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Sharon Elizabeth Hugueny was a leap-year baby, born on February 29, 1944, in Los Angeles, California. She was an intelligent, introspective, and sensitive child who preferred serious reading, writing, and music to the "more frivolous" interests of her peers. Sharon's parents - a World War II Navy veteran and his wife were loving, but notoriously strict with their three children (Sharon, a younger brother born in 1950, and a sister born in 1957). Any boy interested in dating teen-aged Sharon was reportedly required to pass two interviews plus a car inspection, before being allowed to take her out. However, when Warner Brothers' famous talent-scout, Solly Biano, spotted Sharon in a theatrical production of "Blue Denim" when she was fifteen, her parents did allow her to meet producer/director Delmer Daves and to accept the contract offered to her by Mr. Jack L. Warner. Sharon signed that seven-year contract on her 16th birthday. Under Warner's personal guidance, she quickly began a performing guest-star on appearances in all of Warners' television programs, such as Lawman (1958), and Maverick (1957), where she received her first on-screen kiss from star Roger Moore (and off-screen kisses from Peter Brown of "Lawman", and The Adventures of the Wilderness Family (1975)'s Robert Logan}.

While filming Parrish (1961) in 1961, actor (later, producer-and-president of Paramount) Mr. Robert Evans visited her set and was immediately bedazzled by breathtaking Sharon, whose dark beauty earned frequent comparisons by Hedda Hopper and Louella Parsons to Elizabeth Taylor. Evans' feeling for Sharon was reciprocated; and so, seventeen-year-old Sharon began dating the thirty-one-year-old Evans, much to the dismay of her parents, friends, and studio. Within weeks, the two became engaged and then, on May 28, 1961, married. Unfortunately, their union was doomed from the start. Sharon was, by all accounts, extremely mature for her age; yet Evans seemed to regard her as a child, not as a wife. Their relationship deteriorated. At one time, Mr. Evans abandoned California for his clothing business, "Evan Picone", located in New York, which effectively broke her motion picture and television contract with Warner Bros. This uprooting had taken Sharon thousands of miles from her family, work, and friends; furthermore, Warner Brothers placed her on suspension. (Evans later said that "taking Sharon to New York was like forcing a Persian cat into the Amazon"). In Mexico, less than six months after they married, he arranged for a quick, no alimony, divorce, which confused his naive wife.

Sharon's career, unfortunately, never recovered. She would become one of many fine actresses of the 1960s who possessed great beauty and tremendous talent but were not provided with good-quality material to showcase their assets. From 1965 to the mid-1970s, Sharon virtually disappeared from public view, other than for a number of television guest-starring spots, such as Mannix (1967).

There followed a marriage to photographer Raymond Ross in 1968, a child, and a divorce in 1974. By 1976, she was under new management and married to Gordon Cornell Layne, founder of "Mid-America Pictures".

Sharon was en route to ABC to sign two contracts when a new tragedy intervened: Sharon was struck by a speeding police car, doing 90 mph in pursuit of a fleeing drug addict. Not only did this end Sharon's career, it very nearly ended her life. Still seeking recovery, she and Mr. Layne left Santa Monica for Lake Arrowhead, in 1987. After nineteen years under Gordon's personal around-the-clock care, on July 3, 1996, Sharon Elizabeth Hugueny Layne died at home, from misdiagnosed cancer. The "Sharon Elizabeth Hugueny Performance Arts Scholarship" has been projected to honor her memory.

Kulbhushan Pandit, also known as Raaj Kumar, was a distinguished Indian actor renowned for his unique dialogue delivery.

Kumar completed his education and joined as a Sub-Inspector with the Bombay Police in the late 1940s. Although he began his career in law enforcement, his passion for acting led him to the film industry.

Kumar debuted as an actor in 1952 with the movie Rangili (1952). He appeared in the 1957 Oscar-nominated film Mother India (1957) before going on to star in more than 70 Hindi movies throughout a four-decade career.

Kumar gained recognition for his breakthrough in the 1957 film Nausherwan-E-Adil (1957), in which he played the role of Prince Naushazad. He was noted for portraying unglamorous and gritty characters, such as his role as a mill worker in Paigham (1959).

One of his most memorable performances, for which he bagged a Filmfare Award under the category of Best Supporting Actor, was his role as a cancer patient in Dil Ek Mandir (1963).

He also starred in movies like Waqt (1965), Heer Raanjha (1970), Pakeezah (1972), and more.

For a time after that, between the late 70s and early 80s, he worked in films that did not do very well before he made a successful comeback with Kudrat (1981). He went on to act in films like Ek Nai Paheli (1984), Itihaas (1987), Marte Dam Tak (1987), Mahaveera (1988), and more.

Kumar married Jennifer Pandit, an Anglo-Indian who worked as an air hostess. They had three kids: Vastvikta Pandit, his daughter who made her acting debut in 2006, and sons Panini Rajkumar and Puru Rajkumar, who both became actors.

Raaj Kumar and Dilip Kumar, with whom he had acted in Paigham, reunited on screen in Subhash Ghai's Saudagar (1991) in 1991 after 32 years. Tirangaa (1992) was his final hit movie, and God and Gun (1995) was the last film he acted in.

Kumar succumbed to throat cancer and passed away on July 3, 1996.

Barry Crump was born on 15 May 1935 in Auckland, New Zealand. He was a writer and actor, known for Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016), Winners and Losers (1975) and Runaway (1964). He died on 3 July 1996 in New Zealand.

Herb Baumeister was born on 7 April 1947 in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. He was married to Juliana Saiter. He died on 3 July 1996 in Grand Bend, Ontario, Canada.

John Herrington was born in 1912 in Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for A Shot in the Dark (1964), Doctor Who (1963) and Second Verdict (1976). He died on 3 July 1996 in Hendon, London, England, UK.

Joekie Broedelet was born on 3 October 1903 in The Hague, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands. She was an actress, known for Maria (1986), De kleine zielen (1969) and Merijntje Gijzen's Jeugd (1936). She was married to Jan Campert. She died on 3 July 1996 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.

Clay Jones was born on 6 November 1923 in Cardigan, Ceredigion, Wales, UK. He died on 3 July 1996 in Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK.

Wanda Luczycka was born on 2 July 1907 in Józefów, Poland, Russian Empire [now Józefów, Lubelskie, Poland]. She was an actress, known for Glos z tamtego swiata (1962), Kariera (1955) and Theatre Macabre (1971). She died on 3 July 1996 in Skolimów, Konstancin-Jeziorna, Mazowieckie, Poland.

Charles DeCrof was born on 6 February 1900. He was a set decorator, known for Side Street (1949), Black Hand (1950) and The Green Years (1946). He died on 3 July 1996.

Oldrich Bosák was born on 8 April 1922 in Kroméríz, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. He was a production designer and art director, known for The Girl on a Broomstick (1972), Closely Watched Trains (1966) and Three Wishes for Cinderella (1973). He died on 3 July 1996 in Zaksín, Czech Republic.

Pim Jacobs was born on 29 September 1939 in Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. He was a composer and actor, known for De vergeten medeminnaar (1963), Het mes (1961) and Alleman (1963). He was married to Rita Reys. He died on 3 July 1996 in Tienhoven, Utrecht, Netherlands.