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YALE SUMMERS, a longtime member of AFTRA and SAG, and past SAG Ralph Morgan Award recipient, passed away May 6 in Beverly Hills at age 78. Summers joined SAG in 1961 ZINA BETHUNE, dancer, actor and choreographer, died February 12 at age 66. Bethune enjoyed a successful 18 years; as past national recording secretary and past national treasurer; as an emeritus director and a past member of the SAG Foundation Board; and as a trustee of the SAG Pension & Health Funds. For AFTRA, he served on both the Los Angeles Local Board and National Board of Directors for 24 years. He was a founder, past committee chair and SAG producer and AFTRA in 1963, and was a committed activist and leader serving on the Screen Actors Guild National Board of Directors for more than 27 years; on the National Executive Committee for of the Screen Actors Guild Awards® and, with Marie Windsor, founded the SAG Hollywood Film Society, and co-chaired it with Timothy Blake until 2010. A familiar fixture on television throughout the '60s, Summers is perhaps most notable for his roles as Jack Dane in the popular primetime series Daktari! and as Rodney Harrington in Return to Peyton Place. her accomplishments were particularly impressive in that she achieved all of her success despite a childhood diagnosis of dysplastic hips, scoliosis and lymphedema. Bethune's passion for dance extended beyond performance. In 1980, she founded Bethune Theatredanse (now Theatre Bethune), the first professional dance program in America to create a participatory program for youth with disabilities. She was a pioneering force for the Americans with Disabilities Act, as well as the Arts and Disability Movement inclusion guidelines for the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. In celebration of her achievements, AFTRA, SAG and AEA While her resume would be remarkable for any performer, honored Zina last October at the Tri-Union Diversity Awards for her lifetime of achievements and philanthropy in the arts. career as a stage, television and film actress, including on television shows CHiPs, Emergency!, The Judy Garland Show, Guiding Light, Gunsmoke, Little Women, Route 66, and The Nurses, as well as the Martin Scorsese film Who's That Knocking at My Door. Actuaries and Consultants to the SAG-Producers Pension Plan and the AFTRA Retirement Fund We honor the life and untimely passing of Music History's Voice and 2012 AMEE Award recipient PETE FORNATALE ww w .h o r i z o n a c t u a r ia l.c o m Atlanta Cleveland Los Angeles Miami Washington, D.C. SAGAFTRA.org | Summer 2012 | SAG-AFTRA 61