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.
Thursday, May 24, 2012
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Frederick E. Smith
Author -- via the Bournemouth Daily Echo. The film adaptation of his most popular work, "633 Squadron," featured a final sequence that inspired George Lucas to steal it for the climatic sequence in "Star Wars."
Sanae Nakahara
Actress -- via Yomiuri Online. Best known for her role as a villainess in the film "Lady Snowblood."
Marco Antonio Avila Garcia
Journalist -- via the Guardian. Tortured, murdered, left in a garbage bag. Fifth journalist killed in a month. WTF.
Monday, May 21, 2012
Friday, May 18, 2012
Jean Craighead George
Writer -- via the New York Times. She is best know for her young people's literature, especially "My Side of the Mountain" (one of my faves) and "Julie of the Wolves" -- both Newbery Prize winners.
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Baritone; one of the great singers of the 20th century -- via the Guardian.Not just a pretty voice -- he understood and could communicate the most subtle shades of meaning, making clear the most complex lieder and aria! Here is a wonderful meditation on his talent, integrity, influence and importance by Anthony Tommasini in the New York Times. I was another one of those people who never "got" lieder, and could see no use for it -- until I put on Fischer-Dieskau. An indispensable artist.
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