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Sridevi was born on August 13, 1963 in her father's hometown of Sivakasi, Tamil Nadu, India. Her mother was from Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh. So Sridevi grew up speaking Telugu and Tamil. She has a sister named Srilatha and a stepbrother named Satish. Her dad passed away during the year 1991, while her mom died during 1997.

She started her career at a very early age in 1967 as a child artiste in a Tamil movie 'Kandhan Karunai'. She also starred as a child actress in a Telugu movie 'Bangarakka' in 1977, and in a Malyalam movie 'Kumara Sambhavan' in 1969.

She made her foray on the Bollywood tinsel screen in 1975 as a child actor with the smash-hit 'Julie' in which she played the younger sister of the lead actress. Thereafter she started to act in adult roles in Hindi only from 1979. She appeared in 63 movies in Hindi; 62 in Telugu; 58 in Tamil; and 21 in Malyalam - in a career that has spanned from 1967 through to 2007.

Sridevi established strong onscreen pair with Kamal Hasan in Tamil films from 1977-1983 and then with Jeetendra in Hindi Films from 1983-1988 which helped her get foothold in Hindi films. Her initial claim to fame was appearing as romantic interest to established stars NTR, ANR, Krishna Ghattamaneni,Vishnuvardhan in Telugu and Kannada films from 1978-1985.She has four hits with Rajesh Khanna and then from late 80's till 1996 her pair with Anil Kapoor was popular. But she became popular all over India, thanks to Tamil films' remakes in Hindi in 1983-1990 which were produced and directed by the same team which had made the southern version first and in these films she was cast opposite Rajesh Khanna or Jeetendra.

She has also appeared in the TV series 'Malini Iyer', judged a TV show 'Kaboom' as well as appeared in numerous print and TV ads. She is also on the Board of Directors of the Asian Academy of Film & Television.

Sridevi went on to get married to her co-star, Anil Kapoor's older brother, Boney, on June 2, 1996. They are now parents of two daughters: Jhanvi and Khushi.

She made a comeback to films with "English Vinglish" in 2012.

She passed away on 24 February 2018 by accidental drowning in bathtub during her stay at the hotel Jumeirah Emirates Towers, Dubai UAE, when she was attending the wedding of Bollywood actor Mohit Marwah in Dubai, UAE. She was 54 years old.

Bud Luckey was an American animator, writer, director and voice actor from Montana known for his works at Pixar and Sesame Street. He directed and voiced the short film Boundin' before voicing Rick Dicker in The Incredibles and Jack-Jack Attack. He later voiced Chuckles from Toy Story 3 and Eeyore from Winnie the Pooh. He passed away in February 2018 due to an extended illness.

Tonpei Hidari was born on 30 May 1937 in Tokyo, Japan. He was an actor, known for Monkey (1978), The Ballad of Narayama (1983) and Dorifutazu desu yo! Totte totte torimakure (1968). He died on 24 February 2018 in Tokyo, Japan.

Erich Padalewski was born on 8 April 1930 in Vienna, Austria. He was an actor and director, known for The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976), Shirts Up Knickers Down (1972) and Crime and Passion (1975). He was married to Elisabeth Schwarzbauer and Gretl Löwinger. He died on 24 February 2018 in Austria.

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Emil Kocis was born on 25 December 1931 in Cápor, Czechoslovakia [now Slovakia]. Emil was a writer, known for Zbabelá (1972), Strýckov sen (1979) and Chlapec do narucia (1986). Emil died on 24 February 2018 in Slovakia.

Anita Seitava was born on 24 May 1937 in Helsinki, Finland. She was an actress, known for Wienervalssin tarinoita (1965). She was married to Heikki Hannula. She died on 24 February 2018.

Hank O'Karma was born on 10 September 1949 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a producer and director, known for What Every Baby Knows (1983), Quint-essential (2007) and Yearbook (1991). He died on 24 February 2018 in Danbury, Connecticut, USA.

Durward Knowles was born on 2 November 1917 in Nassau, Bahamas. He died on 24 February 2018 in Nassau, Bahamas.