Interesting, overlooked, and significant obituaries from around the world, as they happen, emphasizing the positive achievements of those who have died. Member, Society of Professional Obituary Writers.
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Dorothy Janis
Dorothy Janis with Ramon Navarro in the 1929 film "The Pagan."
One of the last surviving silent-film actresses -- via Alt Film Guide
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Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Corey Haim
The adjectives in obits for this actor will be "troubled," "teen heartthrob" -- via the L.A. Times and KTLA
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Karl Malkames
This amazing man first made his name as a cameraman and cinematographer (he shot the car chases for "Thunder Road"); then, he saved hundreds of films as a pioneer of restoration and preservation -- including "Tillie's Punctured Romance," "Tumbleweeds," "The Iron Horse" and "The Big Trail." -- from NitrateVille
Sir Kenneth Dover -- a life measured three ways
Sir Kenneth Dover (left) awarding a honorary Doctor of Music degree to a Mr. Robert Zimmerman of Hibbing, Minnesota.
A renowned scholar of ancient Greece -- depending on which obituary you read, he was either a beloved academic, a bold analyst of the birth of homosexual culture . . . or a guy who wished an employee would just drop dead.
Monday, March 8, 2010
Martin Benson
Benson in a signature role, Solo in "Goldfinger."
Wonderful character actor -- via the Times of London.
Elsie Phelps
She gave birth to five children in a tent -- she riveted bombers together in WWII -- she hunted, cleaned and canned meat for her family -- and believed in the healing power of whiskey. Quite an extraordinary life -- thanks to Mike Long for pointing this out! Via the Durango Herald
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Putting the fun back in funeral
A Pittsfield, Massachusetts funeral home wants to add chili cookoffs, murder-mystery shows and a visit from the Easter Bunny to its offerings -- via the Berkshire Eagle.
Saturday, March 6, 2010
Sammy Drake
Infielder was one of first pair of African American siblings in Major League Baseball -- via the L.A. Times
Claude Dorsey
Jazz pianist was fixture of Milwaukee scene -- via the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. And here's a nice profile from 2003 via Maximum Ink.
Alert: Charles B. Pierce
The man who made this drive-in classic and "The Legend of Boggy Creek" has died.
More details coming! This Arkansas filmmaker made a movie for $160,000. It earned $25 million. An outsider artist par exellence. Via the Clarksville Leaf Chronicle.
Philip Langridge
Brilliant English tenor was best known for his performances in the works of Benjamin Britten -- via WhatsonStage.com. A nice tribute in the Guardian; another from the New York Times and still another from the Times of London. Here he is singing the Hymn from Britten's Serenade....
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