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George Best is a Northern Irish professional footballer who played as a winger, spending most of his club career at Manchester United F.C..

Named European Footballer of the Year in 1968, he is regarded as one of the greatest players of all time. A highly skillful winger, considered by several pundits to be one of the greatest dribblers in the history of the sport, George Best received plaudits for his playing style, which combined pace, skill, balance, feints, two-footedness, goalscoring and the ability to get past defenders.

In international football, George Best was capped 37 times for Northern Ireland National Football Team between 1964 and 1977, scoring nine goals. He is regarded as one of the greatest players never to have played at a World Cup.

Duncan McLeod was born on 26 July 1918 in Glenfinnan, Scotland, UK. He was an actor, known for Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970), Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989) and Lucky Lady (1975). He was married to Pamela Marvin. He died on 25 November 2005 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

John Dair was born on 3 March 1933 in Dundee, Scotland, UK. He was an actor, known for Batman (1989), Yellowbeard (1983) and Jack the Ripper (1988). He died on 25 November 2005 in Greenwich, London, England, UK.

Jeremy has been a professional actor for over thirty years. He has starred in feature films, network television, at Lincoln Center, Off Broadway, Off Off Broadway, regional theatre, repertory theatre. Any where and anyway that an actor can ply their craft, he has done it, including commercials, on camera and voice overs. He has also worked in just about every facet of film, theatre and television, including many directing jobs. From box office to stage manager, from pulling cable on video shoots to director of photography, boom operator etc.; he has done it all. His education in the field was very ecletic. Starting in the early sixties at San Francisco City College with James Heron, a respected member of ACT. He was simultaniously in a daily workshop at The Committee, a well know improvisational company, his teachers there included, Dick Schaal, John Brent and Del Close. The work was centered on Viola Spolin's Theatre Games. He spent over a year and a half in a daily workshop at The Second City in Chicago with Jo Forsberg as his teacher, again the work was concentrated on Spolin. He had many teachers in New York including Francis Amorati. He also worked with John Paul Voos in London, benifiting from John Paul's recent return from Poland where he had worked with Grotowski for a year. He spent six months at The Actors Studio in Los Angeles, where he observed Lee Strasberg working with Studio members. He also had workshops with Lee Grant and Bruce Dern during this period. Over the course of his career Jeremy had many other teachers too numerous to name. He started teaching acting in Hollywood in 1984 and has taught all over the world since. He published his first book on acting, THE ABC'S OF ACTING in 1990; his second book INSTANT ACTING was published in 1994, followed by NEW SCHOOL ACTING in July, 1996. His latest, NEW SCHOOL ACTING II, appeared in 1998.

Made his stage debut in Sweden on March 8th 1945, his own country Norway were occupied by German troops, and he had join the Norwegian military force in exile. First film appearance in: "Englandsfarere/We Leave for England" 1946, a film about Norwegians killed by the Nazis after trying to run away by boat.

From 1948 stage actor in Trondheim, Stavanger and Oslo, he played both in comedies and in the social drama, always with a great human insight and with a solid stage presence. Popular film actor with many leading roles, at his best in films like "Jentespranget" 1973 and "Bobbys krig" 1974, also much on radio and television. He died of cancer shortly after his eightieth birthday, survived by his wife and three children.

Richard Burns was born on 17 January 1971 in Reading, Berkshire, England, UK. He died on 25 November 2005 in Westminster, London, England, UK.

Jale Öz was born in 1934 in Ankara, Turkey. She was an actress, known for Bizim Sokak (1999), Acilar (1988) and Talihsizler (1987). She was married to Vahi Öz. She died on 25 November 2005 in Turkey.

Babu Ismail was a producer, known for Chemmeen (1965) and Ezhu Rathrikal (1968). He died on 25 November 2005 in Kochi, Kerala, India.

Ray Nichels was born on 8 September 1922 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He died on 25 November 2005 in Indiana, USA.

Earle Couttie was born on 28 November 1922 in Yorkshire, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Watch Your Stern (1960). He was married to Joan Clarke-Thomas, Joan Lomas and Patricia Bennett Edwards. He died on 25 November 2005 in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England, UK.

Pierre Seel was born on 16 August 1923 in Haguenau, Bas-Rhin, France. He was a writer, known for Amants des hommes (2006), De Pierre et de Seel (2023) and Paragraph 175 (2000). He died on 25 November 2005 in Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, France.

Jerry Lynn Williams was born on 30 October 1948 in Grand Prairie, Texas, USA. He was a composer and writer, known for The Color of Money (1986), SpaceCamp (1986) and I Dreamed of Africa (2000). He died on 25 November 2005 in Marigot, St. Martin, French West Indies.

Aloísio Leite Garcia was a producer, known for The Deceased (1965), Ladrão em Noite de Chuva (1960) and Pluft, o Fantasminha (1962). Aloísio Leite died on 25 November 2005 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Alfredo Angeli was born on 7 August 1927 in Livorno, Tuscany, Italy. He was a director and writer, known for La notte pazza del conigliaccio (1967), Roma dodici novembre 1994 (1995) and Languidi baci... perfide carezze (1976). He died on 25 November 2005 in Rome, Italy.