Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Anne Diamond Brownstone

Actress -- via legacy.com.

Lynn Walker

Musician, journalist and critic -- via the Independent.

Nobutoshi Kihara

Engineer -- via the Telegraph.

Francoise Cachin

Museum director and curator -- via the Telegraph. She created the Musee de Orsay.

James Watson

Trumpeter -- via the Guardian.

Stephen Barlay aka Istvan Bokor

Writer -- via the Guardian.

Henning Bendtsen

Cinematographer -- via the Guardian.

Alfred Burke

Actor -- via the Telegraph. Best known for his portrayal of Frank Marker in the TV detective series "Public Eye."

Sofia Cosma

Concert pianist -- via the L.A. Times. She survived seven years in a Soviet prison camp, and eventually defected to the West.

Don Peterman

Cinematographer -- via All About Jazz.

Harry Drogo Montague

Perfector of the folding bicycle -- via the Washington Post.

Chuck Allen

"Godfather of snowboarding" -- via the New York Times.

Dwayne McDuffie

TV and comics writer, producer and editor -- via Time magazine.

Jeannette Batti

Actress -- via westernsallitaliana.blogspot.com.

Dave Shapiro


Jazz bassist -- via the Green Mountain Daily.

Neal Taylor

Fisherman -- via the L.A. Times.

Johan du Plooy

Actor -- via iol.co.za.

Richard Loehle

Illustrator -- via the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

The Essex Street Snowman

Anthropomorphic snow sculpture -- via Bowery Boogie.

Mike "Big Daddy Blue" Chambliss

Bluesman -- via the Hattiesburg American.

Art Daley

Sportswriter -- via the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. He covered the Green Packers continuously since 1941!

Grace Farrell

Aspiring artist who died homeless, frozen to death -- via the New York Daily News.

James McClure

Playwright -- via the L.A, Times.

Christian J. Lambertsen

Environmental and diving medicine specialist and inventor -- via the Washington Post. The "father of the frogmen" invented SCUBA gear. Here's more from the Atlantic magazine --

Walter Seltzer

Film producer -- via the Philadelphia Inquirer. He began as an usher, became a publicist and marketing expert, then produced films such as "Soylent Green," One-Eyed Jacks" and "The Omega Man."

Johnny Nitro aka John Newton

Blues guitarist -- via the San Francisco Chronicle.

Jay Landesman

Beat writer and editor, and nightclub owner -- via the New York Times and St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

Edward Zigo

Police detective -- via the New York Times. Here's a longer take on his career from Forbes -- he captured David Berkowitz, the "Son of Sam" serial killer.

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Nicholas Courtney

Ubiquitous actor best known in the role of Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart in the long-running British sci-fi series, "Doctor Who" -- via The Doctor Who News Page. A beloved actor -- the Guardian.

From Morbid Anatomy: "La Santa Muerte" Doc Screening

This looks interesting: the website Morbid Anatomy discusses the upcoming screening of the documentary film "La Santa Muerte" by Eva Aridjis in Brooklyn on Feb. 24 at the Observatory at 543 Union St. http://morbidanatomy.blogspot.com/2011/02/la-santa-muerte-saint-death-film.html

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.