Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Chuck Brown

Musician, singer and songwriter; the Godfather of go-go -- via the Washington Post.





Gerry Hostetler

Obit writer -- via the Charlotte Observer. She wrote her own, of course.


Mark Shurilla

Musician -- via the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel.

Frank Knight

Tree warden and preservationist -- via the Chicago Sun-Times. He worked for years to preserve a certain majestic tree; part of it was saved after it died, and will serve as his coffin.

Ramesh Mehta

Playwright, director, actor and translator -- via rediff.com.

Taruni Sachdev

Actress -- via indiatoday.com.


Monday, May 14, 2012

Donald "Duck" Dunn

Hall of Fame bassist -- via Spinner. He was part of Booker T. and the M.G.'s; he was a session player at Stax. His sounds were, are and will be influential -- a great artist.



Bernardo Sassetti

Jazz pianist and composer -- via euronews.com.

Kimberly Wells

Writer for television -- via the Hollywood Reporter.

Stephen Lord aka Stephen J. Loyacano

Writer-producer for TV; playwright, novelist and composer -- via Variety.

Lorena Escalera

Dancer -- via metro.us.


Saturday, May 12, 2012

Thursday, May 10, 2012

Madame Suzanne Wilkie aka Suzanne Gendarme

Trapeze artist -- via the Telegraph.

Caloi aka Carlos Loiseau

Cartoonist -- via the Buenos Aires Herald.

Carl Beane

Public address announcer for the Red Sox -- via espn.com.

Gunnar Sonsteby

WWII resistance fighter -- via the Telegraph.

Elliot Fine

Drummer -- via moderndrummer.com.

Joyce Redman

Actress -- via the BBC. A beautiful and intensely intelligent performer on stage, and in film and television. She receive two Oscar nominations -- the first for her role as the lascivious Mrs. Waters in "Tom Jones" and the second as Desdemona's maid Emilia in Olivier's "Othello."