In 2024, we've experienced the loss of several luminaries in the world of entertainment. These beloved figures—actors, comedians, musicians, singers, and coaches—have touched our lives with their talent, passion, and dedication. They've left an indelible mark on our hearts and shaped the world of entertainment in ways that will continue to inspire and influence generations to come.
Among the incredible actors who bid farewell this year, we mourn the loss of a true chameleon who effortlessly.
David Lloyd Wolper was an American television and film producer died of heart failure and Parkinson's disease he was 82, responsible for shows such as Roots, The Thorn Birds, North & South, L.A. Confidential, and the film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971). He also produced numerous documentaries and documentary series like Biography (TV series; 1961–63), The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich (TV), Appointment with Destiny (TV series), This is Elvis, Four Days in November, Imagine: John Lennon, and others. He directed the 1959 documentary The Race for Space, which was nominated for an Academy Award. His 1971 film (as executive producer) about the study of insects The Hellstrom Chronicle won an Academy Award.
The pre-1968 library is owned by Cube Entertainment (formerly International Creative Exchange), the post-1970 library is owned by Warner Bros..
Wolper died on August 10, 2010 of congestive heart disease and complications of Parkinson's disease at his Beverly Hills home at age 82. Wolper was survived by his wife of 36 years Glorida, his 3 children from a previous marriage sons Mark and Michael Wolper and a daughter Leslie. He was also survived by 10 grandchildren.[1]
George Ralph DiCenzo was an American character actor and one-time associate producer for Dark Shadows died he was ,70. He was in show business for more than 30 years, with extensive film, TV, stage and commercial credits.
Fernando Fernández[1] was a Spanish comic bookartist died after a long illness he was.
(7 February 1940 – 9 August 2010)
Biography
Fernández was born in Barcelona in 1940. In 1956 Fernández joined the well known Spanish agency Selecciones Illustradas, at the age of 16. From 1958 through 1964 Fernandez worked on war comics (including Air Ace and War Picture Library) and romance comics (including Valentine, Roxy and Marilyn) for British publishers. He also painted covers for paperbacks and picture libraries like Commando and Chiller. Fernández left the comics industry for a period of time in the 1960s, returning in 1970. He drew the strip Mosca from 1970
Fernández started working for Warren Publishing in 1973 due to his connections with
Selecciones Illustradas. Unlike many of the Spanish artists from S.I., Fernández both wrote and drew his stories. During his period with Warren from 1973 to 1975 a total of 11 of these stories were made, all of which were published in Vampirella (issues 28–32, 35–6, 40–3). The story Rendezvous (issue 35) was included in a list of the top 25 Warren stories of all time in the book The Warren Companion by author David A. Roach. Fernandez won a Warren Award in 1975 for Best Artist/Writer on the story Goodbye My Love, Goodbye (issue 41). An additional story written by Fernandez, but drawn by Jose Miralles appeared in issue 57 of Vampirella in 1977. Warren would later reprint three additional Fernandez stories originally done in Spain in Eerie in 1978 (issue 94), 1980 (issue 117) and 1981 (issue 118).
After Warren, Fernández worked on French educational comics for Afha as well as the Cuando el Comic es Arte series for Jose Toutain. He also worked on the series Circulos in 1979 and Zora y los Hibernautas in 1980, which would later be reprinted in the U.S. in the magazine Heavy Metal. In 1982 he drew the comic version of Bram Stoker's Dracula for the Spanish edition of Creepy.[2] He adapted Isaac Asimov stories in 1983 for the book Firmado por: Isaac Asimov, and collaborated with Carlos Trillo to create the medieval fantasy La Leyenda de las Cuatro Sombras for Zona 84.
He would later adapt Asimov again with Lucky Star in 1989. Fernández eventually left the comics field in the 1990s to focus exclusively on painting.
Jay Larkin was a television boxing and entertainment executive died from a brain tumor he was , 59,. For over twenty years, from 1984 to 2005, Larkin created Showtime Championship Boxing and ShoBox as a pay-per-view sports phenomenon, rising from publicist to senior vice president and executive producer en route to becoming one of the most powerful successful persons in the television boxing business, promoting major boxing events. Larkin also brought MMA to television, but was less successful.
Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield, Lennox Lewis, Marvin Hagler, Sugar Ray Leonard, Julio Cesar Chavez, and Felix Trinidad were among the boxers whose bouts Larkin promoted. His biggest fights were Tyson-Holyfield I in 1996, Tyson-Holyfield II in 1997 (a record $100,000,000 revenue night), and Tyson-Lewis in 2002. He was fired due to Showtime network job cutbacks in November of 2005. He followed as president in 2007–2008 of the now defunct mixed martial arts promotion International Fight League. Larkin's venture in MMA was a televised first and a failure. The IFL promotion was the first to be on broadcast TV in 2007 when it signed a deal with MyNetworkTV. IFL lost nearly $36,000,000 in its brief two years of existence in competition with UFC. [2][3]
Larkin passed away in Nyack Hospital in Nyack, New York of a brain tumor on August 9, 2010. He was diagnosed in April 2007, and maintained a correspondence with New York YankeeBobby Murcer, who was in a similar situation[5] and predeceased him. Larkin was buried in Beth David Cemetery in Elmont, New York.[6][7] He was survived by his wife Lisa and their two sons. Before he died, Larkin stated Nigel Benn versus Gerald McClellan was his most painful moment as a promoter.[8]
Mariam Baharum was a Singaporean-Malay film actress who was known for her work during the 1950s died of natural causes she was , 75.[1] She was nicknamed Mariam Tahi Lalat by her fans.[1]
Baharum other film credits included Aloha, Dewi Murni and Kembar, all of which were released in 1950.[1] She appeared in the 1952 film, Aladdin, Kipas Hikmat in 1955, Abu Hassan Penchuri in 1955 and Antara Dua Darjat 1960.[1] Baharum co-starred in her films with most of the major Malaysian film stars of the era, including Kasma Booty, Aziz Sattar, S. Shamsuddin, Osman Gumanti and Datuk Mustapa Maarof.[1]
Mariam Baharum died at 5:50 a.m. on August 9, 2010, at her condo in Yishun, Singapore, at the age of 75.[1] She was survived by her six children from two marriages. Baharum was buried at Abadi Muslim Cemetery in Choa Chu Kang, Singapore.[1]
The Malaysian Minister of Information, Communications and Culture Rais Yatim paid tribute to Baharum, calling her death a major loss to the Malay film industry.[2]
Born Charles Valdez-Davao in Iloilo City. He moved to Manila in 1954 to pursue a degree in commerce student at the University of the East.[1] He became involved in commercial and print ad modeling as a student. [1]
Career
Although he was attentive in school, his main goal was to engage in film acting, which he realized after a friend told him about an audition at the Sampaguita Pictures.
He didn’t miss the chance and passed the audition with flying colors. In 1959, he was introduced in Isinumpa, a drama film that also starred Dolphy, and topbilled by Rick Rodrigo and Barbara Perez.
Among his most memorable performances were in 1962 film Kaming Mga Talyada, where he played gay with matinee idols the late Juancho Gutierrez and Jose Mari Gonzales, and Trudis Liit with Vilma Santos. Both films were produced by Sampaguita.
But lead roles were hard to come by because he was identified with character assignments. Davao’s biggest break came when he did Pitong Matahari, a James Bond-type of a film where he played Agent 009 in 1965.
Soon after, he was given action roles until he was assigned villain roles again. His other important movies included Palengke Queen with Nora Aunor in 1982; Pedro Tunasan with Lito Lapid in 1983; Get Victor Corpus: The Rebel Soldier with Rudy Fernandez in 1987; The Rape of Virginia P. with Alma Moreno in 1989; and Volta with Ai Ai de la Alas in 2004.
In the 70s, he also starred in several Hollywood co-produced films such as A Fistful of Feathers, Blind Rage The Last Reunion and Women in Cages where he was billed as Charles Davis.
Among his films associated with Mindanao were Bad Boy from Dadiangas, starring then world champ Roland Navarrete, and Magindanao with Muhammad Faisal, both in 1982.
He played the ultimate bad guy, Satan, in the movie The Killing of Satan, starring Ramon Revilla Sr, in 1983. He last appreared on the big screen in 2008 as father of Marian Rivera’s character in Desperadas.
He started appearing on TV in 1997 with the soap Mula sa Puso with Claudine Barretto for ABS-CBN. Davao last appeared on television in GMA shows like Darna and Rosalinda.[1]
Personal Life
Davao was married to Emma Marie, a Spanish professor at the St. Theresa’s College. They have four children — Bing, Ricky, Mylene and Marielle. Mylene died in an accident when she was 5 years old. Davao remarried to Mary Grace Iñigo. They have two children, one of them was former child star Charlon Davao.
Death
Charlie Davao died unexpectedly at Philippine General Hospital in Manila on August 8, 2010, at the age of 75. He had been suffering from colon cancer.[1]
David Lloyd Wolper was an American television and film producer died of heart failure and Parkinson's disease he was 82, responsible for shows such as Roots, The Thorn 
Birds, North & South, L.A. Confidential, and the film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971). He also produced numerous documentaries and documentary series like Biography (TV series; 1961–63), The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich (TV), Appointment with Destiny (TV series), This is Elvis, Four Days in November, Imagine: John Lennon, and others. He directed the 1959 documentary The Race for Space, which was nominated for an Academy Award. His 1971 film (as executive producer) about the study of insects The Hellstrom Chronicle won an Academy Award.
