
- Bernarda Seitz was born on 19 June 1927 in General Acha, La Pampa, Argentina. She died on 16 June 2014 in Quilmes, Buenos Aires, Argentina.