Actor, comedian and journalist -- via forum.blu-ray.com.
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, November 27, 2011
Nisio Gomes
Indigenous leader and shaman -- via the BBC. Forty masked gunmen murdered him after his took his tribe back to ancestral land stolen by Brazilian ranchers.
Saturday, November 26, 2011
"Michigan Mike" Torpie
Nice photo by Eric Abramson! |
Friday, November 25, 2011
Gary Garcia
Musician and songwriter -- via kotaku.com. Half of the duo of Buckner and Garcia, his big hit was "Pac-Man Fever."
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Eva Monley
Legendary film location scout -- via the New York Times. Worked on everything from the Stewart Granger "King Solomon's Mines" to "The African Queen" to "Exodus" to "Lawrence of Arabia" to "Out of Africa" to "Mississippi Masala."
Gregory Papalexis
Frankfurter king -- via the New York Daily News. Owner of the ubiquitous Sabrett chain of hot-dog carts in New York City.
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Paul Thomas
Blues/funk bassist -- via azcentral.com. He played with such names as Bo Diddley, Ike Turner, Carol Fran, Kim Wilson, Pinetop Perkins, Henry Gray, Jimmy Rogers, Nappy Brown, Lynwood Slim, Rick Estrin, Kid Ramos, Junior Watson and Louisiana Red.
Bruce Kellman
Photojournalist -- via the Tacoma News Tribune. Here's a great quote from him: "When the shutter is open, it's like I hear music."
Bruno Rubeo
Excellent production designer -- via the Hollywood Reporter. For some random reason, here's a fun video of Bruno doing some major-league bargaining with a Shanghai merchant.
Bruno gives a lesson in haggling in Shanghai from Raymond Prado on Vimeo.
Bruno gives a lesson in haggling in Shanghai from Raymond Prado on Vimeo.
Monday, November 21, 2011
Jean Julich
Anti-Nazi dissident -- via the Independent. He and other teenage "Edelweiss Pirates" evaded the German draft and fought the Nazi war efforts as they hid out.
Shelagh Delaney
Playwright and screenwriter -- via the Guardian. Best known for her debut work, "A Taste of Honey," she launched the lauded "kitchen sink" movement of realism in British theatre in the 1950s. She also wrote the excellent "Dance with a Stranger."
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