Monday, October 25, 2010

Chhewang Nima

Sherpa -- via the Himalayan Times.

Vesna Parun

Poet -- via the Croatian Times.

Kjell Stormoen

Actor and director, on stage and in film -- via bergen.p5.no.

Uccio Aloisi

Traditional singer -- via Il Paese Nuovo.it.

Geoffrey Foot

Film editor -- via the Independent.

Chao-li Chi

Teacher, scholar and actor -- via Legacy.com.

Ruth Harris

Woman of many talents -- via the Cincinnati Enquirer. She penned her own obituary, which is revealing, humorous and touching.

Joseph Stein

Writer and librettist, most notably for "Fiddler on the Roof," for which he won a Tony -- via Broadway.com. (P.S. -- Tevye was a milkman, not a baker.)

Gregory Issacs

Reggae singer -- via the BBC

Sunday, October 24, 2010

the Sony Walkman

Portable cassette player -- via Conceivably Tech. After 31 years and 200 million units made, its manufacture has been discontinued.

John Graysmark

Oscar-nominated art director and production designer -- via Legacy.com. Gave a great look to many films, including "Young Winston," "Ragtime," "The Bounty," "Lifeforce" and "Gorillas in the Mist," to name a few.

Gladys Bates

Educator who fought racism -- via the Denver Post

Mike Esposito

Renowned inker for comics, especially Marvel -- via Comic Books Resources

N. Paul Kenworthy Jr.

Innovative cinematographer and camera-systems inventor -- via the L.A. Times. The amazing Disney nature documentaries are thanks to him.

Saturday, October 23, 2010

Alexander Anderson Jr.

Illustrator and creator of Rocky, Bullwinkle, Dudley Do-Right, and Crusader Rabbit -- via the Monterey Herald.

Arthur M. Brazier

Pastor and social activist -- via the Chicago Tribune.

William Otis "Otey" Clark

Former MLB player -- via Bill Schenley, groups.google.com/group/alt.obituaries and the Midwest News.

Natasha Spender

Pianist and author -- via the Guardian.

William J. Jennings

Shortstop with the St. Louis Browns -- via Bill Schenley, groups.google.com/group/alt.obituaries. Legacy.com and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Anton Ambrose "Tony" Roig

Infielder with the Senators -- via Bill Schenley and groups.google.com/group/alt.obituaries and the Thornhill Valley Chapel.

Denis Simpson

Singer, actor and kids' show host -- via the Vancouver Sun.

Loulan Pitre Sr.

Storyteller, actor, fisherman, rig-builder, oysterman -- via the Daily Comet.

Marion Brown

Tenor sax man, composer and ethnomusicologist -- via jazztimes.com.

Leigh Van Valen

Evolutionary biologist -- via the Chicago Tribune.

Vera Rozsa

Singer and honored voice teacher -- via the Telegraph.

Elizabeth L. Sturz

Social worker, founder of Argus Learning Center -- via the New York Times. She also worked as a writer, poet, acrobat and folk-song collector.

Murray Deutch

Music executive -- via the Hollywood Reporter.

Death on the Internet

An L.A. Times story by Scott Duke Harris on Facebook's approach to a member's death, and developments in online memorials as well.

Friday, October 22, 2010

Sally Holloway

First woman journalist at the BBC -- via the Guardian.

A Ayyappan

"Poet of the orphans" -- via Mathrubhumi.

Robert Paynter

Cinematographer -- via the Telegraph. His biggest claim to fame will undoubtedly be serving as d.p. for the Michael Jackson "Thriller" video; however, he worked extensively on the films of Michael Winner, Richard Lester and John Landis.

Eva Ibbotson aka Maria Charlotte Michelle Wiesner

Writer for children and young people -- via the Guardian.

Peter M. Jamison

Art director and production designer -- via Screen Daily. He worked on some of my favorite films -- "At Close Range," "Used Cars," "Point Break," "The Big Red One," and "Mulholland Drive." A couple of his films are visually wonderful, but were doomed by bad editing and studio/star interference -- "Mike's Murder" and "Swing Shift" are two prime examples.

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Ari Up aka Ariane Forster

Slits founder, lead singer, and further explorer of punk and dub -- via the L.A. Weekly. She was GREAT -- I really dug her.


Graham Crowden


Actor -- via Wikipedia. Best known for his work on BBC television ("Waiting for God," "A Very Peculiar Practice.") See him below in the final scene of Lindsay Anderson's "Britannia Hospital":

Constance Reid

A writer on mathematics -- via the Mathematical Association of America.

Alfred "Tall Ted" Hallaman aka Eleftherios Hallaman

Beloved Cleveland-area disc jockey -- via the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

Joseph Motto aka Boom Boom Branniagan

Early rock 'n' roll era disc jockey -- via the Albany Times-Union

Stephen "Darby" Allan

Bomb disposal expert -- via the Belfast Telegraph

Frances R. Wallas

Environmental attorney who loved and celebrated the outdoor life -- via the Tennessean.

Ken Rucker aka "The Orange Hat Guy"

Red Wings superfan -- via the Detroit News

Charles Ying

Inventor and entrepreneur -- via the Vail Daily. Most importantly, he helped to craft the technology that replaced the linotype process in printing, speeding the turnaround time between reporting the news and getting it out on the street.