Saturday, February 2, 2013

M.S. Gopalakrishnan

Violinist -- via The Hindu.



Ted Godwin

Artist; last of the 'Regina Five' -- via canadianart.ca.

Senay Yuzbasioglu

Singer/songwriter -- via hurriyet.com.tr.

Angelina Varganova

Actress -- via newizv.ru.


Thomas Holtzmann

Actor -- via Die Zeit.

Andre Cassagnes

Inventor of the Etch-a-Sketch -- via MSN.

Bhanumati Devi

Actress -- via the Indian Express.


Claude Prefontaine

Actor -- via La Presse.

Pat Leimbach

Columnist -- via The Chronicle.

Joselo aka José Manuel Díaz Márquez

Actor and comedian -- via El Nacional.

Edward I. Koch

Former mayor of New York City, politician, writer, character -- via the New York Times. He was the mayor when I first came to New York, so for me he will always be "Mistah Mayah." I liked him! Ed, ya did good.

Thursday, January 31, 2013

Martha Greenhouse

Actress -- via Variety.

T.S. Cook

Screenwriter and producer -- via Variety. He wrote or co-wrote "The China Syndrome," "The Paper Chase," and "The Tuskegee Airmen."




Jaradhan Bandupadhyar

Actor -- via ibnlive.in.com.


Madounjeet Singh

Writer, artist, diplomat, and philanthropist -- via The Hindu.


Leung Ping-kwan aka P.K.

Poet -- via the New York Times.

Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Leroy ‘Sugarfoot’ Bonner

Composer, musician, singer; leader of the Ohio Players -- via Spinner. One of the seminal bands of the era, Ohio Players were the R&B/funk band of choice when I was just the right age for that kind of thing. Does anyone remember the urban legend about "Love Rollercoaster"? We told each other that you could hear a scream during the song that was actually a murder in an adjoining sound studio that made its way onto the recording! Additionally, they produced the sexiest album covers of all time (OK, Roxy Music had some great ones as well). Listening to the music and looking at the album led us to our first stuttering steps toward uninhibited sexuality.








Metin Kacan

Novelist -- via hurriyetdailynews.com.

Gerhard Fieber

Animator -- via Die Welt.

Zvi Yavetz

Historian -- via haaretz.com.


Marusa Krese

Poet, writer, and journalist -- via delo.si.

Patty Andrews aka Patricia Marie Andrews

Singer; the last surviving member of the Andrew Sisters -- via the L.A. Times. The trio, consisting of Maxene, Patty, and LaVerne, sold 75 million records -- in the days when that was impressive! Themselves inspired by the Boswell Sisters, they had a brassy, loud, close-harmony swoop hooked to a hip sense of rhythm. Patty was the youngest, and the lead singer.
















Butch Morris aka Lawrence Douglas Morris

Master of 'conduction' -- improvised music created by a large ensemble; musician, composer -- via the New York Times.



Jirina Jiraskova

Actress -- via Radio Prague.


Tom Ebbbert

Tromobonist -- via triblive.com. Played with the Dukes of Dixieland!


Jim Cosman

Former  MLB pitcher -- via triblive.com.

Anselm Hollo

Poet and teacher -- via the Poe\try Foundation.

Monday, January 28, 2013

Kent Abbott

Guitarist -- via Spinner.

Tandyn Almer

Musician and composer -- via adventfuneral.com. He wrote "Along comes Mary"; he also invented the Slave-Master, often referred to as the world's most perfect bong.




S. Ramanathan

Film producer -- via movies.ndtv.com.

Frank Page

Broadcaster -- via nola.com.

Bhava Kanta Saikia

Writer -- via business-standard.com.

Franz Lehrndorfer

Organist and composer -- via br.de.



George Gruntz

Pianist, composer, conductor, bandleader and festival producer -- via the New York Times.





Peter Fitz

Actor -- via pu.blish.us.


Christel Adelaar

Actress -- via nu.nl. Best known for her role as Mammloe in the TV series "Pipo de Clown."




Khushi Murali

Playback singer -- via newstrackindia.com.

Sunday, January 27, 2013

Benhilda Marume

Actress -- via allafrica.com.

Yuri Schmidt

Human rights lawyer -- via the New York Times.


Anna Lizaran

Actress -- via 324.cat.

Dina Baishya

Comedian -- via the Telegraph of India.

Enzo Hernandez

Shortstop for the Halos -- via Yahoo Sports. Led the league in sac bunts in 1975.