Where Are They Now - Friday, August 21, 2015

Hello fans,

It's time to vote for who you would like to see featured in the next Where Are They Now. Here are the choices:

Gina Lollobrigida - Beat the Devil, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell
Rebecca De Mornay - Risky Business, Wedding Crashers, The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
Barbara Bach - The Spy Who Loved Me, Force 10 from Navarone, Caveman
Verna Bloom - High Plains Drifter, Animal House, The Last Temptation of Christ
Ronee Blakley - A Nightmare on Elm Street, Nashville, The Driver

To vote, visit: WATN Poll

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":

Justin Hayward: Lead singer of the British rock band The Moody Blues, "Nights in White Satin", "Tuesday Afternoon", "Question"

Mason Williams: Composer, guitarist, and singer, most famous for his instrumental hit "Classical Gas"

Mac Davis: Singer and actor, hit songs include "Baby, Don't Get Hooked on Me" and "It's Hard to Be Humble", hosted his own TV musical variety show called "The Mac Davis Show", appeared in the movie "North Dallas Forty"

(Answer at the bottom)
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Mark Curry
Learn More About Mark Curry on Celebrity Nooz

BIRTH DATE:June 1, 1961, Oakland, California

CLAIM TO FAME: He is best known as the star of the ABC sitcom Hangin' with Mr. Cooper, and as one of the various
hosts of the syndicated series It's Showtime at the Apollo.

FAMILY LIFE: No info found.

INFO: Curry worked at a drugstore after quitting college where he regularly practiced his comedy act on customers. He was encouraged by his customers, family and friends to try his stand-up routine at area comedy clubs. He made his debut in Oakland and became the city's most sought-after stand-up comic.

His first role was in the film Talkin' Dirty After Dark, alongside Martin Lawrence in 1991. His first major television role was on the series Hangin' with Mr. Cooper, where he played the lead role of Mark Cooper, an NBA player-turned-substitute teacher/gym coach.

TRIVIA: Was born in Oakland, California as the youngest child out of nine.

Attended St. Joseph Notre Dame High School in Alameda, California and California State University, East Bay in Hayward, CA.

Was featured in Too Short's music video "I Ain't Trippin'"

Appeared in the 2002 song Oakland Raiders by Oakland rap group Luniz.

WHERE IS HE NOW: From 2012-14, Curry starred in Nick At Nite's first-ever original live-action family comedy series, See Dad Run as Scott Baio's best friend Marcus.

In 2014, he joined Sommore's Standing Ovation Comedy Tour along with Bill Bellamy, Tommy Davidson, and others. Also in 2014 he starred in the Bounce TV sitcom One Love.

In 2006, Curry was burned on over 20% of his body when he was doing laundry and an aerosol can that had fallen behind the water heater exploded. It took him months to recuperate and he was put in a three-day medically induced coma. He considered suicide but decided against it with the help of friends and fellow comedians, such as Sinbad and Billy Cosby.

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CREDITS:

2015 Instant Mom (TV Series)...Reverend
- Don't Worry, Be Maggie (2015)

2012-2014 See Dad Run (TV Series)..Marcus

2014 One Love (TV Series)...Pastor William Winters

2011-2012 The Secret Life of the American Teenager (TV Series)
- Defiance (2012)
- And Circumstance (2011)
2011 Poolboy: Drowning Out the Fury...Captain O'Malley

2005 Fat Actress (TV Series)...Max Cooper
- Hold This (2005)
- Big Butts (2005)

2005 Less Than Perfect (TV Series)...Morpheus
- Get Away (2005)

2002 Bad Boy...Drew Hodges

2001 The Poof Point (TV Movie)...Norton Ballard

2001 Motocrossed (TV Movie)...Bob Arness

2000 A Man Is Mostly Water...Jeff

2000 For Your Love (TV Series)...Dr. Collins
- The Pregnant Pause (2000)

2000 The Drew Carey Show (TV Series)...Robert Soulard

1998 Armageddon...Stu the Cabbie

1997-1998 The Jamie Foxx Show (TV Series)...Sgt. Easy
- I'm Too Sexy for This Shot (1998)
- Traffic School Daze (1997)

1997 The Fanatics...Fly Walker

1997 Switchback...Robbie

1992-1997 Hangin' with Mr. Cooper (TV Series)...Mark Cooper

1997 Martin (TV Series)...Ronnie Cochran
- Power to the People's Court (1997)

1995/I Panther...Lombard

1995 Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (TV Series)...The Giant
- The Valiant Little Tailor (1995)

1994 ABC Mark Curry & Delta Burke Back Lot Special (TV Movie)

1994 Living Single (TV Series)...Tony Ross
- A Tale of Two Tattles (1994)

1991 Talkin' Dirty After Dark...Antonio

1990 ABC TGIF (TV Series)...Mark Cooper

(Answer at the bottom)
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Mark Curry
Learn More About Mark Curry on Celebrity Nooz

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--Answers to DEAD OR ALIVE--
Justin Hayward - ALIVE
Born: 10/14/1946

Mason Williams - ALIVE
Born: 08/24/1938

Mac Davis - ALIVE
Born: 01/21/1942


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WHO PASSED ON THIS WEEK...

