Where Are They Now - Friday, August 28, 2015

Hello fans,

Many of you want to know what's going on with actress Barbara Bach. Let's get right to it!

Take care,
Melissa

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--DEAD OR ALIVE?--
See if you know if the following celebrities have had a
visit from the "Grim Reaper":

Willard Scott: Weatherman on NBC's "Today" show for many years

Alvin Ailey: Modern dance choreographer, director of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

Bess Myerson: She was Miss America in 1945 and later was a panelist on the TV game show "I've Got a Secret"

(Answer at the bottom)
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Barbara Carrera

Learn More About Barbara Bach on Celebrity Nooz

BIRTH DATE: August 27, 1947, Queens, New York, U.S.

CLAIM TO FAME: She is known as the Bond girl Anya Amasova from the James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me (1977).

FAMILY LIFE:She was married to businessman Augusto Gregorini from 1968 to 1975. They have a daughter, singer-songwriter Francesca Gregorini (born August 7, 1968) and a son Gianni (born in 1972). She has been married to Ringo Starr since 1981.

INFO:Bach left school at age 16 to become a model. Her acting career got started in 1972 when she co-starred in the mystery La Tarantola dal ventre nero (a giallo film) and had small roles in other Italian films.

She gained recognition as an international sex symbol in 1977 with her role as the Russian spy Anya Amasova in The Spy Who Loved Me.

TRIVIA: Her mother is Irish Catholic, while her father was Jewish.

Holds a master's degree (UCLA, 1993) in psychology.

Is a vegetarian.

Featured in her own pictorial in Playboy in June 1977.

Was the cover girl and had her own pictorial in the January 1981 issue of Playboy. She had a cameo in a September 1987 special issue on the Bond girls.

WHERE IS SHE NOW:She started the Self Help Addiction Recovery Program (S.H.A.R.P.) with the help of George Harrison, Eric Clapton and Pattie Boyd, the former wife of both Harrison and Clapton. Bach and Starr created The Lotus Foundation, a charity with many sub-charities.

In recent years, Bach has accompanied Starr on his tours and has appeared in some of his music videos, playing on some of his songs.

WRITE TO BARBARA BACH:
Barbara Bach
1541 Ocean Ave. #200
Santa Monica, CA 90401

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CREDITS:

1986 To the North of Katmandu

1984 Give My Regards to Broad Street...Journalist

1983 Princess Daisy (TV Movie)...Vanessa Valerian

1982 The Cooler (Short)

1981 Caveman...Lana

1980 The Unseen...Jennifer Fast

1980 Up the Academy...Bliss

1979 The Great Alligator...Alice Brandt

1979 Jaguar Lives!...Anna Thompson

1979 The Humanoid...Lady Agatha

1979 Screamers...Amanda Marvin

1978 Force 10 from Navarone...Maritza

1977 The Mask of Alexander Cross (TV Movie)...Agent Judson

1977 Ecco noi per esempio...

1977 The Spy Who Loved Me...Major Anya Amasova / Agent XXX

1975 Il lupo dei mari...Maud Brewster

1975 Stateline Motel...Emily

1974 Street Law...Barbara

1973 Il maschio ruspante...Rema

1973 The Sensuous Sicilian...Daughter of Pharmacist

1971 A Few Hours of Sunlight...Heloise / Elvire

1971 Short Night of Glass Dolls...Mira Svoboda

1971 Black Belly of the Tarantula...Jenny

1971 Mio padre Monsignore...Chiara

1968 Odissea (TV Mini-Series)...Nausicaa

To see Then & Now pictures of Barbara Bach, visit:

http://www.celebritynooz.com/barbara_bach.aspx

To see Then & Now pictures of Barbara Bach, visit: Celebrity Nooz

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--Answers to DEAD OR ALIVE--

Willard Scott - ALIVE
Born: 03/07/1934

Alvin Ailey - DEAD (AIDS)
Born: 01/05/1931 Died: 12/01/1989

Bess Myerson - DEAD
Born: 07/16/1924 Died: 12/14/2014

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WHO PASSED ON THIS WEEK...
8/26
Amelia Boynton Robinson, 104, American civil rights activist, multiple strokes.
Vester Lee Flanagan II, 41, American news reporter and murderer, suicide by gunshot.
Geraint Stanley Jones, 79, Welsh television executive.
Alison Parker, 24, American news reporter, shot.
Gyozo Soos, 66, Hungarian politician, MP (1994-2006).
Adam Ward, 27, American news cameraman, shot.

8/25
Jose Maria Benegas, 67, Spanish politician, cancer.
Gaetano Aldo Donato, 74, American Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Newark (since 2004).
James "Red" Duke, 86, American trauma surgeon.
Colin Fry, 53, British medium and television presenter, lung cancer.
Mascarenhas, 78, Angolan footballer.
Frank E. Petersen, 83, American military officer.
Francis Sejersted, 79, Norwegian history professor, chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee (1991-1999).
Ian Smith, 90, South African cricketer.

