Novelist, poet, biographer, and short-story writer -- via the Kansas City Star. This criminally under-read writer composed at least two brilliant novels, "Mr. Bridge" and "Mrs. Bridge," as well as the brilliant Custer book, "Son of the Morning Star."
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, January 10, 2013
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Keiji Nakazawa
Manga artist and writer; survivor of Hiroshima -- via the L. A. Times. His best-known work, "Barefoot Gen," is a terrifying and graphic autobiographical work.
Paul Crauchet
Actor -- lci.tf1.com. Performed in many key French films of his era, including "Army of Shadows," "My Father's Glory/My Mother's Castle," and "Le cercle rouge."
Sheila McKinley
Singer -- via scotsman.com. With sister Jeanette (r.), pop duo who recorded "Sweet and Tender Romance."
Olga Zubarry aka Olga Adela Zubarriaín
Actress -- via clarin.com. Her big breakthrough came in the 1946 film "El Angel Desnudo" (The Naked Angel), in which her bared her back -- a shocking development in Latin American cinema at the time.
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Monday, January 7, 2013
Sunday, January 6, 2013
Curtis Hubertz
Electronics expert; helped build and maintain the famous Wrigley Field scoreboard -- via the Chicago Tribune.
Roger Swanson
Long-distance voyager who sailed around the globe alone thrice -- via the Minneapolis Star-Tribune.
Friday, January 4, 2013
Beate Sirota Gordon
Feminist heroine who drafted women's rights into the Japanese constitution -- via the New York Times.
Carl Woese
Biophysicist and evolutionary microbiologist -- via the New York Times. He discovered the "third domain" of organisms, archaea.
John Sheardown
Diplomat who saved several would-be American hostages in Iran -- via the New York Times. Sounds like a heck of a guy, and this incident from his NYT obit is impossible not to reprint --
"At 18, he joined the Canadian Air Force and flew a bomber in World War II, once crash-landing near an English village after limping back from an attack on Germany. He broke both legs, but was able to crawl to a pub door at 3 a.m. and rouse the owner. He asked for a glass of Scotch, which the owner gave him. The owner then asked for payment while Mr. Sheardown waited for an ambulance — a story Mr. Sheardown relished."
"At 18, he joined the Canadian Air Force and flew a bomber in World War II, once crash-landing near an English village after limping back from an attack on Germany. He broke both legs, but was able to crawl to a pub door at 3 a.m. and rouse the owner. He asked for a glass of Scotch, which the owner gave him. The owner then asked for payment while Mr. Sheardown waited for an ambulance — a story Mr. Sheardown relished."
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