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."
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.
Friday, January 11, 2013
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."
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.
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