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Arthur Browne Jr. was born on 20 November 1923 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. He was a writer, known for Fury (1955), Clambake (1967) and Planet of the Apes (1974). He died on 3 January 2006 in Paradise, California, USA.

Angela Salloker was born on 5 March 1913 in Moschganzen/Moskanjci, Styria, Austria-Hungary [now Moskanjci, Slovenia]. She was an actress, known for Das Mädchen Johanna (1935), Gespenster (1966) and John Gabriel Borkman (1967). She was married to Armin Dahlen. She died on 3 January 2006 in Graz, Styria, Austria.

Martín Adjemián was born on 12 December 1932 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was an actor and casting director, known for Sotto Voce (1996), Herencia (2001) and 1000 millones (2002). He died on 3 January 2006 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Chuck Zink was a south Florida celebrity icon for over 50 years. He hosted the early morning television show, Skipper Chuck from 1956-1979 on WTVJ-Miami. He is an Emmy Award winning writer, director, and producer. From 1999-2005 he hosted his own radio show on WJNA from 10:00a.m. to 2:00p.m. Monday thru Friday. He received a "Big Mike" award for Radio Personality of the Year in south Florida. On January 19, 2005, Chuck Zink announced his retirement and celebrated his farewell on a SeaEscape cruise with hundreds of his loyal fans.

Grant Maxwell was born on 24 September 1958. He is known for Hercules (1997), The Stand (1994) and The Hours (2002). He was married to Dorothea Maxwell. He died on 3 January 2006 in Hackensack, New Jersey, USA.

Brendan Cahill was born on 8 May 1946. He was a producer, known for Xanadu (1980), Police Story (1973) and Skatetown U.S.A. (1979). He died on 3 January 2006 in Brentwood, California, USA.

Cáceres Monteiro was born on 9 August 1948 in Lisbon, Portugal. He was married to Lucília Mourão de Carvalho and Arlete Perdigão. He died on 3 January 2006 in Lisbon, Portugal.

Born Albert Leslie Kagan in Manhattan.

Arturo Sergi, who died January 3 at 80, was a bel canto tenor with leading roles at both the Metropolitan Opera and the City Opera.

The son of a New York delicatessen owner, Sergi was lead tenor at the Frankfurt Opera House and at Covent Gardens in London, as well as a cantor for several congregations in Texas, where he retired as a professor of voice at Austin. He took his name from Sergio Nazor, the Italian maestro who was his first serious opera teacher.

Sergi attended the Manhattan School of Music on the G.I. Bill, and then went to Rome to study with Nazor and other bel canto specialists. His debut role was as the lead in Verdi's "Otello" at Wuppertal in Germany, in 1954. Soon he was taking leading roles at opera houses in Barcelona, Bologna, and Cologne, as well as at La Scala in Milan. He was the lead tenor at Wupertal, Hamburg, and Frankfurt, where he met his future wife when he revived her after she fainted during an audition.

Sergi made his Met debut as Dimitri in "Boris Godunov" in 1963. He also took leading roles in "Aida," "Die Fledermaus," and "Otello." A New York Times reviewer wrote that in the title role of "Lohengrin" in 1964, Sergi "sang commandingly, but with a sensitive kind of appeal that heightened the human situation of the opera greatly." One of the few surviving singers to have performed at both the old Metropolitan Opera House and at Lincoln Center, he was featured on the cover of Life magazine in 1966 commemorating the closing of the old Met. Sergi retired from the stage to teach at the University of Texas in 1970. In 1990 he formed the International East West Music Academy in Altenberg, Germany.

He continued to appear in opera productions. In 1995 he appeared for the last time at the Met in Kurt Weill's "Mahogany." Just last spring, at age 79, he sang the lead in "The Mikado" in a production in Wichita, Kan., and also sang before an audience of 600 at Bologna. His final performance was at a gala 80th birthday celebration in his hometown of San Marcos, Tex.

He was killed when his car ran off a highway near Austin.

Jozef Sorok was born on 5 October 1925 in Trhoviste, Czechoslovakia [now Slovakia]. He was an actor, known for Vivát, Benyovszky! (1975), Most na tú stranu (1961) and The Bells Toll for the Barefooted (1965). He died on 3 January 2006 in Martin, Slovakia.

Georg Wratsch was born on 18 August 1928 in Lindenberg, Vorpommern, Germany. He was a production designer and art director, known for Meine Freundin Sybille (1967), Besuch bei Van Gogh (1985) and Die Flucht (1977). He died on 3 January 2006 in Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany.

Milos Svarc was born on 3 January 1931 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. He was an actor, known for Za pet minut sedm (1965), Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976) and The Little Mermaid (1976). He died on 3 January 2006 in Prague, Czech Republic.

Irena Jaslina was born on 13 August 1939 in Liepaja, Latvia. She was an actress, known for Nauris (1958). She was married to Miks Zvirbulis. She died on 3 January 2006.