Friday, January 11, 2013

Mariangela Melato

Actress -- via the BBC. Best known for her extensive work with Lina Wertmuller, starring in "Swept Away" and appearing in "The Seduction of Mimi" and "Love and Anarchy."






Lee Hartman

Animator -- via AWN.


Anand Abhyankar, Akshay Pendse

Anand Abhyankar
Akshay Pendse
Actors -- via ibnlive.in.com.

Thursday, January 10, 2013

Evan S. Connell

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."



Ledo Ivo

Poet -- via the Latin American Herald Tribune.

Kveta Legatova aka Vera Hofmanova

Writer -- via Radio Prague.


Emidio Greco

Director and screenwriter -- via lastampa.it.



Jarl Borssen

Actor -- via aftonbladet.se.

Boyd Bartley

Former MLB player -- via legacy.com.


Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Thelma Reston

Actress -- via oglobo.globo.com.


Robert Juniper

Artist -- via The Australian.

George O'Donnell

Former MLB pitcher -- via legacy.com.

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.


Patrick "Paddy" "Pecker" Dunne

Musician,storyteller, and activist -- via the Belfast Telegraph.



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."

Chinwe Ifeoma Chukwuogo-Roy

Artist -- via Nigerian Watch.


Sheila McKinley

Singer -- via scotsman.com. With sister Jeanette (r.), pop duo who recorded "Sweet and Tender Romance."

Andrzej Dłużniewski

Sculptor -- via dzieje.pl.


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

David R. Ellis

Stuntman and director -- via the L.A. Times. His big hit? "Snakes on a Plane"!




Sammy Johns

Singer/songwriter -- via the Charlotte Observer. His big hit? "Chevy Van," 1975.

Richard Ben Cramer

Journalist -- via the New York Times.

Ada Louise Huxtable

Architecture critic -- via the New York Times.

Huell Howser

TV host -- via the L.A. Times.