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Robert Phillips was born on 10 April 1925 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for The Dirty Dozen (1967), Hour of the Gun (1967) and The Car (1977). He died on 5 November 2018.

Nuala Moiselle was born on 4 May 1928 in Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin, Ireland. She was a casting director and actress, known for Vikings (2013), The Devil's Own (1997) and King Arthur (2004). She was married to Louis Moiselle. She died on 5 November 2018 in Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin, Ireland.

Gennadi Chetverikov was born on 28 April 1935 in Orenburg, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He was an actor, known for Pirates of the 20th Century (1980), Yaroslav Mudry (1982) and Mednyy angel (1984). He died on 5 November 2018 in Minsk, Belarus.

Rick Reinert (September 14, 1925 - November 5, 2018) was born Frederick George Reinert, Jr. in Parma, Ohio, one of three sons of Fred and Anita Reinert. Reinert's father was a long-time member of the Cleveland Plain Dealer editorial art department and himself a master of caricature.

Reinert attended Parma Schaaf High School. He began his art career working in the cartoon department at MGM in 1945. In 1947 he was drafted and served at The Army Photo Center Animation Department in New York. In the 1950s, he was art director for WJW-TV in Cleveland, doing sales films and titling.

He opened his own Cleveland-based animation studio, Rick Reinert Productions, in 1960. The company produced animation for hundreds of TV commercials and films for General Pictures Corp., and other sponsored film studios.

In Cleveland, Reinert produced the animated special, "The Dipsy Doodle Show (1974)" and the opening credits for ABC's "After School Special" and "Weekend Special."

In 1979 he moved his company to Burbank, California, where it grew to 75 employees.

Reinert animated a long list of famous cartoon characters from Tom & Jerry, and Charlie Brown, to Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, and Winnie the Pooh. Still, his true calling was character creation, background painting, and "putting it all together" as producer/director. He produced and directed animated shorts for Disney, including "Food Is Fun: A Nutrition Adventure (1980)," "Winnie the Pooh Discovers the Seasons (1981)," and "Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore (1983)."

The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) credits him with background animation work on "Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)."

He worked with the Library of Congress' "Read More About It" program, creating short ads to promote reading, and he made five animated films for the program, including "Capt'n O.G. Readmore's Jack in the Beanstalk (1985)."

Reinert produced other specials such as "The Bollo Caper (1985)" and "The Kingdom Chums: Original Top 10 (1990)." In the early 1990s, he produced specials based on Precious Moments figurines, like "Timmy's Gift: A Precious Moments Christmas (1991)." In 1997 he served as an animation supervisor on a half-hour Peanuts special, "It Was My Best Birthday Ever, Charlie Brown."

Melquiades Sánchez Orozco was born in 1928 in Nayarit, Mexico. He was an actor, known for Por si no te vuelvo a ver (1997), La familia P. Luche (2002) and Derbez en cuando (1998). He died on 5 November 2018 in Mexico City, Mexico.

Irena Dziedzic was born on 20 June 1925 in Lwów, Lwowskie, Poland [now Lviv, Ukraine]. She was an actress and writer, known for Polowanie na muchy (1969), Television Theater (1953) and Jutro premiera (1962). She died on 5 November 2018 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.

Nelli Rachevskaya was born on 25 February 1939. She was an actress, known for Devil's Pass (2013) and Vassa Zheleznova (1978). She died on 5 November 2018.

Nataliya Korchagina was born on 24 July 1948 in the Soviet Union. She was an actress, known for Gospodnya ryba (1991), Ay lav yu, Petrovich (1990) and V odnom mikrorayone (1976). She died on 5 November 2018 in Moscow, Russia.

Austin Hay was born on 25 December 1915 in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for Being There (1979) and Her Alibi (1989). He died on 5 November 2018 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA.

Carl Clifford was born on 15 January 1953 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. He was a production manager and producer, known for Apollo 13 (1995), Armageddon (1998) and Godzilla (1998). He was married to Kim Cretors Clifford. He died on 5 November 2018 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

Art London was an actor, known for Zits (1988). He died on 5 November 2018.

Leslie Sole was a producer and executive, known for Glenn Martin DDS (2009). Leslie died on 5 November 2018 in Cabo San Lucas, Baja California, Mexico.