of the Living Dead”. Blanco was born in Almeria, Spain on June 21, 1938. His father had died before Joaquín was born. He and his mother moved to Terrassa in 1941. He went to work at the age of eight. He and his mother worked in a hosiery factory. He later tried his had in other professions such as torero and insurance agent. At 18 he entered the world of advertising and comic books. Blanco spent six years living in Rome where he met Sandra Blanch who would become his wife. The couple had a daughter named Patricia born in 1977. Blanco’s films career began with “Pariahs of Glory” in 1964 and his last film appearance was in 2002's video “Soul Man”. Joaquín also wrote and directed twofilms, “Orgía sádica” in 1983 under the alis J. White and “Trampa para una esposa” (1991). He also used the alias John Russell. Blanco appeared in six Euro-westerns, among which were “God Forgives... I Don’t” (1967) with Terence Hill and Bud Spencer, “Gentleman Killer” (1967) with Anthony Steffen and “And God Said to Cain” (1970) with Klaus Kinski. Blanco had a fondness for the martial arts and held a second degree black belt in karate.

Friday, March 11, 2011

Indie label owner Robert P. Marcucci, who discovered teen idols Frankie Avalon and Fabian and served as the model for the title character in 1980 film "The Idolmaker," died of natural causes on March 9 in Ontario, Calif. He was 71.

Philadelphia-born Marcucci and Peter DeAngelis' label Chancellor Records fueled the teen