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Christopher Jones was a brief cult star of the late '60s counterculture era and a would-be rebel successor to James Dean had he wanted it. Born William Franklin Jones amid rather impoverished surroundings to a grocery clerk in Jackson, Tennessee, in 1941, his artist mother had to be institutionalized when Chris was 4. She died in a mental facility in 1960, and this was always to haunt him. He shifted back and forth between homes and orphanages and was placed in Boys Town at one point to straighten out his life.

Chris joined the service as a young adult but went AWOL just two days later. After serving out his time on Governor's Island for this infraction, he moved to New York and studied painting, meeting a motley crew of actors and artists. Friends were startled by his moody nature and uncanny resemblance to the troubled Dean and he was encouraged to audition for the Actors Studio. He was accepted and eventually won the Broadway role of Pancho in "The Night of the Iguana" in 1961. Chris wound up marrying acting coach Lee Strasberg's daughter, Susan Strasberg, in 1965, but his erratic behavior would send her packing after three years and two children.

Chris's brooding good looks and undeniable charisma led him straight to Hollywood and, following a few TV episodic parts, earned the title film role of Chubasco (1968) co-starring then-wife Susan. He then earned cult stardom in Wild in the Streets (1968) as Max Frost, a rock star who becomes president. This popular satire, in turn, led another movie satire as the college boy Lothario in the interracial sex triangle Three in the Attic (1968) and such distinguished international projects as The Looking Glass War (1970), Jardines de España (1957) and Ryan's Daughter (1970). But the trappings of success quickly got to him.

Numerous entanglements with the Hollywood "in crowd" eventually took their toll, including those with Pamela Courson (Jim Morrison's girlfriend at the time), the ill-fated Sharon Tate, one-time co-star Pia Degermark, and Olivia Hussey. Not only did his volatile relationships with directors also leave him depressed, but his personal life remained in constant turmoil. Morrison's early drug-related death and Tate's particularly brutal murder hit him particularly hard and led to a breakdown.

Chris split the Hollywood scene altogether to regain himself but instead ended up a victim of the Sunset Strip drug culture for a time. He eventually cleaned up his act and two subsequent relationships led to five more children. He also turned to painting and sculpting as creative outlets and lived the Southern California beach scene. Little was heard until decades later when Quentin Tarantino offered him a part in Pulp Fiction (1994). The now reclusive and eccentric Jones turned down a role in that, but later decided to take on a cameo part in friend Larry Bishop's crime comedy-drama Mad Dog Time (1996) a couple of years later. This proved to be his only return to acting. Chris died of gall bladder cancer in 2014 at age 72.

Miklos Jancsó was born in 1921 in Vac, Hungary. His mother Angela Poparada was Romanian and his father Sandor Jancsó Hungarian. Jancsó received a degree in Law from the University of Cluj-Napoca in 1944. After fighting in WWII and a brief period as a POW, he chose to join the Film and Theater Academy in Budapest, and graduated with a diploma in Film Directing in 1950. His fifth feature film The Round-Up (1966) was a huge hit domestically and internationally and is often considered a significant work of world cinema. Hungarian film critic Zoltan Fabri called it "perhaps the best Hungarian film ever made." Film critic Derek Malcolm included the film in his list of the 100 greatest films ever made. In Hungary, it was seen by over a million people (in a country with a population of 10 million). His next film The Red and the White (1967) became Jancsó's biggest success internationally. It won for example the 'Best Foreign Film' award from the French Syndicate of Cinema Critics. In his following films he developed a personal style of historical analysis using complex camera movements, dance and popular songs, creating his own cinematic style he called "political musical". The long takes became a trademark of Jancsó, so for example the 80-minute long Winter Wind (1969) consists of only 12 shots. Jancsó received the 'Best Director' award at the Cannes Film Festival 1972 for the film Red Psalm (1972). During the 1970s, Jancsó divided his time between Italy and Hungary and made a number of films in Italy, the best known of which is Private Vices, Public Virtues (1976). At that time, his films Hungarian Rhapsody (1979) and Allegro barbaro (1979) were the most expensive to have been produced in Hungary, but the critical reaction was muted. Jancsó was awarded the Career Golden Lion at the Venice Film festival in 1990. After little success and a long break Jancsó returned with The Lord's Lantern in Budapest (1998), which proved to a be a surprising comeback for the director. This success led to a succession of 5 more Pepe (Zoltán Mucsi) and Kapa (Péter Scherer) films, the last in 2006. Jancsó also cemented his reputation by making appearances in a number of films, for example as himself in his Pepe and Kapa films and in guest roles in works by up-and-coming Hungarian directors. Jancsó died of lung cancer on 31 January 2014, aged 92. Fellow Hungarian director Béla Tarr called Jancsó "the greatest Hungarian film director of all time" and acknowledged Jancsó's influence on his own work.

