Sports broadcaster -- via the Denver Post.
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, October 25, 2012
Franck Barcellini
Composer -- via artsjournal.com. Best known for his composition of the theme from Jacques Tati's "Mon Oncle."
Antoni Dobrowolski
Teacher; oldest survivor of Auschwitz -- via the Huffington Post. The Nazis didn't want Poles to get more than four years of elementary education, as they were to be a "slave race." Dobrowwolski defied them.
Stanford Ovshinsky
Prolific inventor -- via the New York Times. Among his creations: the nickel-metal hyride battery, and contributions to the rewritable CD, solar panels, flat screens, and on and on.
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
John Clive
Actor and writer -- via the Guardian. Best known for his roles in "The Italian Job," as the voice of John Lennon in "Yellow Submarine," and "A Clockwork Orange."
The death of David Rose, who never existed
Not "David Rose," but Hunter Dunn, who is alive and well. |
B.B. Cunningham
Musician, frontman, songwriter, session player, engineer and producer -- via the Memphis Commercial Appeal.
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Monday, October 22, 2012
Sunday, October 21, 2012
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