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Jack White(1940-2025)

  • Composer
  • Music Department
  • Actor
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Jack White was born on 2 September 1940 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He was a composer and actor, known for Ghostbusters (1984), Cloud Atlas (2012) and Cuba Crossing (1980). He was married to Rafaella Slyusareva, Janine White, Marie-Louise Gassen and ???. He died on 16 October 2025 in Berlin-Grunewald, Germany.
BornSeptember 2, 1940
DiedOctober 16, 2025(85)
BornSeptember 2, 1940
DiedOctober 16, 2025(85)
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Known for

Ghostbusters (1984)
Ghostbusters
7.8
  • Soundtrack
  • 1984
Tom Hanks, Susan Sarandon, Hugh Grant, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent, Bae Doona, Jim Sturgess, and Ben Whishaw in Cloud Atlas (2012)
Cloud Atlas
7.4
  • Soundtrack
  • 2012
Robert Vaughn and Stuart Whitman in Cuba Crossing (1980)
Cuba Crossing
4.0
  • Composer
  • 1980
Craig Sheffer and Pia Zadora in Voyage of the Rock Aliens (1984)
Voyage of the Rock Aliens
5.2
  • Composer
  • 1984

Credits

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Composer

  • David Hasselhoff: Do the Limbo Dance
    Music Video
    • Composer
    • 1991
  • David Hasselhoff: Gipsy Girl
    Music Video
    • Composer
    • 1991
  • David Hasselhoff in David Hasselhoff Live & Forever (1990)
    David Hasselhoff Live & Forever
    6.7
    Video
    • Composer
    • 1990
  • David Hasselhoff: Crazy for You
    6.5
    Music Video
    • Composer
    • 1990
  • David Hasselhoff: Je T'aime Means I Love You
    6.4
    Music Video
    • Composer
    • 1990
  • David Hasselhoff: Flying on the Wings of Tenderness
    6.0
    Music Video
    • Composer
    • 1989
  • David Hasselhoff: Is Everybody Happy
    Music Video
    • Composer
    • 1989
  • David Hasselhoff: Song of the Night
    Music Video
    • Composer
    • 1989
  • David Hasselhoff: Looking for Freedom (1989)
    David Hasselhoff: Looking for Freedom
    5.9
    Music Video
    • Composer
    • 1989
  • Hazell Dean: Who's Leaving Who (1988)
    Hazell Dean: Who's Leaving Who
    6.5
    Music Video
    • Composer
    • 1988
  • Laura Branigan: Maybe Tonight (1985)
    Laura Branigan: Maybe Tonight
    5.8
    Music Video
    • Composer
    • 1985
  • Pia Zadora and Alison La Placa in Pia Zadora: Real Love (1984)
    Pia Zadora: Real Love
    Music Video
    • Composer
    • 1984
  • Craig Sheffer and Pia Zadora in Voyage of the Rock Aliens (1984)
    Voyage of the Rock Aliens
    5.2
    • music by
    • 1984
  • Robert Vaughn and Stuart Whitman in Cuba Crossing (1980)
    Cuba Crossing
    4.0
    • Composer
    • 1980
  • Der Tiefstapler (1978)
    Der Tiefstapler
    • Composer
    • 1978

Music Department

  • Under ConTroll (2019)
    Under ConTroll
    3.4
    • composer: theme song: title song
    • title music: title song
    • 2019
  • Jack's Project: Shy Shy Sugarman
    Music Video
    • music producer
    • 1986
  • Laura Branigan in Laura Branigan: Self Control (1984)
    Laura Branigan: Self Control
    7.8
    Music Video
    • executive producer for music
    • produced by
    • 1984
  • Laura Branigan: Don't Show Your Love (1983)
    Laura Branigan: Don't Show Your Love
    6.5
    Music Video
    • produced by
    • 1983
  • Laura Branigan: How Am I Supposed to Live Without You (1983)
    Laura Branigan: How Am I Supposed to Live Without You
    6.4
    Music Video
    • produced by
    • 1983

Actor

  • Heute hau'n wir auf die Pauke (1972)
    Heute hau'n wir auf die Pauke
    5.2
    • Rolf Nußbaum
    • Jack White
    • 1972
  • Die Drehscheibe (1964)
    Die Drehscheibe
    8.2
    TV Series
    • Singer
    • 1969–1971

Personal details

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  • Official site
    • Official Site
  • Alternative name
    • Brigit + White
  • Born
    • September 2, 1940
    • Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
  • Died
    • October 16, 2025
    • Berlin-Grunewald, Germany(suicide by gunshot)
  • Spouses
      Rafaella SlyusarevaDecember 17, 2015 - October 16, 2025 (separated, 2 children)
  • Children
      Henry Nußbaum

Did you know

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    He wrote several hit songs with Mark Spiro, including Zadora's "Let's Dance Tonight" (1984) and Hazell Dean's "Who's Leaving Who" (1988), and he also worked with Anne Murray, producing tracks on her 1986 album Something to Talk About and all tracks on her 1987 album Harmony.

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