Thursday, December 13, 2012

Maria Santos Gorrostieta

Murdered mayor -- via the Telegraph. She stood up to drug lords, survived two assassination attempts, and the murder of her husband. When she was taken away to be killed, she successfully begged the gunmen to leave her daughter behind, saving her life.

She showed her wounds at a press conference in 2009, saying:

 "I wanted to show you my wounded, mutilated body because I'm not ashamed of it... I am a strong and righteous woman, and despite my wounds, I'm still on my feet."




Gordon Bennett

Photography collector and preservationist -- via the San Francisco Chronicle.

John Silva

Electrical engineer; invented the TV news helicopter -- via the New York Times.

Jon Kest

Community organizer -- via the New York Daily News.


Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Ravi Shankar aka Robindra Shankar Chowdhury

Composer and sitarist -- via the New York Times. Not only a virtuoso, but an innovator who both opened the West up to the beauties of Indian classical music, and who experimented with form and collaborated with musicians from around the world. Through him, I began to see the diversity and depth ofthe the culture of the Indian subcontinent.









Monday, December 10, 2012

Jenni Rivera

Singer of corridos, bandas, and nortenos -- via CNN.

Sean Barrett

Physicist -- via the Guardian.


Ewan Robertson

Graphic designer and musician -- via the cmuwebsite.com.


Susan Luckey

Actress -- via the Hollywood Reporter. Her two most memorable roles -- as the daughter of Billy Bigelow in "Carousel" and as Zaneeta Shinn in "The Music Man."


Enebeli Elebuwa

Actor -- via modernghana.com.

Sunday, December 9, 2012

Friday, December 7, 2012