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Nancy Coleman was born on 30 December 1912 in Everett, Washington, USA. She was an actress, known for The Gay Sisters (1942), Her Sister's Secret (1946) and Devotion (1946). She was married to Whitney Bolton. She died on 18 January 2000 in Brockport, Monroe County, New York, USA.

Composer, songwriter, conductor, singer, and actor Jester Hairston was educated at Tufts University, Juilliard, and the University of the Pacific (hon. Mus.D.). He acted on radio and television besides on film, and played Leroy on the "Amos 'n Andy" radio series for 15 years. He directed the Federal Theatre Project and was assistant- conductor of the 'Hall Johnson Choir' in New York for 15 years and trained choirs for radio and Broadway musicals. He went to Hollywood in 1936, he sang and appeared with the Hall Johnson Choir in the film The Green Pastures (1936). Organizing his own choir in 1943, he arranged and conducted film background music and conducted choral groups in colleges and high schools, touring Europe for the State Department in 1961. He joined ASCAP in 1956 and wrote such popular-song compositions as "Mary's Boy Child," "Poor Man Lazarus," and many Gospel songs including "In Dat Great Gittin'-Up Mornin'," "Amen," and "Gossip, Gossip."

Frances Drake was born on 22 October 1912 in New York City, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Mad Love (1935), The Preview Murder Mystery (1936) and The Invisible Ray (1935). She was married to David Brown and Lt. Cecil John Arthur Howard. She died on 18 January 2000 in Irvine, California, USA.

Pierre Labelle was born on 16 February 1941 in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. He was an actor and writer, known for L'apparition (1972), L'initiation (1970) and The Mystery of the Million Dollar Hockey Puck (1975). He died on 18 January 2000.

Albert Gaál was born on 24 September 1928 in Rákospalota, Hungary [now in Budapest, Hungary]. He was a director and writer, known for A száguldó riporter elindul... (1966), Isten malmai (1976) and Az arc nélküli város (1960). He died on 18 January 2000 in Budapest, Hungary.

Nezihe Becerikli was born on 21 January 1920 in Constantinople, Ottoman Empire [now Istanbul, Turkey]. She was an actress, known for Büyük itiraf (1947), Dertli pinar (1943) and Deniz kizi (1944). She was married to Tevhid Bilge. She died on 18 January 2000 in Istanbul, Turkey.

David Enders was born on 9 January 1922 in Rochford, Essex, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Emney Enterprises (1954), Frontline (1983) and The Secret of the Sampler (1951). He died on 18 January 2000 in Kensington, London, England, UK.

Gésip Légitimus was born on 22 August 1930 in Paris, France. He was an actor and producer, known for Nina Simone à l'Olympia (1970), Tous vedettes! (1980) and Les gants blancs du diable (1973). He was married to Noéma Thomassine. He died on 18 January 2000 in Paris, France.

Francis Haskell was born on 7 April 1928 in London, England, UK. He died on 18 January 2000 in Oxford, England, UK.

Derek Anson Jones was born on 24 February 1961 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. He died on 18 January 2000 in New York City, New York, USA.

Cenek Halska was born on 27 June 1914 in Ostrava-Vítkovice, Cechy Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]. He was an actor, known for Rychlík do Ostravy (1960), Mimorádný prípad (1990) and To se ti povedlo, tatínku! (1987). He died on 18 January 2000 in Ostrava-Vítkovice, Czech Republic.