Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Robert Neil Butler


Gerontologist and psychiatrist coined the word "ageism," fought for the rights of and understanding for older people -- via AP

Geoffrey Dutton


Scientist, outdoorsman, gardener and writer -- via the Telegraph

Lattie Moore


Rockabilly musician -- via the Guardian

Laurent Terzieff


French actor -- via AFP

Monday, July 5, 2010

Cesare Siepi


Legendary operatic bass -- via Reuters.

There are plenty of clips that illuminate his genius -- the next clip is his great turn as Philip in "Don Carlo":




Sunday, July 4, 2010

Israel Hicks

Theatre director was the first to preside over all 10 parts of August Wilson's cycle of history plays -- via the Denver Post. A really nice tribute from John Moore at the Denver Post.

Saturday, July 3, 2010

Bob Waller


Entertainment designer, best known for his giant Coca-Cola bottle at the Giants' ball park -- via the Santa Rosa Press-Democrat

Stephen Gilbert


Novelist -- via the Independent

Friday, July 2, 2010

Ken Holcombe


Former MLB pitcher -- via groups.google.com/group/alt.obituaries and the intrepid Frank Russo

Geoffrey Hutchings


Prolific English actor -- via the BBC. You may remember him as the father in "Wish You Were Here" or Nym in Branagh's "Henry V."

José María Díez-Alegría Gutiérrez


Liberation theologist lived his beliefs -- he defied Vatican censorship, was thrown out of the priesthood, and dwelt with and ministered to the poor ever after, continuing to write provocative challenges to the Catholic Church -- via the Guardian

Ilene Woods


The voice of Disney's "Cinderella" -- via CNN

Beryl Bainbridge


Author -- via the Guardian

Elise Boulding


Peace scholar -- via the New York Times

Thursday, July 1, 2010

Louis Moyroud

 Moyroud at center in photo.
Co-creator of phototypesetting process, which changed the printing industry -- via Print CEO. More info from the New York Times --

Arnold Friberg


Artist and illustrator -- via ksl.com

Alfred Donath


Professor and activist aided victims of the Holocaust and their families -- via the Philadelphia Inquirer

Burl Franklin Ellison


Honky tonk guitarist -- via http://groups.google.com/group/alt.obituaries/topics and the San Antonio Express-News

Gordon Mulholland


Popular South African actor -- via news24.com

Joshua Ragsdale


Budding songwriter dies at 32 -- via the Tennessean

Joyce Parkinson


A child-welfare worker for most of her life, she entered the Belsen concentration camp and aided the survivors -- via the Guardian

Elliott Kastner

 Film producer -- via Variety. I have a lot of personal affection for his work, as he produced such films as "Where Eagles Dare," in which the highest number of Nazis are killed in cinema history, at least until "Inglourious Basterds": the incredibly strange Brando/Nicholson Western "The Missouri Breaks," which must have strained his patience to the limit; the underrated "Harper" with Paul Newman; and three films based on Raymond Chandler novels, all of which I love -- Altman's "The Long Goodbye," and two with Robert Mitchum as the definitive Philip Marlowe -- "Farewell, My Lovely" and "The Big Sleep." Thanks, Mr. K!

Rammellzee


Visionary, visual artist, graffitist, rapper, art theoretist and sculptor -- via the L.A. Times. More info via the New York Times --