Where Are They Now - March 28, 2014

Hello fans,

This week we are catching up with the actor from down under....Paul Hogan, that is! You may remember him as the famous "Crocodile" Dundee in the film of the same name. What's his story nowadays? Find out here!

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":

Bernie Kopell: Played ship's doctor, Adam Bricker, in the TV series "The Love Boat", appeared as Siegfried in the series "Get Smart"

Honor Blackman: Played Pussy Galore in the James Bond movie "Goldfinger" and Cathy Gale on the TV series "The Avengers"

Tab Hunter: He appeared in "Battle Cry", "Damn Yankees", "Polyester" and other movies, he was in the TV series "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman"

(Answer at the bottom)
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Paul Hogan
Learn More About Paul Hogan on Celebrity Nooz

BIRTH DATE: October 8, 1939 Lightning Ridge, New South Wales, Australia

CLAIM TO FAME: He is best known for his role as Michael "Crocodile" Dundee in "Crocodile" Dundee (1986).

FAMILY LIFE: Hogan was married to his first wife, Noelene Edwards, from 1958 until they divorced in 1981. They remarried less than a year later, but divorced for a second time in 1986. They have five children together. He married his "Crocodile" Dundee co-star Linda Kozlowski in 1990 and they have a child together. Kozlowski filed for divorce in October 2013, citing irreconcilable differences.

INFO: In the early 1970s, Hogan became prominent in Australia after an interview on A Current Affair. He began his own comedy sketch program titled The Paul Hogan Show, which he produced, wrote, and in which he played characters with John Cornell. The series ran between 1973 and 1984, and was popular in both Australia and South Africa.

He was also known at this time for his television, print and billboard advertisements for Winfield Cigarettes in which he wore a formal dinner suit, and ended each ad with the catchphrase "Anyhow, have a Winfield".

Hogan filmed a series of television ads in the early 1980s to promote the Australian tourism industry. These aired in the United States. He also appeared on British TV in advertisements for Foster's Lager, in which he played an earthy Australian abroad in London. The most notable line, "Struth, there's a bloke down there with no strides on!", followed Hogan for years.

Hogan found success with his role as Mick "Crocodile" Dundee in the 1986 film "Crocodile" Dundee. In 1988, he followed that role with "Crocodile" Dundee II. Hogan also appeared in the popular movie Ghost. He was later featured in advertisements for the Subaru Outback. In 2001, he reprised his character Mick "Crocodile" Dundee with Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles.

TRIVIA: Is an Australian Republican.

In 1985, Hogan was named Australian of the Year.

In 1986 he received the award Member of the Order of Australia (AM) "For service to tourism and entertainment".

Grew up in the Sydney suburb of Granville and attended Parramatta Marist High School.

Worked as a rigger on the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

WHERE IS HE NOW: Hogan's last role to date was in the 2009 Australian comedy Charlie & Boots. Hogan has also faced tax problems over recent years.

He had been named as one of a group in connection to a A$300 million Australian tax fraud investigation called Operation Wickenby, investigating 23 companies for allegedly using overseas companies to hide income.

A long-running battle with the Australian Crime Commission followed after the group laid criminal charges of tax evasion against him, film producer John Cornell and their accountant Anthony Stewart, whom it suspected of channeling millions of dollars from the proceeds of the film "Crocodile" Dundee and other films into offshore tax havens. In November 2010, the ACC dropped its criminal investigation.

Hogan made news again in April 2013 over an AU$32.3 million issue with a Swiss bank run by the Geneva firm Strachans. Hogan has been unable to access the funds and a United States court action that sought AU$80 million in damages proved unsuccessful for him.

Hogan publicly declared his belief that Philip Egglishaw, the principal of Strachans and a former tax advisor to Hogan, has absconded with the money. Egglishaw denied the allegations.

WRITE TO PAUL HOGAN:
Paul Hogan
c/o Creative Artists Agency
2000 Avenue Of The Stars
Los Angeles, CA 90067

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CREDITS:
2009 Charlie & Boots...Charlie

2004 I Now Pronounce You Vince and Ralph...Vince Hopgood

2001 Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles...Michael J. 'Crocodile' Dundee

1998 Floating Away (TV Movie)...Shane

1996 Flipper...Porter Ricks

1994 Lightning Jack...Lightning Jack Kane

1990 Almost an Angel...Terry Dean

1988 Crocodile Dundee II...Michael J. 'Crocodile' Dundee

1986 Crocodile Dundee...Michael J. 'Crocodile' Dundee

1985 Anzacs (TV Mini-Series)...L / Cpl. Pat Cleary / Pte. Pat Cleary

To see Then & Now pictures of Paul Hogan, visit: Celebrity Nooz

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--Answers to DEAD OR ALIVE--
Bernie Kopell - ALIVE
Born: 06/21/1933

Honor Blackman - ALIVE
Born: 12/12/1927

Tab Hunter - ALIVE
Born: 07/11/1931

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WHO PASSED ON THIS WEEK...

3/25
Peter Champion, 85, British aviation and newspaper
artist.
Nicky McFadden, 51, Irish politician, TD for Longford-
Westmeath (since 2011).
Nanda, 75, Indian actress (Teen Devian, Gumnaam, Chhoti
Bahen), heart attack.
Ken Plant, 88, English footballer (Nuneaton Borough,
Colchester United).
S. Sripall, 76, Indian police officer, Director General
of Police for Tamil Nadu (1991-1995).
Ralph Wilson, 95, American Hall of Fame football team
owner (Buffalo Bills) and racehorse breeder (Arazi), co-
founder of the AFL.