8/20
Lars Amble, 76, Swedish actor and director, cancer.
Egon Bahr, 93, German politician, co-creator of the Ostpolitik.
Veronica Brady, 86, Australian nun and academic.
Lev Durov, 83, Russian actor.
Lina Morgan, 78, Spanish actress and showgirl.

8/19
Antonio Larreta, 92, Uruguayan writer and actor.
Russell Poole, American police detective, heart attack.
Emmanuel Ratier (fr), 57, French political journalist and publisher, heart attack.
Doudou N'Diaye Rose, 85, Senegalese drummer, composer and bandleader.
Suharno, 55, Indonesian football player and coach.

8/18
Khaled al-Asaad, 83, Syrian scholar, head of antiquities in Palmyra, beheaded.
Beata Brookes, 84, British politician, MEP for North Wales (1979-1989).
Hugh Courtenay, 18th Earl of Devon, 73, British landowner and peer.
Russell Henderson, 91, Trinidad-born British jazz musician.
Kay McFarland, 80, American judge.
Suvra Mukherjee, 74, Indian philosopher and dancer, First Lady (since 2012), respiratory failure.
Donald Eugene O'Brien, 91, American district judge.
Roger Smalley, 72, British-born Australian composer.
William Jay Smith, 97, American poet.
Louis Stokes, 90, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio (1969-1999), lung and brain cancer.
Bud Yorkin, 89, American film and television director, producer (All in the Family, Maude, Sanford and Son) and actor.

8/17
Butz Aquino, 76, Filipino politician, member of the Senate (1987-1995) and the House of Representatives from Makati's Second District (1998-2007).
Arsen Dedic, 77, Croatian singer.
Eduardo Guerrero, 87, Argentine rower and Olympic champion (1952), pneumonia.
Sylvia Hitchcock, 69, American actress, model and beauty queen.
Sandy Kennon, 81, South African footballer (Norwich City).
Laszlo Paskai, 88, Hungarian Roman Catholic prelate,
Archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest (1987-2002), Cardinal (1988-2015).

8/16
Roger H. Davis, 92, American talent agent (Clint Eastwood, Elvis Presley, Warren Beatty), cancer.
Emma Didlake, 110, American supercentenarian, oldest veteran in the United States.
E'Dena Hines, 33, American actress (Moll Flanders), stabbed.
Shuja Khanzada, 71, Pakistani politician, member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab (2002-2007, since 2008), bombing.
Kitty McGeever, 44, British actress (Emmerdale).
George Merchant, 89, Scottish footballer (Dundee FC, Falkirk FC).
Mile Mrksic, 68, Yugoslav military officer and convicted war criminal.

8/15
Emilio Bianchi (it), 102, Italian WWII naval commando.
Jean Bikomagu, Burundian military officer, Army chief, shot.
Julian Bond, 75, American civil rights activist and politician, chairman of the NAACP (1998-2010), complications of vascular disease.
Rafael Chirbes, 66, Spanish writer, lung cancer.
Jorge de la Raa, 73, Argentine lawyer and politician.
Max Greger (de), 89, German musician and band leader, cancer.
Hamid Gul, 80, Pakistani army officer, brain haemorrhage.
Geoff McGivern, 84, Australian footballer (Melbourne F.C.).
Manuel Mendivil, 79, Mexican equestrian, Olympic medalist (1980).
Bud Thomas, 86, American baseball player (St. Louis Browns).

8/14
Agustin Cejas, 70, Argentine footballer (Racing Club), Alzheimer's disease.
Scott Cooper, 50, American politician, Mayor of Lincoln, Illinois (since 2015).
Dickinson R. Debevoise, 91, American judge, U. S. District Court Judge for New Jersey (1979-1994).
Bob Johnston, 83, American record producer (Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen).
Lavanam, 86, Indian social reformer.
Rogelio Ricardo Livieres Plano, 69, Argentinian-born Paraguayan Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Ciudad del Este (2004-2014), diabetes.
Jazz Summers, 71, English music manager (Scissor Sisters, The Verve, Snow Patrol), lung cancer.

8/13
Watban Ibrahim al-Tikriti, 62-63, Iraqi politician, Interior Minister of Iraq (1991-1995).
Bill Aswad, 93, American politician.
Bob Fillion, 95, Canadian ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens).
Pierre Jansen (fr), 85, French film score composer.
Jan Montyn, 90, Dutch artist.
Om Prakash Munjal, 86, Indian chief executive.
John A. Nerud, 102, American Thoroughbred horse trainer and owner.
Harold Ousley, 86, American jazz saxophonist.
Hernan Ramirez Rurange, 76, Chilean general and convicted murderer (Eugenio Berrios), suicide by gunshot.
Shlomo Smiltiner, 99, Israeli chess player.