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Tom Signorelli was born on 19 October 1935 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Thief (1981), Sleepers (1996) and Dick Tracy (1990). He died on 6 July 2010 in New York, New York, USA.

Maria Homerska was born on 15 February 1925 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland. She was an actress, known for Spóznieni przechodnie (1962), The Quack (1982) and Wierna rzeka (1987). She died on 6 July 2010 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.

Handsome and muscular actor, writer, and real life tough guy Alex Mann was born in the rough neighborhood of Brownsville in Brooklyn, New York. His father was a pool player nicknamed "Cue Stick" and his mother worked at the candy counter at Loew's Pitkin Theater. Mann was involved with criminals in his younger days and had many run-ins with the police during this time. In the early 1960's Alex moved to Manhattan's East Village, where he became part of the local beat scene. Mann first started acting in underground movies. He soon became a welcome and familiar rugged face in East Coast exploitation cinema fare which includes both soft-core features and more explicit porno flicks. Among the notable drive-in film directors Alex has acted in movies for are Joe Sarno ("Passion in Hot Hollows," "Wall of Flesh," "Abigail Lesley Is Back in Town"), Michael Findlay ("Take My Head," "Funk"), Doris Wishman ("Keyholes Are for Peeping," "Satan Was a Lady"), and Barry Mahon ("The Diary of Knockers McCalla"). His most memorable roles were the dissident Shelley in the outrageous hippie horror splatter cult favorite "I Drink Your Blood," a vicious rapist in the poignant porn gem "Sometime Sweet Susan," and slimy pimp Tony in the supremely scuzzy "Malibu High." In 1969 "Life" magazine ran a two page article on Mann and his wife Pamela after the couple was arrested for running a brothel. (Mann also performed in live sex shows with Pamela.)

Alex moved to Los Angeles, California in the late 1970's to further pursue his acting and writing career. He kept himself afloat by working as a bouncer for a notorious Hollywood club owner. Mann won rave reviews for "Sailor Falls in One," a boxing play that he wrote, produced, and directed. Alex made guest appearances on the TV shows "Weird Science" and "Strong Medicine." Moreover, Mann did the voice of Jimmy the Grape for the video game "The Darkness" and had a co-starring role in the crime thriller "The Transgressions of Tina." He was a member of SAG, AFTRA, and AEA. Alex lived in Sherman Oaks, California. Mann died of tongue cancer in July, 2010.

Mahmoud Bahrami was born in 1937 in Tuyserkan, Iran. He was an actor, known for Morgh-e tokhm-tala (1972), 2001 Inventor (1991) and The Suitor (1972). He died on 6 July 2010 in Tehran, Iran.

K.C. Wilson was born on 10 August 1945 in Miami, Florida, USA. He was an actor, known for Waist Deep (2006), The Crow: Salvation (2000) and Broadway on Showtime (1979). He died on 6 July 2010 in Versailles, Kentucky, USA.

Jan Blokker was born on 27 May 1927 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. He was a writer and actor, known for Fanfare (1958), The Arrival of Joachim Stiller (1976) and Het compromis (1968). He was married to Anneke Blokker. He died on 6 July 2010 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.

Rebecca Spikings was born on 21 September 1967. She was a producer, known for Deep Blue Sea (1999), Driven (2001) and Cutthroat Island (1995). She was married to Akiva Goldsman. She died on 6 July 2010 in the USA.

Singer / songwriter / record producer Harvey Fuqua was born in Louisville, KY, on July 27, 1929. His uncle was Charles Fuqua, a member of The Ink Spots, and Harvey spent much of his childhood singing on street corners with relatives and friends, including Bobby Lester. After a stint in the army, Harvey formed a vocal group with Lester called The Crazy Sounds and they began singing in the nightclub circuit in and around Cleveland, OH. In 1953 rock-and-roll pioneer Alan Freed caught the group's act and signed them to his Champagne Records label, changing their name to The Moonglows. The next year they recorded their first hit, "Sincerely", co-written by Fuqua and Freed for Chess Records and it went to #1 on the R&B charts. Considered a classic of the "doo-wop" vocal style, the song has been covered by a number of artists, including The McGuire Sisters, for whom it was one of their biggest hits.

In 1959 Fuqua changed the lineup of The Moonglows, importing several members of a Washington group called The Marquees, including a young singer named Marvin Gaye. After The Moonglows broke up, Fuqua and Gaye moved to Detroit, where Gaye became a background singer and session drummer at Motown Records and Fuqua became a producer and manager, working with Anita Gordy, sister of Motown founder Berry Gordy (he eventually married Gordy's sister Gwendolyn). He also started two record labels, Harvey and Tri-Phi, which signed such artists as The Spinners, Jr. Walker and the All Stars and Shorty Long. He later sold the two labels, along with the talent, to Motown.

Fuqua eventually became head of Artist Development at Motown, in which capacity he helped the label's artists craft their stage acts, and found time to write and produce songs for such singers as The Supremes (for whom he wrote "Someday We'll Be Together"), Stevie Wonder and Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell (he produced most of their duets together).

He left Motown in 1969 and went to RCA Records, where he stayed for a number of years, producing and managing. In 1982 he contacted his old friend Marvin Gaye, whom he hadn't seen for several years, and that eventually resulted in the production of one of Gaye's biggest hits, "Sexual Healing", from the album "Midnight Love".

Fuqua was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, as a member of The Mooglows, in 2000. He died of a heart attack in Detroit, MI, in 2010.

June Kidd was born on 1 May 1915 in West Derby, Lancashire, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1972), Terry and June (1979) and The Coal Hole Club (1973). She was married to James Henry Haggerty and William Lappin. She died on 6 July 2010 in London, England, UK.

Garry Ulmer was born on 25 July 1939 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was a composer, known for Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988), The Muppet Movie (1979) and Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989). He died on 6 July 2010 in Burbank, California, USA.

Syrinx was born on 23 December 1949 in Bucharest, Romania. He was a composer, known for Quest for Fire (1981), Programme X (1970) and The Return of the Tall Blond Man (1974). He died on 6 July 2010 in Geneva, Switzerland.

Jacobo Atri Mizrahi was an actor, known for Hora marcada (1988), Trece miedos (2007) and Novia que te vea (1994). He died on 6 July 2010 in Mexico City, Mexico.

Herb Kerr was born on 26 December 1958 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. He was an actor, known for Requiem for a Dream (2000), Malcolm X (1992) and Boomerang (1992). He died on 6 July 2010 in Bronx, New York, USA.

John North was born on 17 June 1921 in Gilliam, Louisiana, USA. He was an actor, known for Paper Lion (1968), The NFL on CBS (1956) and NFL Monday Night Football (1970). He died on 6 July 2010 in Mandeville, Louisiana, USA.

Alf Howard was born on 30 April 1906. He died on 6 July 2010.

Wolfgang Sörgel was born on 29 September 1931 in Berlin, Germany. He was an actor, known for Karl May (1992), NeuFundLand (2003) and Das kleine und das große Glück (1953). He was married to Christel Thein. He died on 6 July 2010 in Dresden, Saxony, Germany.

Matilde Rosa Araújo was born on 20 June 1921 in Lisbon, Portugal. She died on 6 July 2010 in Lisbon, Portugal.

Sarah Bianchi died on 6 July 2010 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Eleonóra Gasparová was born on 31 August 1925 in Opatovce nad Zitavou, Czechoslovakia [now Slovakia]. Eleonóra was a writer, known for Koncert bez ruzí (1977). Eleonóra died on 6 July 2010 in Bratislava, Slovakia.