3/24
Giuseppe Agostino, 85, Italian Roman Catholic prelate,
Archbishop of Crotone-Santa Severina (1973-1998) and
Cosenza-Bisignano (1998-2004).
Wally Curran, 82, Australian trade unionist, cancer.
Rusi Dinshaw, 86, Pakistani cricketer.
Nahmar Jamil, 75, Malaysian author, translator and poet.
Oleksandr Muzychko, 51, Ukrainian political activist,
shot.
Tommy O'Connell, 83, American football player (Cleveland
Browns, Buffalo Bills).
Bryan Orritt, 77, Welsh footballer (Birmingham City,
Middlesbrough), stroke.
Kuldeep Pawar, 65, Indian actor, kidney failure.
Paulo Schroeber, 40, Brazilian guitarist (Almah), heart
failure.
Rodney Wilkes, 89, Trinidadian Olympic silver and bronze
medal-winning weightlifter (1948, 1952).

3/23
Hilal al-Assad, 47, Syrian military commander, rocket
attack.
Tengku Azman Shah, 84, Malaysian royal.
Carmelo Bossi, 74, Italian Olympic silver-medalist boxer
(1960).
Dave Brockie, 50, Canadian-born American heavy metal
singer (Gwar).
Jim Maroney, 58, American air show pilot, consultant on
Top Gun, plane crash.
Peter Oakley, 86, British Internet vlogger.
Andre Raoult, French sailing official and skipper,
cancer.
Jaroslav Serych, 86, Czech painter, printmaker and
illustrator.
Miroslav Stepan, 68, Czechoslovakian politician,
member of the Central Committee for the Communist
Party (1988-1989), complications from cancer.
Adolfo Suarez, 81, Spanish politician and lawyer,
Prime Minister (1976-1981), Duke of Suárez (since
1981), respiratory infection.

3/22
Yashwant Vithoba Chittal, 85, Indian Sahitya Akademi
Award-winning author (The Boy who Talked to Trees).
Mickey Duff, 84, Polish-born British boxing manager and
promoter, International Boxing Hall of Fame inductee
(1999).
Gustavo Garibay García, Mexican politician, shot.
Stepan Gishyan, 49, Armenian banker, CEO of ACBA Crédit
Agricole, recipient of the Anania Shirakatsi Medal (2001)
and the French National Order of Merit (2009).
Frank Hannigan, 82, American golf official, director of
the USGA (1983-1988).
Tasos Mitsopoulos, 48, Cypriot politician, Defence Minister
(since March 14), MP (2006-2013), complications from a
brain haemorrhage.
William Nkonyeni, 61, South African military officer,
Commander of the National Defence Force (1992-2013).
Lou Rell, 73, American aviator, First Gentleman of
Connecticut (2004-2011), cancer.
Almaz Tefera, 56, Ethiopian singer-songwriter, blood
cancer.
Patrice Wymore, 87, American actress (Tea for Two, The
Errol Flynn Theatre, Ocean's 11) and philanthropist,
natural causes.

3/21
Qoriniasi Bale, 85, Fijian lawyer and politician,
Attorney-General (1984-1987, 2001-2006).
Bill Boedeker, 90, American football player.
Jack Fleck, 92, American professional golfer, winner of
the U.S. Open (1955).
Ignatius Zakka I Iwas, 80, Iraqi religious leader,
Patriarch of the Syriac Orthodox Church (since 1980).
Dennis Jackson, 82, English footballer.
Simeon Oduoye, 68, Nigerian politician, Senator for
Osun (2003-2007).
Kiril Pandov, 85, Bulgarian footballer (PFC Spartak
Varna).
Kostis Papagiorgis, 66, Greek writer and translator.
James Rebhorn, 65, American actor (Scent of a Woman,
Independence Day, Homeland), melanoma.
Bruce Robertson, British design and information
graphics executive, co-sponsor of the Bookseller/
Diagram Prize for Oddest Title of the Year.
Adrian Taylor, 60, American television news producer
(60 Minutes, The Early Show), winner of the Peabody
Award (2012), pancreatic cancer.

3/20
Sardar Ahmad, 40, Afghan journalist (Agence France-Presse),
shot.
Ragesh Asthana, 51, Ugandan-born Indian actor, heart attack.
Hennie Aucamp, 80, South African poet, short story writer,
cabaretist and academic.
Iñaki Azkuna, 71, Spanish Basque politician, Mayor of Bilbao
(since 1999), prostate cancer.
Hilderaldo Bellini, 83, Brazilian footballer, two-time
World Cup winner (1958, 1962), complications from a heart
attack.
David Brown, 61, American criminal, characterized in Love,
Lies and Murder, natural causes.
Andrzej Grzegorczyk, 91, Polish mathematician.
Shane MacThomais, 46, Irish historian (Glasnevin Cemetery).
David McKenna, 57, Canadian politician, Prince Edward
Island MLA for Stratford-Kinlock (2003-2007).
Tonie Nathan, 91, American politician, first woman to
receive an electoral vote in a presidential election,
Alzheimer's disease.
Al Oeming, 88, Canadian conservationist and TV personality
(Al Oeming - Man of the North), complications from heart
surgery.
Khushwant Singh, 99, Indian journalist and author (Train
to Pakistan).
William Toomath, 88, New Zealand architect.
Murray Weidenbaum, 87, American economist, Chairperson of
the Council of Economic Advisers (1981-1982).
Tamas Welsz, 41, Hungarian entrepreneur and police witness,
apparent suicide.