Monday, February 21, 2011

William Blanc Monroe Jr.

Journalist and moderator of "Meet the Press" -- via the Washington Post.

Perry Moore

Author, screenwriter, director and producer -- via the New York Daily News.

Syed M. Irfan

Bhopal survivor and activist -- via sify news.

Harry Fogle

Bridge worker in San Francisco was the last surviving man who worked on both the Golden Gate and Bay Bridge projects -- via the San Francisco Chronicle.

Joe Frazier

Outfielder and manager in the MLB -- via NBC Sports.

John Strauss

Composer for film and television -- via the Hollywood Reporter. Here's a different perspective from the Washington Post --

Vajna Aljinovic

Film professor -- via the Santa Fe New Mexican.

Thursday, February 17, 2011

Miriam Hansen

Film scholar -- via the Chicago Tribune.

Yancy Spencer III

Surfer -- via ESPN.

Alan Shallcross

TV producer -- via the Guardian. He produced some great television, including many of the "Complete Plays of Shakespeare" series for the BBC.

Inge Laird

Poet -- via the Independent.

Maureen Lehane

Mezzo-soprano -- via the Guardian.

Eddie Joe Lewis

Singer -- via the Quad-City Times.

Brian Barritt

Writer -- via the Independent.

Cliff Dapper

Baseball player -- via signonsandiego.com. The first player ever traded for a broadcaster (at least it was Ernie Harwell).

Justinas Marcinkevicius

Poet and playwright -- via the Baltic Review.

Edgar Hetteen

The "grandfather of snowmobiling" -- via the Wall Street Journal.

Louis Balta

Social studies teacher, drive-in theater manager, Serbian music expert and radio host -- via the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

Omer Baumgartner

A man with an unforgettable obituary -- via Defamer.

Kathleen Nez

Potter -- via News from Indian Country.

Sidney Harth

Violinist, concertmaster and conductor -- via the Louisville Courier-Journal.

David F. Friedman

Film producer -- via the New York Times. He pioneered the "sexploitation" film and the splatter film.

Cecil Kaiser

Masterful Negro Leagues pitcher -- via boston.com.

Margaret K. McElderry

Children's book publisher -- via the New York Times.

Jigme K. Norbu

Tibetan activist -- via the Florida Times-Union.

Joanne Siegel

Model for "Superman" character Lois Lane -- via the New York Times.

Manuel Esperon

Composer and songwriter -- via westernboothill.blogspot.com.

Oakley Hall III

Playwright, director and author -- via blog.timesunion.com.

Mato Damjanovic

Chess grandmaster -- via chessvibes.com

Masahiro Katayama

Animator -- via Anime News.

Gino Cimoli

Major league outfielder -- via the L.A. Times.

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Frank Whitten

Actor -- via the Otago Daily Times.

Shoichiro Okubo

Screenwriter for live-action and anime films -- via bellaonline.com.

Rick Kulwicki

Guitarist -- via heyreverb.com.

Len Lesser

Actor in film, TV and on stage -- via Yahoo News. He may be best remembered as Uncle Leo on the TV series "Seinfeld," but his 60-year career encompassed many comic and dramatic roles.