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Barbara Orbison was born on 10 January 1950 in Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. She was a producer, known for Roy Orbison: I Drove All Night (1992), Forbidden Apple (2018) and Roy Orbison Live in Texas (1986). She was married to Roy Orbison. She died on 6 December 2011 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Dobie Gray was born on July 26, 1940, to a family of sharecroppers in Simonton, Texas (some sources cite Brookshire, Texas, as Gray's place of birth, but he claimed on his official website that he hails from Simonton. Moreover, his birth name has been variously cited as either Lawrence Victor Ainsworth or Laurence Darrow Brown). Gray's Baptist minister grandfather introduced him to gospel music. Dobie also listened to country/western and rhythm-and-blues music as a kid.

He moved to Los Angeles in the early 1960s. His seventh recorded single, "Look at Me", was his first chart success. Dobie had a top-20 hit with the catchy "The 'In' Crowd" in 1965. The follow-up song, "See You at the Go-Go", was only a modest success. While in Hollywood Gray took acting classes and acted in stage productions of "A Raisin in the Sun," "The Amen Corner," "Look Homeward Angel," "Rhinoceros," and the hugely popular hippie counterculture musical "Hair" (he stayed with this play for two and a half years). He sang with the band Pollution in the early 1970s. In 1973 he scored his biggest and most beloved smash with the supremely mellow and soothing "Drift Away", which reached #5 on the pop charts, has been covered by many major artists (among them Elvis Presley and Ray Charles) and has since become a staple on classic rock radio stations. Dobie played a lead role in the blaxploitation feature Mean Mother (1973) and appeared as himself in the comedy Out of Sight (1966).

Dobie's sound changed from soul to country in the mid-'70s. He relocated to Nashville, Tennessee, and had modest country chart hits with such songs as "That's One to Grow On" and "From Where I Stand." In addition, Gray enjoyed a nice sideline career as a songwriter; among the artists he penned songs for are Charley Pride, George Jones, Johnny Mathis, Conway Twitty, John Denver, B.J. Thomas and Tammy Wynette. Moreover, Dobie did radio and TV commercial work for such high-profile companies as Budweiser, Coca-Cola, Allstate, Chevrolet, Buick, and Kraft. He toured in Europe, Australia, and Africa (he performed for integrated audiences in South Africa during the apartheid era). His songs are featured on the soundtracks to such movies as Uptown Saturday Night (1974) (in which he sings the titular theme song), Casey's Shadow (1978), Casino (1995) and Wonderland (2003). In 2003 he sang a duet with rap artist Uncle Kracker on a hip-hop cover of "Drift Away;" the cover peaked at #1 on the charts for 28 weeks. Gray died at age 71 from cancer on December 6, 2011 in Nashville, Tennessee.

Giancarlo Badessi was born on 21 September 1928 in Lecco, Lombardy, Italy. He was an actor and writer, known for Caligula (1979), Satiricosissimo (1970) and Fermate il mondo... voglio scendere! (1970). He died on 6 December 2011 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.

Wai Wong was born in 1939 in China. He was an actor, known for The Duke of Mount Deer (1998), Journey to the West (1996) and Project A (1983). He died on 6 December 2011 in Hong Kong.

Mary Hsu was born on 25 November 1970 in Taiwan. She was an actress, known for The Red Lotus Society (1994), Love Contract (2004) and Meteor Garden (2001). She was married to Tony Tang. She died on 6 December 2011 in Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan.

Aliro Vega was an actor, known for ¡Viva el novio! (1990) and La invitación (1987). He died on 6 December 2011 in Santiago, Chile.

Alice was raised with two sisters by a small-town doctor and his wife in Alabama. She was educated in Christian Education and married a Presbyterian minister, and spent many years as primarily a wife and mother, but as her children grew older, she began to do community theatre wherever she was living. Living in Nashville, Tennessee, which has excellent community theatre, she began to blossom as a stage actress in the 1970s. She appeared in many productions, won numerous local awards and achieved local respect and notoriety. Coal Miner's Daughter was her only film.

Diana De Curtis was born on 20 July 1955 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. She was an actress and producer, known for Yes, Giorgio (1982), Faustina (1968) and Augh! Augh! (1980). She died on 6 December 2011 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.

Ilko Stefanovski was born on 4 November 1952 in Bitola, Macedonia. He was an actor, known for Pogresno vreme (2000), Before the Rain (1994) and Volsebnoto samarce (1975). He died on 6 December 2011 in Bitola, Macedonia.

Miroslav Lanka was born on 20 September 1921 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. He was an actor, known for Cesta hlubokým lesem (1964), Kolonie Lanfieri (1969) and Case for a Rookie Hangman (1970). He died on 6 December 2011 in Prague, Czech Republic.

Ron Fletcher was born on 29 May 1921. He was an actor, known for Top Banana (1954), Snow White and the Three Stooges (1961) and Buck and the Preacher (1972). He died on 6 December 2011 in Stonewall, Texas, USA.

Zbigniew Safjan was born on 2 November 1922 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland. He was a writer, known for W te dni przedwiosenne (1975), Potem nastapi cisza (1966) and Zelazna reka (1989). He died on 6 December 2011 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.