Gene Hackman left home at age 16, lied about his age
to enlist in the United States Marine Corps, and served
four and a half years as a field-radio operator. He was
stationed in China.   

Gone with the Wind won eight Academy Awards: Best Picture,
Actress (Vivien Leigh), Supporting Actress (Hattie McDaniel),
Art Direction (Lyle R. Wheeler), Color Cinematography (Ernest
Haller, Ray Rennahan), Directing (Victor Fleming), Film Editing
(Hal C. Kern, James E. Newcom) and Writing – Screenplay
(Sidney Howard).

Vivien Leigh during the 12th Academy Awards Oscar night.

On February 28, 1983, the celebrated sitcom M*A*S*H bowed
out after 11 seasons, airing a special two-and-a-half hour
episode watched by 77 percent of the television viewing
audience. It was the largest percentage ever to watch a
single TV show up to that time.

Eugene Allen Hackman
(January 30, 1930 – c.February 26, 2025)

American actor and novelist, widely regarded as one of the
greatest actors of his generation. Hackman gained widespread recognition for his breakthrough role as Buck Barrow in
"Bonnie and Clyde" (1967), which earned him his first
Academy Award nomination.

Hackman, his wife, and their dog were found dead at their home
in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He was 95.

An investigation into the deaths of the couple and their dog is
ongoing, according to Santa Fe police.

   
Zane as Match, was one of the three high school boys
who made up Biff Tannen‘s gang in Back to the Future 
(1985).

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Actor William George Zane Jr. was born in Chicago. His
breakthrough role was in the 1989 Australian film Dead
Calm, a performance that earned him a nomination for
the Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Most
Promising Actor.

He has since appeared in numerous films and television
series, and starred as the main antagonist Caledon Hockley
in the epic film Titanic (1997), for which he and the rest of
the ensemble cast was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild
Award.