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.
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Kissinger death watch: is this headline inflammatory?
Henry Kissinger, Nobel Peace Prize winner and/or unindicted war criminal, diplomat par excellence, advior to Presidents . . . the fact that he went to the hospital in South Korea with a sore tummy made all the major news outlets run a few paragraphs this morning.
However couched in concern it may be, reports such as this are signals the media sends to tell the home office to update the obituary summaries, dust off the photos, and reedit the timelines. Kissinger is a major historical figure (and a character in John Adams' opera "Nixon in China"), and there is something inherently vulturous about both the original report -- and this post.
Why this fascination with the impending deaths of the famous and powerful? We will of course keep you posted.
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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Watch Ramon #1 - "The Pagan" (1928) in Entertainment | View More Free Videos Online at Veoh.com
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
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