BERNARD JOHNSON Jan. 22, 1997, age 60
Dancer, choreographer, costume designer who worked on films such as New Jack City; former lead dancer for the New York Negro Ballet

CARLD JONASSAINT Feb. 28, 1997, age 35
Dancer with the American Ballet Theatre; designed costumes for the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

JEFFREY COCHRAN April 26, 1997, age 34
Photo publicity coordinator for Fox's Melrose Place, Beverly Hills, 90210, The Simpsons, and Martin

RICK FARWICK May 5, 1997, age 42
Actor and singer who appeared as Albin in regional productions of La Cage aux Folles in upstate New York

THOMAS FRANCIS BRIGGS June 18, 1997, age 42
Jazz musician and actor who appeared in Robert Altman's Short Cuts and TV's L.A. Law

DICKEY WAYNE EDDINGTON July 10, 1997, age 32
Actor and AIDS activist who appeared in several productions in Langley, Wash.

JOHN PALOMINO Aug. 3, 1997, age 33
Actor who appeared in the 1996 film Joe's Apartment

RANDY CARRIG May 19, 1997, age 42
Casting director at Manhattan Theatre Club whose credits include 1994's Love! Valour! Compassion!

BRUCE D. GAREN JR. July 14, 1997, age 39
Advertising executive; former director of sales for RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video

ERIC ASHWORTH July 20, 1997, age 39
Literary agent whose writers included Mark Salzman (1987's Iron and Silk)

BRIAN RIORDAN Sept. 5, 1997, age 45
Theatrical agent whose clients included Alec and William Baldwin and Marcia Gay Harden

RON BAHAM June 7, 1997, age 33
Director of creative affairs for Walt Disney Television, who oversaw shows such as Home Improvement and Ellen

FELA Aug. 2, 1997, age 58
Dissident Nigerian performer who was Africa's most famous singer and a prominent activist

MICHAEL BENDER Oct. 3, 1997, age 51
A producer of Tim Burton's 1988 movie Beetlejuice

BRIAN C. POOLE Nov. 1, 1997, age 41
Head of East Coast publicity for Star Wars and a former personal assistant to Shirley MacLaine

Originally posted Dec 05, 1997 Published in issue #408 Dec 05, 1997 Order article reprints
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