Chris DeRose is an animal rights activist, and recipient of the 1997 ?Courage of Conscience? International Peace Award and a former actor. He appeared as a regular on the ABC series San Pedro Beach Bums, General Hospital, Cagney and Lacey, CHiPs, The Rockford Files and Baretta. He also had lead or guest roles in 14 feature films. He was an on-camera reporter for the television shows Hard Copy and Inside Edition. Earlier, he worked as a police officer and as an investigator. DeRose was born in Brooklyn, New York and at age 5 he went into an orphanage in New Jersey. Jersey ultimately became his home after he got out of the orphanage. He is the founder and president of Last Chance for Animals and the author of the book In Your Face: From Actor to Animal Activist, also translated in Italian, Amuso Duro. DeRose has been arrested 12 times and jailed 4 times for opposing animal cruelty, including his participation in a break-in at the UCLA Brain Research Institute in 1988. The coverage was aired worldwide by CNN and was responsible for shedding light on the question of Vivisection and what lies behind the locked doors of research facilities. 

June 28th, 1948 in Brooklyn (Age 76)