8/24
Niels Henrik Arendt (dk), Danish Church of Denmark prelate, Bishop of Haderslev.
Marcy Borders, 42, American 9/11 survivor, subject of "Dust Lady" photograph, stomach cancer.
Alan Clarkson, 85, Australian sports journalist.
Charlie Coffey, 81, American football player and coach (Virginia Tech Hokies), cancer.
Cees van Kooten, 67, Dutch footballer (Go Ahead Eagles, national team), esophageal cancer.
Alison Magaya, South Sudanese politician and diplomat.
Chico Maki, 76, Canadian ice hockey player (Chicago Blackhawks).
Marguerite McDonald, 73, Canadian radio and television journalist, cancer.
Sandor Nagy, 68, Hungarian politician, MP (1988-1990, 1994-2006).
Venkatesh Nayak, 79, Indian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly for Karnataka (since 2013), train derailment.
Bevo Nordmann, 75, American basketball player (Cincinnati Royals, St. Louis Hawks, New York Knicks), cancer.
Vardo Rumessen, 73, Estonian musicologist and politician.
Justin Wilson, 37, British IndyCar Series driver, head injuries from race collision.

8/23
Augusta Chiwy, 94, Congolese-born Belgian nurse, volunteer in the Siege of Bastogne.
Mark Costello, 59, American politician, Oklahoma Labor Commissioner (since 2011), stabbed.
Helen Kemp, 97, American singing teacher and choir director.
Guy Ligier, 85, French rugby union player (national team), racing driver and Formula One team owner (Equipe Ligier).
Eugenio Mendez Docurro (es), 92, Mexican politician and engineer, Secretariat of Communications and Transportation (1970-1976).
Yosi Piamenta, 63, Israeli musician, cancer.
Enrique Reneau, 44, Honduran footballer.
Joanna Strathdee, 60, Scottish politician.

8/22
Mariem Hassan, 56-57, Western Saharan singer, cancer.
Keith K. Hilbig, 73, American Mormon general authority.
Ieng Thirith, 83, Cambodian Khmer Rouge politician, Minister of Social Affairs (1975-1979), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
Tommy Lowry, 69, English footballer (Crewe Alexandra)
Andy Mapple, 52, British waterskier.
Arthur Morris, 93, Australian Test cricketer.
Merl Reagle, 65, American crossword maker (Los Angeles Times), acute pancreatitis.
Stephen Rodefer, 74, American poet and painter.
William L. Rowe, 84, American philosopher.
Jorg Schneider, 80, Swiss actor (Usfahrt Oerlike) and comedian, liver cancer.
Eric Thompson, 95, British racing driver.
Charles Tomlinson, 88, English poet and poetry translator.
Lou Tsioropoulos, 84, American basketball player (Boston Celtics).
Tatu Vanhanen, 86, Finnish political scientist.
Jakub Zablocki, 31, Polish footballer, heart attack.

8/21
Colin Beyer, 76, New Zealand lawyer and businessman.
Jimmy Evert, 91, American tennis player and coach, Canadian Open champion (1947), pneumonia.
Sir Bob Hepple, 81, South African-born British legal scholar, Master of Clare College, Cambridge (1993-2003).
Jimmy Massey, 85, American racing car driver.
Sasha Petraske, 42, American cocktail bar entrepreneur.
Daniel Rabinovich, 71, Argentine musician and comedian (Les Luthiers).
Daniel Reimold, 34, American journalism professor (Saint Joseph's University), journalist (PBS MediaShift) and blogger.
Jere Ratcliffe, 78, American Chief Scout Executive of the Boy Scouts of America (1993-2000).
Gerry Steinberg, 70, British politician, MP for City of Durham (1987-2005).
Wang Dongxing, 99, Chinese politician, Vice Chairman of the Communist Party (1977-1980).

8/20
Moza Sultan Al Kaabi, 31, Emirati orthopedic surgeon, traffic collision.
Lars Amble, 76, Swedish actor and director, cancer.
Armin, Prince of Lippe, 91, German nobleman, head of the former reigning family of the Principality of Lippe.
Egon Bahr, 93, German politician, co-creator of the Ostpolitik.
Chad Batista, 34, American poker player.
Veronica Brady, 86, Australian nun and academic.
Lev Durov, 83, Russian actor.
Larry Harvey, 71, American medical marijuana proponent, pancreatic cancer.
Paul Kibblewhite, New Zealand pulp and paper scientist.
Lina Morgan, 78, Spanish actress and showgirl.
Melody Patterson, 66, American actress (F Troop), multiple organ failure.
Liz Perle, 59, American writer, breast cancer.
Harry Volkman, 89, American meteorologist, respiratory failure.
Frank Wilkes, 93, Australian politician, member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Northcote (1957-1988), Leader of the Opposition (1977-1981).
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