RIP Jean-Louise Faure

 Death of Jean-Louis Faure, the French voice of Bryan Cranston

Screen Rant

March 28, 2022

 

Donald Reignoux, Reese’s voice actor in Malcolm, paid tribute to his “dad” on Twitter.

“He brought a magic to Bryan Cranston’s voice like (very) few manage to do… I admired his work on breaking Bad which will remain one of the most beautiful VF… And what about Malcolm… We will miss you Jean-Louis Faure. Rest in peace.” It is with these words that Donald Reignoux announced on Twitter the disappearance of Jean Louis Fauredubbing actor famous for having been the French voice of Bryan Cranston. A few weeks ago, his death was announced by mistake, but is now confirmed by the sad message of his close colleague: Donald doubled Reese in Malcolm and had invited him to participate in his special show on the dubbing of the series last November.

Jean-Louis Faure, 65, was also the regular voice of Jeffery Wright (Casino Royale, The Hunger Games, The Batman…) and Titus Welliver (The Good Wife, Harry Bosch…). Beginning his career as an actor in the theatre, he began dubbing foreign actors in the late 1970s, for example lending his voice to Arnold Schwarzenegger in the documentary Pumping Iron 2to Mario Van Peebles in Highlander 3 or to Bill Paxton in At the edge of dawn, by Kathryn Bigelow. He has also participated in several films and animated series: we hear him in particular as Harv, Lightning McQueen’s agent in Carsas Qui-Gon Jinn in Star Wars: The Clone Wars or as a hedgehog in the version ofEmily Jolie released in 2011.

 

FAURE, Jean-Louis

Born: 1957, France

Died: 3/27/2022, France

 

Jean-Louis Faure’s westerns – voice actor:

Walker, Texas Ranger (TV) – 1999-2001 [French voice of Judson Mills]

The New Adventures of Lucky Luke (TV) – 2001-2003 [additional voices]

RIP Birago Balzano

 The cartoonist Birago Balzano is dead: he drew the sexy heroine 'Zora the vampire'

la Republica

March 27, 2022

 

Born in Trinitapoli (Foggia) on January 5, 1936, at the age of 15, following his family he moved to Milan, where he studied at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts and at the Cimabue Art Institute

March 27, 2022 at 10:44 am 1 minute read

The cartoonist Birago Balzano, known for his sexy heroine Zora the Vampire and designer of western sagas such as Il Piccolo Ranger, A Boy in the Far West and Capitan Miki, died in Milan at the age of 86. A multifaceted artist, Balzano moved easily in both humorous and realistic drawing. His long collaboration with Edifumetto editions, from 1972 to 1985, marked an era in the history of Italian popular erotic comics, with Zora the Vampire having a great success abroad and film adaptations.

Born in Trinitapoli (Foggia) on 5 January 1936 as Antonio Pietro Birago Balzano, at the age of 15, he moved to Milan with his family, where he studied at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts and the Cimabue Art Institute. The debut in the world of comics took place in 1964 with the Editoriale Corno, illustrating the books of Captain Audax. Balzano then enters the studio of Franco Bignotti at the time involved in the realization of A Boy in the Far West, a western series created by Guido Nolitta (pseudonym of Sergio Bonelli). Between 1966 and 1967 he collaborated with Sergio Montipò on Cap Il Comic Book Capellone for Erregi. In 1967 he joined the staff of Il Piccolo Ranger, drawing the stories of Kit Teller until 1973.

In 1972 he joined Renzo Barbieri's team at Edifumetto, who became the king of popular erotic comics. From 1972 to 1985 Balzano became the leading designer of the sexy-horror series Zora la Vampira, of which he illustrates most of the stories scripted by Barbieri himself, creator of the series, and by Rubino Ventura, pseudonym of the novelist Giuseppe Pederiali. For Edifumetto he draws numerous other sexy comics.

With the end of the season of the popular erotic pocket, Balzano leaves the world of comics to devote himself to illustration and advertising. In the 90s, Balzano joined the graphics office of the Sergio Bonelli publishing house, dealing for about twenty years with the completion of numerous comic episodes such as Nathan Never, Zagor, Dylan Dog and Mister No.

 

BALZANO, Birago

Born: 1/5/1936, Trinitapoli, Foggia, Italy

Died: 3/25/2022, Milan, Lombardy, Italy

 

Birago Balzano’s westerns – comic book artist:

Captain Audax – 1954

Capitan Mikki – 1994-1996

Il Piccolo Ranger – 1967-1973

A Boy in the Far West – 1994

Grande Blek - 2002

RIP Jeff Carson

 Country music artist Jeff Carson dead at 58

WKRN

By Alicia Patton

March 27, 2022

 

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – Country music artist and Academy of Country Music award-winner Jeff Carson has died at the age of 58. 

According to a release, Carson died of a heart attack on Saturday at the Williamson Medical Center in Franklin, Tennessee. 

The country artist was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma on December 16, 1963. He began his music career early by singing in church and later moving to Nashville where he began recording demos for other country music artists such as Faith Hill (It Matters to Me), Tracy Lawrence (I See it Now), Reba McEntire (The Heart is A Lonely Hunter), Tim McGraw (I Wouldn’t Want It Any Other Way), and Mark Wills (Places I’ve Never Been).

In 1995, Carson was discovered by producer Chuck Howard and began his recording contract at Curb Records, releasing the single “Yeah Buddy” which was the country artist’s first song to make the charts. Soon after came the single “Not on Your Love” which went number one on the country music charts. His next single “The Car” became a top-five hit and was named “Video of the Year” at the Academy of Country Music awards. Throughout his career, Carson had a total of 14 charted singles on the Billboard charts.

In 2009, Carson retired from music to join the Franklin Police Department in Williamson County, where he continued to work up until his passing. The country music artist recently signed with Encore Music Group and was recording a specialty album that featured duets with Michael Ray, Darryl Worley, Mark Wills, and Craig Morgan. 

Jeff Carson is survived by his wife Kim Cooper Carson, son Dayton Grei Herndon Carson, mother Virginia Norton, brother Steve Herndon, sister Karen Spurlock, as well as aunts, uncles, nieces, and nephews.

 

CARSON, Jeff (Jeffrey Lee Herndon)

Born: 12/16/1963, Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.A.

Died: 3/26/2022, Franklin, Tennessee, U.S.A.

 

Jeff Carson’s westerns – music editor:

Hatfield & McCoys (TV) – 2012

Texas Rising (TV) - 2015