Sunday, September 25, 2011

Gaspar J. "Buddy" Stall

Historian -- via the New Orleans Times-Picayune.

John du Cann aka John Cann

Guitarist -- via seaoftranquility.org.

Oscar Handlin

Historian -- via the New York Times.

Jerry Schad

Master of the hiking guide -- via the L.A. Times.

Frank Driggs

Writer, historian, record producer and collector of jazz photos -- via the New York Times.

Regina Smendzianka

Pianist -- via the news.pl.

Gautam Rajadhyaksha

Photographer -- via The Hindu.

Mohammed Ghani Hikmat

Sculptor -- via the New York Times.

Nikolai Petrov

Pianist -- via the New York Times.

Leif Hovelsen

Peace activist -- via the Steamboat Springs Pilot & Today.

Joe Barber

Entertainment editor, columnist and critic -- via the Washington Post.

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Gaby Stenberg

Actress - via dn.se.

Cora Vaucaire

Singer -- via Digital Journal.

David Pressman

Director on stage and in television, and actor -- via the New York Daily News. A prominent and well-respected Broadway and live-TV director, he was blacklisted during the McCarthy era; he survived and thrived in later years.

Adrienne Anderson

Environmental activist and teacher -- via the Daily Camera.

Enid Cheavens Schantz

Printer and bookstore owner -- via the Denver Post. With her husband Tom, an owner of the wonderful Rue Morgue bookstore in Boulder. An award-winning champion of mystery and detective fiction. I bought a lot of my Raymond Chandler, and my first Dashiell Hammett, there!

Corinne Hunt

Regional historian and author -- via the Denver Post.

Minck Oosterveer

Comic book illustrator -- via comicbookmovie.com.

Norma Eberhardt Dauphin

Actress -- via Legacy.com.

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Johnny Raducanu

Jazzman -- via the Washington Post.

Kurt Sanderling

Conductor -- via the L.A. Times. Little-known due to his isolation behind the Iron Curtain, he was a marvelous interpreter of Shostakovich.

John Glasby

Research chemist, astronomer -- and prolific pulp fiction writer -- via the Telegraph.

John Boswell

Film story editor and analyst -- via the Hollywood Reporter.

Myron Bresnick

Film distributor -- via Variety.

Monday, September 19, 2011