Sunday, February 27, 2011

Mark Tulin

Bassist -- via ryanfunk.wordpress.com. His career stretched from the Electric Prunes to Smashing Pumpkins.

Suze Rotolo

Teacher, painter and illustrator -- via the New York Daily News. She will be forever remembered as the girl on the cover of Bob Dylan's "The Freewheeling Bob Dylan" album; she was his girlfriend and muse for a time.

Michael Zimring

Agent and radio actor -- via the L.A. Times.

Andy Jurinko

Artist who specialized in art on the subject of baseball. He was a Phillies fan -- via the New York Times.

Greg Goossen

MLB man, boxing trainer, private detective, actor, and long-time stand-in for Gene Hackman -- via the L.A. Daily News. A much more colorful and comprehensive obit from the New York Times is here.

Odon Alonso

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

Jerrold Kessel

Journalist -- via the Denver Post.

Muriel Gilman

Community activist -- via Delaware Online.

Edwin Donald "Duke" Snider aka The Silver Fox aka The Duke of Flatbush

Hall of Fame center fielder, primarily for the Brooklyn Dodgers -- via the New York Daily News. He was the last surviving player who was on the field when the Brooklyn Dodgers won the World Series their first and only time in 1955.

 

Richard Gage aka Iowa Blackie

Hobo poet -- via the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier.

Victor Martinez

Author -- via missionlocal.org.

Anant Pai aka Uncle Pai

Comic-book writer -- via the dnaindia.com. These educational comics proved extremely popular, and focused on Indian history, mythology, biography and folktales.

Bill Grigsby

Broadcaster -- via the Kansas City Star.

Arnost Lustig

Writer -- via romea.cz.

Saturday, February 26, 2011

Please leave your eulogy after the tone: recorded remembrances coming

A press release posted on boston.citybizlist.com states that the obituary site Tributes.com is teaming up with audio archive service Remembered Voices to provide a service that will "to enable family and friends to leave personalized audio messages within the memory books of obituaries and Eternal Tributes posted to the popular Obituary database to express their sympathy to the immediate family or recall special memories of the deceased."

Bill Nimmo

Announcer and actor -- via cincinnati.com.

Laila Westersund

Comedian, singer and actress -- via nordstjernan.com.

Len Gilmore

Determined baseball player -- via Baseball Fever. He pitched one game in the majors, for the Pirates, on Oct. 1, 1944.

Phil Vane

Lead singer of Extreme Noise Terror -- via Brooklyn Vegan.

Enoch Sullivan

Bluegrass gospel performer -- via all about jazz.

Chris Dale

Mountaineer -- via the Telegraph. A very unique and outgoing individual! More memories from the Caledonian Mercury.

David Bradby

Theater scholar -- via the Independent.

Lisa Wolfson aka L.K. Madigan

Writer -- via Oregon Live.

Sean Boru aka Desmond Patrick Bruen

Actor and author -- via the Halstead Gazette.

Max Wilk

Playwright, writer, screenwriter and dramaturg -- via Playbill.

Mullapudi Venkata Ramana

Writer, screenwriter and lyricist -- via sifymovies.

Aminath Faiza

Poet -- via South Asian Media Net.

Ron Hudson

Photographer -- via Jazz West. He focused on jazz portraiture, to much acclaim!

Clare Amory

Musician -- via Spinner.

Friday, February 25, 2011

Eddie Serrato

Drummer for ? and the Mysterians -- via WNEM.com.

Rudy Robbins

Singer, songwriter, actor, writer, stuntman -- via westernboothill.blogspot.com.

Ion Hobana

Science fiction writer -- via the Washington Post.

Jerry Ames

Tap dancer and choreographer -- via the New York Times.

Matthew Hall

Mental health counselor and lead singer for the death-metal band Backyard Burial -- via stuff.co.nz.

Jerzy Nowosielski

Artist -- via thenews.pl.

Aranmula Ponnamma

Actress -- via the Deccan Herald.

Malaysia Vasudevan

Playback singer and actor -- via the Times of India.

Florinda Chico aka Forlinda Chico Martin Mora

Actress on stage, in film and television -- via typicallyspanish.com.

Cayle Chernin

Actress -- via the CBC.

John Kelly "Buddy" Lewis

Stalwart utility man for the Washington Senators - via the Gaston Gazette.

Forrest Vandergrift "Spook" Jacobs

MLB second baseman -- via Delaware Online. The first, and only one of three, major leaguers to go four-for-four in his debut. Never a long-baller, he slapped hits through the infield, or drove them just over infielders' heads; thus, his nickname.

Thursday, February 24, 2011

Lucas Maree

Singer/songwriter -- via channel24.co.za.

Predrag Vusovic

Actor -- via fizzit.net.

Sergio Embrioni

Guitarist -- via musicroxxblog.blogspot.com.

Vivien Noakes

Biographer, editor and critic -- via the Times of London. She was an expert on the life and works of Edward Lear.

Judith Binney

Historian - via tvnz.co.nz.

Dorian Gray aka Maria Luisa Mangini

Actress -- via scottmichaels.com.