Freebase: Discussion about Deceased Person

Nelson B. McCormick: Split

2009-11-14T20:10:49.0000Z

Thanks for catching this. I've moved the TV Director properties over to the proper topic, but the problem could easily reoccur, I think, because Wikipedia has a redirect from Nelson McCormick to to Nelson B. McCormick, causing all references to the director to get merged with the politician.

Nelson B. McCormick: Split

2009-11-14T06:29:03.0018Z

The politician and director are different people. Topic should be split, and the resulting director can be merged with this topic: /en/nelson_mccormick

Ray Charles: Don't merge - needs much untangling

2009-11-13T18:46:16.0019Z

This is really screwed up. The two Ray Charles shouldn't be merged, but they appear to have swapped identities at some point (perhaps the Oct. 12 Wikipedia load). I suspect the Wikipedia reconciliation went badly awry. Someone on Brian's team needs to look at it, figure out what went wrong, and untangle the mess.

Shakti Samanta: Super Star Rajesh Khanna & Shakthi Samantha

2009-11-12T05:31:17.0017Z

**Shakti Samanta, who made superhit movies for Super Star Rajesh Khanna who expired on Thursday ( 09-04-2009) after a brief illness. He was 83 and is survived by wife, two sons and two grandsons.

“He passed away at around 5 pm on 9-4-2009 at his suburban Santacruz residence. He was recovering from a stroke which he suffered over two months ago,” a family member told reporters.

“Samanta was discharged two weeks ago from Jaslok Hospital where he was treated for two months. He was slightly paralysed and was recovering slowly,” Ashim Samanta, son of the filmmaker, told reporters.

“However, his health deteriorated today,” said Ashim, also a film director.

Samanta’s funeral would be held at Santacruz crematorium at 11 am on 10-4-2009.

The Shakthi Samanta-Super Star Rajesh Khanna pair was responsible for some of Bollywood’s memorable classics like Aradhana – 1969, Kati Patang – 1970, Amar Prem – 1971, Anuraag – 1972, Ajanabee – 1974, Mehbooba – 1976, Anurodh – 1977, Ayash – 1982, Awaaz – 1984, Alag Alag – 1985 & Dushman – 1990. All movies with Super Star Rajesh Khanna is super hit for ever.

Samanta, a former president of Indian Motion Pictures Association of India (IMPAA), directed 43 feature films, including 37 Hindi and 6 Bengali films.

Samantha was never cheap. There is something to be said for a filmmaker who helmed movies which in many ways defined the core character of Hindi cinema in the 1960s and 70s. Apart from everything else Samantha will be remembered for creating all of Super Star Rajesh Khanna’s films Super Hit from Aradhana to Dushman which were all super hit.Quite easily one of the last giant names of that period, Samatha’s passing ought to mean a great loss for bollywood cinema.

Shakti Samanta directed his first feature film, ‘Bahu’ in 1954. After the success of his next few films like ‘Inspector’ (1956), ‘Sheroo’ (1956), ‘Detective’ (1957), Samanta started his own film production house.

Apart from his movies, the director is remembered for introducing actress Sharmila Tagore in Kashmir Ki Kali , who went on to form a legendary pair with Samanta’s blue-eyed boy Super Star Rajesh Khanna.**

Carl Lorenz: Merger

2009-11-09T09:52:21.0027Z

Those seem to be father and son, so I voted "don't merge".

Gordon Gray: two different people

2009-11-07T19:03:39.0018Z

the film producer and the politician are two different people.