Leo McKern In 1983, McKern was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia for his services to the performing arts. He frequently travelled between England and Australia both to visit family and friends, and to appear in various films and plays. As he was frightened of flying, he booked tickets to travel on cargo ships. This gave him time and peace to read scripts and contracts, with the added benefit of feeling he was on holidays. McKern informed his daughter Abigail that he suffered from stage fright, which became harder to control with age. He also worried that his stout frame
Leo de Berardinis 2001, de Berardinis went into a coma after a plastic surgery, due to the error of an anesthesiologist. After seven years in a coma, he died in Rome on 18 September 2008. Plays: Leo de Berardinis Leo de Berardinis (3 January 1940 in Gioi – 18 September 2008 in Rome) was an Italian stage actor and theatre director. He was an important exponent of the Italian "avant-garde" theatre. Born in Gioi, a village in southern Campania, de Berardinis grew up in the Apulian city of Foggia. After his first experiences as stage actor in the company of Carlo Quartucci, he