The Journey: The Very Best of Donna Summer

Born on December 31, 1948 in Boston, Massachusetts.

Donna Summer was an American singer/songwriter who gained prominence during the disco era of the 1970s. She had a mezzo-soprano vocal range, and was a five-time Grammy Award winner. Summer was the first artist to have three consecutive double albums reach number one on the US Billboard chart, and she also charted four number-one singles in the United States within a 13-month period.

Donna Summer died on May 17, 2012 of lung cancer.

The Same Thing (Live)

Born on November 24, 1941 in Memphis, Tennessee.

Donald Dunn was an American bass guitarist, record producer, and songwriter. Dunn was notable for his 1960s recordings with Booker T. & the M.G.’s and as a session bassist for Stax Records, which specialized in blues and gospel-infused southern soul and Memphis soul music styles.

Dunn died on May 13, 2012. He was 70.

Weird Western Tales, #14, 1972 Yr., $21.00 (Vol. 3)

Born on November 8, 1932 in Manila, Philippines.

Tony DeZuniga was a Filipino comics artist and illustrator best known for his works for DC Comics, who co-created the fictional character, Jonah Hex and Black Orchid with John Albano. DeZuniga was the first Filipino comic book artist whose work was accepted by American publishers, paving the way for many other Filipino artists to do break into the international comic book industry.

Tony DeZuniga died on May 11, 2012 from a stroke having led to his subsequent brain damage and heart failure. He was 79.

Carroll Shelby: The Authorized Biography

Born on January 11, 1923 in Leesburg, Texas.

Carroll Shelby was an American automotive designer, racing driver and entrepreneur. He was most well known for making the AC Motors-based Shelby American Cobra and later the Mustang-based performance cars for Ford Motor Company known as Mustang Cobras which he has done since 1965. His company, Shelby American Inc., founded in 1962, currently sells modified Ford vehicles, as well as performance parts.

Shelby died on May 10, 2012 at the age of 89. He had been suffering from a serious heart ailment for decades.

Othello

Born on 9 December 1915 in County Mayo, Ireland.

Joyce Redman was an Anglo-Irish actress. She made a big success in New York in 1949 playing Anne Boleyn opposite Rex Harrison as Henry VIII in Maxwell Anderson’s play Anne of the Thousand Days, and, in 1955, she joined Stratford-upon-Avon’s Shakespeare Memorial Theatre to play Helena in All’s Well That Ends Well and Mistress Ford in The Merry Wives of Windsor. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her work in Tom Jones (1963); and again for Othello (1965).

Joyce Redman died in Kent, England, on 10 May 2012 aged 96 from pneumonia following a short illness.

Vidal Sassoon the Movie

Born on 17 January 1928 in Hammersmith, London, United Kingdom.

Vidal Sassooon was a British hairdresser, credited with creating a simple geometric, “Bauhaus-inspired” hair style, also called the wedge bob. Due to the popularity of his styles, he was described as “a rock star, an artist, [and] a craftsman who ‘changed the world with a pair of scissors.’”

Sassoon died on 9 May 2012 at his home in Bel Air, Los Angeles^. His death was  a result of leukemia. He was 84.

Where the Wild Things Are

Born on June 10, 1928 in Brooklyn, New York.

Maurice Sendak was an American writer and illustrator of children’s literature. He was best known for his book Where the Wild Things Are, first published in 1963.

Sendak died in the morning of May 8, 2012, in Danbury, Connecticut, from complications of a stroke . Aged 83.

Jason X

Born on June 5, 1960

James Isaac was an American film director and visual effects supervisor. He directed Jason X.

Isaac died on May 6, 2012. He was 51.

The Andy Griffith Show: The Complete Series

Born on December 17, 1928 in Fairfield, Alabama.

George Lindsey was an American character actor, best known for his role as “Goober Pyle” on The Andy Griffith Show, Mayberry R.F.D. and his subsequent tenure on Hee-Haw.

Lindsey died on May 6, 2012 in Nashville, Tennessee following a brief illness. He was 83.

The $1,000,000 Pyramid

Born on August 27, 1920 in Brooklyn, New York.

Bob Stewart was an American television game show producer. He was active in the TV industry from 1956 until his retirement in 1991. Stewart is known for creating some of the most popular game shows for Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Productions. These shows include To Tell the Truth, Password, and The Price Is Right. His biggest success as an independent producer was the Pyramid series, starting with The $10,000 Pyramid in 1973.

On May 4, 2012, Stewart died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles from natural causes. He was 91.