Leonard Hirshan was born on 27 December 1927 in New York City, New York, USA. He was married to Susan Dey and Isobel Jane Rowland. He died on 31 January 2014 in Beverly Hills, California, USA.

Bruce Hoy was born on 10 March 1932 in Mount Healthy, Ohio, USA. He was an actor, known for Shirley Temple's Storybook (1958), Sigmund and the Sea Monsters (1973) and Startime (1959). He was married to Larri Thomas. He died on 31 January 2014 in Van Nuys, California, USA.

Anna Gordy Gaye was born on 12 December 1921 in Georgia, USA. She was a writer, known for The Negotiator (1998), Reindeer Games (2000) and Elf (2003). She was married to Marvin Gaye and Waymond Cecil Birdsong. She died on 31 January 2014 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Nina Andrycz was born on 11 November 1912 in Brzesc, Poland, Russian Empire [now Brest, Belarus]. She was an actress, known for Uczta Baltazara (1954), Horror w Wesolych Bagniskach (1995) and And a Warm Heart (2008). She was married to Józef Cyrankiewicz. She died on 31 January 2014 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.

Zizi El Badrawy was born on 9 June 1944 in Cairo, Egypt. She was an actress, known for Armalat wathalath banat (1965), Hubbak Nar (2004) and Emraa Ala El hamish (1963). She was married to Adel Sadiq and Tawfiq Abduljaleel. She died on 31 January 2014 in Cairo, Egypt.

Helmut Ketels was born on 22 September 1927 in Itzehoe, Germany. He was an actor, known for Die Drei von der Tankstelle (1955), Die Nacht vor der Premiere (1959) and Königin der Arena (1952). He died on 31 January 2014.

Horst Mönnich was born on 8 November 1918 in Senftenberg, Germany. He was a writer, known for Kopfgeld (1959), Ahnenerbe (1969) and Der vierte Platz (1969). He was married to Modeste Dahlweid. He died on 31 January 2014 in Breitbrunn am Chiemsee, Bavaria, Germany.

Emilio Del Giudice was born in Naples, Italy on 1-1-1940 and graduated with a degree in Physics in 1961. He worked at the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Naples from 1963 to 1976, then move to Milan at the local branch of the National Institute of Nuclear Physics from 1976 to 1988.

He has worked at the Center for Theoretical Physics of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, from 1969 to 1972 and at the Niels Bohr Institute of Copenhagen from 1974 to 1976. His research field is theoretical physics and has he published about 80 articles on potential scattering dual models, electrodynamical coherence in condensed matter, and living matter.

Rosemarie Kilian was born on 2 June 1919 in Landsberg an der Warthe, Germany. She was an actress, known for Elektra (1966) and Der Feind (1961). She died on 31 January 2014 in Kiel, Germany.

Duda Martins died on 31 January 2014 in Presidente Prudente, São Paulo, Brazil.

Don Vanderbeek was born on 9 August 1949 in Deerfield, Illinois, USA. He was a producer, known for Eight Crazy Nights (2002), All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series (1996) and Johnny Bravo (1997). He died on 31 January 2014 in Malibu, California, USA.

Irmgard Arnold was born on 17 October 1919 in Horn, Germany [now Horn-Bad Meinberg, Germany]. He was an actor, known for ABC der Liebe (1974), Die schöne Lurette (1960) and Das schlaue Füchslein (1965). He was married to Gerhard Frei. He died on 31 January 2014 in Berlin, Germany.

Gundi Busch was born on 29 April 1935 in Milan, Italy. She was married to Gösta Johansson. She died on 31 January 2014 in Stockholm, Sweden.