Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Death, then and now: a 200-year update

The New England Journal of Medicine celebrates its 200th year of publishing by printing a comparison of morbidity factors, then and now. How jolly! -- via io9.com.

Sergio Tedesco

Actor, singer and voice artist -- via westernboothill.blogspot.com.

Carlos Cobos

Actor -- via Fox News.

Carlos Reichenbach

Filmmaker -- via westernboothill.blogspot.com.

Lou Pride

Soul and blues singer -- via soultracks.com.

Tim Mooney

Drummer -- via stereogum.com.


Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Abram Wilson

Jazz trumpeter and vocalist -- via the Guardian.



Teofilo Stevenson

Cuba's greatest boxer -- via the Sporting News. Three-time Olympic heavyweight champion.

Lord Archer of Sandwell aka Peter Kingsley Archer

Lawyer,writer, campaigner for human rights -- via the Telegraph.

Rosa Guy

Author -- via the New York Times.

Shauna Crockett - Burrows

Journalist who focused on Positive News -- via the Guardian.


Nora Ephron

Screenwriter, director, humorist, essayist, novelist, playwright, journalist and author -- via the National Post. Her big hits -- "Silkwood," "When Harry Met Sally . . . ," "Sleepless in Seattle" and "Julie and Julia."

Sunday, June 24, 2012

Gitta Sereny

Writer who examined evil -- via the New York Times.

Lina Haag

Anti-fascist activist -- via the Sontaggsblatt.


Ron Onions

Radio journalist -- via the Guardian.


Anthony Bate

Actor -- via the Guardian.






Judy Freudberg

Emmy-winning (17) for television, and for film -- via the New York Times. A long-time presence on "Sesame Street," she also co-wrote "An American Tail," "Follow That Bird," and "The Land Before Time."


Friday, June 22, 2012

Richard Adler

Composer, lyricist and producer -- via the Hollywood Reporter. With Jerry Ross, he created two of the top musicals of the 1950s -- "Damn Yankees" and "Pajama Game."











Caroline John

Actress best known for playing companion Liz Shaw on the Jon Pertwee "Doctor Who"s -- via the BBC.