Wednesday, April 6, 2011

John Jarvis

Film editor with a sure comic touch -- via the Guardian. He worked on Jones and Palin's brilliant "Ripping Yarns" TV series.

Tony Barrell

Writer and broadcaster -- via ABC.

Bill Varney

Oscar-winning sound mixer -- via the Hollywood Reporter. He was amazing -- additionally, he worked with Walter Murch to restore the definitive cut of Orson Welles' "Touch of Evil."

Thoger Birkeland

Writer -- via the Dagbladet. One of his many awards was Den danske boghandlermedhjælperforenings børnebogspris -- which sounds mighty impressive.

Sujatha

Actress -- via the Times of India.

Wayne Robson

Film and television actor -- via Northern Stars.

Vicki Scarlett

"Librarian, socialist, feminist, yoga teacher and campaigner for social justice" -- via Organized Rage and the Guardian. She also volunteered at the Globe Theatre.


Tim Harrison

Movie projectionist -- via The Daily News.

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Paul Foote

Translator, linguist and scholar of Russian literature -- via the Guardian.

Patrick Conoley

Sculptor -- via the Guardian.

Scott Columbus

Former drummer for Manowar -- via Rock Edition.

Jamyang Jinpa

Buddhist monk -- via AFP. It is alleged that he died as a long-term result of being severely tortured after being arrested for protesting Chinese violations of Tibetan human rights in 2008.

Gus Koutroulakis

Purveyor of hot dogs -- via blog.al.com.

Mandi Schwartz

Hockey player -- via Yahoo Sports. Her struggle with leukemia inspired thousands to register as bone marrow donors.

Shiyani Ngcobo

Musician -- via worldmusic.net.

Catherine Potter

Flautist -- via Small World Music. This is a late report -- she passed away on Dec.3, 2010.

Dennis Maitland

Sound mixer and engineer -- via the Hollywood Reporter. He pioneered the use of both wireless mics and EQ in film sound production.

Thomas Anthony Starr aka the Duke of Broadway

Restaurateur and firefighter -- via the Winnipeg Free Press.

Monday, April 4, 2011

Iakovos Kambanellis

Playwright and screenwriter -- via the Guardian. His poetic cycle "Mauthausen" memorializes his suffering in a German concentration camp in World War II -- a non-Jew himself, he stayed until the last Jew could leave it.

Calvin Russell aka Calvert Russell Kosler

Singer/songwriter -- via contactmusic.com.

Tom Silverio aka Tomás Roberto Silverio Veloz

Outfielder for the California Angels -- via almomento.net.

Juliano Mer-Khamis

Actor, director, filmmaker and activist -- via UPI.

Sunday, April 3, 2011

Ulli Beier

Editor, writer and scholar - via the Nigerian Times. He helped to publicize and promote the cultures of both Nigeria and Papua New Guinea.

Efrain Loyola

Flautist -- via Cuba News.

Charles Stapley

Actor -- via the Guardian.

Wally Peterson

Actor, singer and stage manager -- via Broadway World.

Barney Barnwell

Bluegrass musician -- via the Spartanburg Herald Courier.

Claude Stanush

Journalist, writer and screenwriter -- via the San Antonio Express. One of his stories for Life magazine inspired the film "The Lusty Men"; many years later, he wrote the screenplay for "The Newton Boys." Given the number of affectionate tributes to him, he did a lot of good and affected many lives in a positive manner!

Saturday, April 2, 2011

Ndeye Marie Ndiaye Gawlo

Singer -- via seneweb.com.

Stanley Bogdan

Craftsman -- via the Nashua Telegraph. For decades, he hand-created the finest fly-fishing reels in the world.

Paul Baxley

Stuntman, stunt coordinator and director -- via Memory Alpha. He worked extensively in such TV series as "Star Trek," "The Dukes of Hazzard," and many others; prior to that, he worked on dozens of feature films.

Hubert Moseley

Restaurateur and concessionaire -- via the Charlotte Observer.

Dino Anagnost

Conductor and music director of the Little Orchestra Society of New York -- via Theater Mania.

Mel McDaniel

Country singer/songwriter -- via Billboard.

Manning Marable

Historian, educator and social critic -- via the New York Times.

Almena Lomax

Civil rights activist, journalist, editor and publisher -- via the L.A. Times.

Thursday, March 31, 2011

Bill Scarlett

Jazz musician -- via knoxville.com.

Nutan Prasad

Actor -- via gulte.com.

Alan Tang

Actor, producer and director -- via whatsonxiamen.com.

Eddie Snyder

Songwriter -- via the Telegraph. He specialized in writing lyrics for tunes by other composers -- as was the case with "Strangers in the Night," his biggest hit. He also wrote the words to "Spanish Eyes."

Henrik Frykman

Bassist for Disfear -- via the Brooklyn Vegan.

Bill Griggs

World's foremost authority on the life and work of Buddy Holly -- via myfoxlubbock.com.

Derek Parrott

Singer-songwriter -- via the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.

Liaqat Soldier aka Liaquat Ali

Comedian -- via the Daily Times.

Lyudmila Gurchenko

Actress and singer -- via The Voice of Russia.

Harley Allen

Country and bluegrass singer and songwriter -- via the Dayton Daily News. A Grammy winner for his work on "O Brother Where Art Thou?"

Donald Pass

Artist -- via the Guardian. In 1969, he had an ecstatic vision that he worked from for the rest of his career.

John Steane

Musicologist and music writer -- via the Guardian. An expert on opera and vocal music, he wrote extensively on these topics -- most importantly, he did so in an engaging and lively manner.

Syd Kitchen

Singer, songwriter and guitarist -- via timeslive.co.za.

Matthew Carr

Artist -- via the Telegraph.