Guitarist for Motorhead -- via blabbermouth.net.
Interesting, overlooked, and significant obituaries from around the world, as they happen, emphasizing the positive achievements of those who have died. Member, Society of Professional Obituary Writers.
Sunday, July 10, 2011
Allan W. Eckert
Historian, historical novelist and pageant writer, naturalist -- via the Springfield News-Sun.
Friday, July 8, 2011
Kenny Baker
The preeminent bluegrass fiddler -- via the Bluegrass Blog. Interestingly, he began in swing, with influences such as Django Reinhardt, Stephane Grappelli and Marion Sumnner. He played with Bill Monroe, father of the genre, longer than another other musician did.His smooth, legato feeling-full style is absolutely the gold standard.
Betty Ford aka Elizabeth Ann Bloomer Warren Ford
First Lady and anti-addiction activist -- via the New York Times. She had a hard life. She was honest and unpretentious. She spoke her mind, supporting equal rights for women, legalized abortion, and other unpopular subjects. She was a user; she got clean, then she helped others. Good job! Beautiful tribute via CNN.
Edward Hastings
Stage producer, director and artistic director of the American Conservatory Theatre -- via the San Francisco Chronicle.
Barry Bremen
"The Great Imposter" -- via the L.A. Times. Businessman just loved bluffing his way into sporting events and award shows.
Nina Leavitt Watkins
Speech therapist -- via legacy.com. Her brief life and untimely death is covered extensively by Tommy Tomlinson at the Charlotte Observer.
Otto von Habsburg aka the Crown Prince of Austria-Hungary aka Franz Joseph Otto Robert Maria Anton Karl Max Heinrich Sixtus Xavier Felix Renatus Ludwig Gaetan Pius Ignatius von Habsburg
The last crown prince of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and subversive activist -- via the New York Times. He worked for freedom, most notably as an organizer of the Pan-European Picnic, a demonstration that enabled the defection of hundreds of East Germans in 1989, triggering the collapse of the Iron Curtain.
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Richard Hirschfield "Dick" Williams
Baseball Hall of Famer -- via the New York Times. A combative disciplinarian, he led the Red Sox of the "Impossible Dream" to the AL pennant and the brutal 1967 World Series at the hands of my hero, Bob Gibson. He ignited the A's dynasty with back-to-back World Series victories; he even dragged the Padres to their first Series in 1984. Before managing, he served for 13 years on five teams in a number of positions.
Martin Woodhouse
Inventor, novelist and screenwriter -- via the Guardian. He penned several episodes of the TV series "The Avengers."
Fred Smith
Soldier who helped liberate Bergen-Belsen -- via the Independent. Let his story stand for those of the righteous who witnessed one of humanity's lowest points and worked to alleviate suffering.
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Joe Mazzone
Auto mechanic, baseball fan, cap collector and vintage car expert and hobbyist -- via morristowngreen.com.
Brice Phillips
Founder of Phillips Seafood -- via the Washington Post. Has my first soft-shell crab sandwich there -- one of my most delicious memories!
Kip Tiernan
Social activist and founder of the first shelter for homeless women -- via the Boston Globe.
Billy Beck aka Frank Billerbeck
Character actor and clown -- via hollywood.patch.com. He was in everything -- my favorite role of his was as a spying private detective's assistant in "The Fortune Cookie."
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Cy Twombly
Artist -- via the New York Times. Of his drawing of a line, he said: "It does not illustrate. It is the sensation of its own realization."
Shri Kaikhushru Dhunjibhoy Sethna aka Amal Kiran
"Poet, scholar, writer, philosopher, and cultural critic" -- via overmanfoundation.wordpress.com.
Monday, July 4, 2011
Anna Massey
Actress --via the Guardian. A great character actress, often typed as sour or spinsterish, but really a versatile and intelligent presence on stage and in film and television. Her most striking appearance was as the heroine of Michael Powell's "Peeping Tom."
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