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René Goscinny was a French comic book writer, of Polish-Jewish descent. His parents were Stanislaw Simkha Goscinny and Anna "Hanna" Beresniak-Goscinna. The family name Goscinny means "hospitable" in the Polish language. Stanislaw was a chemical engineer from Warsaw, and Anna was from a small village called Chodorków, in the vicinity of Zhytomyr. Warsaw is currently part of Poland, and Zhytomyr part of Ukraine.
Both of Goscinny's parents were born in the Russian Empire, but migrated to the French Third Republic prior to the end of World War I. They met each other in Paris, and were married there in 1919. René was born in Paris in 1926, as the second son of the couple. He received French citizenship at birth.
In 1928, the Goscinny family migrated to Buenos Aires, Argentina, as Stanislaw had found employment there. René was primarily raised in Buenos Aires, where he attended French-speaking schools. He reportedly a shy boy, but often acted as the "class clown" to seek attention. He enjoyed reading illustrated stories, and practiced drawing as a hobby.
In 1943, Stanislaw Goscinny suffered from cerebral hemorrhage and died. René was forced to quit school and find a job. He first worked as an assistant accountant, then as an illustrator in an advertising agency. In 1945, René migrated from Argentina to New York City, United States, to join his older brother who lived there. In 1946, René returned to France for his mandatory military service. He served in the 141st Alpine Infantry Battalion, and was discharged with the rank of a senior corporal.
In the late 1940s, Goscinny returned to New York City to seek employment there. He worked in various small studios, but managed to befriend a number of comics writers and artists who worked in the City at that time. Among them were Joseph Gillain (pen-name Jije, 1914-1980), Maurice De Bevere (pen-name Morris, 1923-2001), Will Elder (1921-2008), Jack Davis (1924-2016), and Harvey Kurtzman (1924-1993).
In 1951, artist and publisher Georges Troisfontaines hired Goscinny to head the Paris office of the "World Press" agency. In his new position, Goscinny met and befriended a French-artist of Italian descent, Albert Uderzo (1927-). The two collaborated in a number of early comics works, most notably the comedy-adventure series "Jehan Pistolet ". It featured a good-natured French privateer leading a crew of misfits into adventure.
During the 1950s, Goscinny collaborated with various writers and artists in producing new series of comics and children's books. He created characters like "Le Petit Nicolas" (a mischievous schoolboy) and "Oumpah-pah" (a heroic Native American caught up in 18th-century warfare), and took over the writing or older series like "Lucky Luke". However, few of his creations were particularly popular.
In 1959, Goscinny and Uderzo co-created the new series "Asterix" and its main characters. Featuring heroic Gauls fighting in the historic Gallic Wars (58-50 BC), the series mixed historical fiction with fantasy elements and satire. It soon became one of the most popular European comics, and Goscinny continued writing the series until his death.
In the 1960s, Goscinny became one of the most prolific writers of French comics. In 1962, he had a second major hit when collaborating with Jean Tabary (1930-2011) for the series "Iznogoud". The series features a villain-protagonist, the evil vizier Iznogoud who serves in the royal court of the Abbasid Caliphate (750-1258) in Baghdad, and spends most of his life trying to depose and replace the incompetent Caliph.
In 1967, Goscinny married Gilberte Pollaro-Millo. In 1968, they had their only daughter, Anne Goscinny. She would grow up to become a professional writer, following her father's footsteps.
In 1977, Goscinny was going through a routine stress test at the office of his doctor, when he suffered a cardiac arrest. He died instantly. He was only 51-years-old. His main legacy remains with his most popular series: "Asterix", "Iznogoud", "Lucky Luke", and "Le Petit Nicolas", which have all received several adaptations.- Actor
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He was an actor, known for Never Let Me Go (2010), Angel Heart (1987) and The Green Mile (1999). " Guy Lombardo was not an actor, he was a bandleader, and died in 1977 long before these films were released. His music however is on the soundtrack of these films.- Producer
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- Writer
Guillaume Radot was born on 13 August 1911 in Paris, France. He was a producer and director, known for La louve (1949), Le destin exécrable de Guillemette Babin (1948) and Fric-frac en dentelles (1957). He died on 5 November 1977 in Garches, Hauts-de-Seine, France.- Derek Glynne-Percy was born on 26 February 1931 in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. He was an actor, known for Naughty! (1974). He died on 5 November 1977 in Hampton, Middlesex, England, UK.
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Glendon Alvine was born on 18 April 1893 in Kansas City, Kansas, USA. He was a producer, known for Midshipman Jack (1933), The Silver Streak (1934) and We're Rich Again (1934). He died on 5 November 1977 in East Atlantic Beach, New York, USA.- Giorgio La Pira was born on 9 January 1904 in Pozzallo, Sicily, Italy. He died on 5 November 1977 in Florence, Tuscany, Italy.
- Ladislav Vecera was born on 20 May 1929 in Napajedla, Czechoslovakia. He was an actor, known for Bratia (1962), Oddechový cas (1978) and Vel'ká noc a vel'ky den (1975). He died on 5 November 1977 in Brno, Czechoslovakia.
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Frank Sloggett was born in 1907 in Shoreditch, London, England, UK. Frank died on 5 November 1977 in Isle of Wight, England, UK.- Composer
- Actor
Son of Rita de Cassia and Manoel de Oliveira Lona, a Portuguese immigrant from Viana de Castelo, Fernando Lona was born in the city of Salvador, state of Bahia, Brazil on March,19th,1937. His family lived in Ubaitaba area, (southern Bahia) not in Salvador, they went to Salvador only for Rita de Cassia to give birth to Fernando Lona, because Ubaitaba didn't have a good maternity hospital. Fernando Lona was raised in Ubaitaba area. Later, he went to Salvador in order to follow his "singing poet" dream. Once there, he met Caetano Veloso, Tom Ze, Capinam and really entered the music universe. He went to Sao Paulo where he won on June, 1966 the first place in the Festival de Musica Popular da TV Excelsior (Excelsior TV Popular Music Festival) with his song "Porta Estandarte" together with Geraldo Vandre. Fernando Lona had only one record released: "Cidadao do Mundo" (Citizen of the World) in 1977, the same year of his death.