Abraham Charles "Abe" Vigoda (February 24, 1921 – January 26, 2016)
Vigoda is most notable for his portrayal of Sal Tessio in the 1972 Francis Ford
Coppola film The Godfather, for the 1990 film Joe Versus the Volcano, and for
his portrayal of Detective Sgt. Phil Fish on the television sitcom series Barney
Miller from 1975 to 1977 and on its spinoff show Fish that aired from February
1977 to June 1978 on ABC.
On January 22, 2016, Vigoda’s nephew, Jesse Vigoda Kurland, reported that
Abe Vigoda was dying and had been committed into a hospice, having stopped
taking his medication.

Linda Denise Blair was born in St. Louis, Missouri.
Blair played the possessed Regan in The Exorcist (1973). The role earned
her a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress as well as an Academy
Award nomination. In 1977, she reprised her role in Exorcist II: The Heretic. She
became a child model at age six. In 1970, at the age of ten, she made her big
screen debut in The Way We Live Now (1970).

John Howard Carpenter was born in Carthage, New York.
John Carpenter is known for his horror, thriller and science fiction films. His
filmography includes The Thing (1982), Big Trouble in Little China (1986),
Halloween (1978), Escape from New York (1981) and Starman (1984). He
made short horror films on 8mm before high school. He was enrolled at the
University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts, but dropped
out.