Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Peter Ebert

Opera impresario -- via the Telegraph.

Alva Lewis

Vocalist, songwriter, and guitarist; a major part in the rise of reggae -- the Telegraph.





Peter Halasz

Writer and journalist -- via the Telegraph.

Jesus “Chuy” Silva, Jr.

Bodyboarder -- via the Independent.

Mohamed el-Guindy

Activist -- via the Guardian.

Monday, April 8, 2013

Annette Funicello

Actress, singer, Mickey Mouse Club member -- via the New York Times. An icon of the squeaky-clean late '50s and early '60s, she will be best remembered for her "beach films" with male heartthrobs of the day. Later, she developed multiple sclerosis, and became a spokesperson and activist on behalf of those with the disease.





Osman Gidişoğlu

Actor -- via habermonitor.com.

Mahmoud Salem

Writer -- via egyptindependent.com.

Farideh Lashai

Artist -- via artasiapacific.com.

Virgil Johnson

Lead vocalist for The Velvets, teacher, DJ -- via the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal.

Stewart "Dirty Dirk" Fischer

Trumpeter, valve trombonist, composer, arranger, and teacher -- via scvnews.com.

Naarghita aka Maria Amarghioalei

Singer -- via bubblews.com.

Kaoru Shimamura aka Hiroko Takahashi

Voice artist -- via Anime News Network.

Maurice Rosy

Comics writer -- via tintinologist.org.

George Ives

Actor -- via legacy.com.


Behsat Uvez

Singer and composer -- via dvhn.nl.



Ozzie Sweet

Photographer -- via the New York Times.


Eva Bergh

Actress -- via dagbladet.no.

Hans Ernback

Actor -- via aftonbladet.se.


Donald Rutledge

Photojournalist -- via the Richmond Times-Dispatch.

Mickey Stubblefield

Baseball player -- via the McCook Gazette.

Kathleen McCormack

Singer -- via the Sydney Morning Herald.

Chieko Honda

Voice artist -- via Anime News Network.

Yoel Zilberg

Playwright -- via the Jerusalem Post.

Manoranjan Das

Playwright -- via the Times of India.

Andre Gringras

Artist and choreographer -- via watermillcenter.com.

María Asquerino

Actress -- via diariosur.es.

William Perehudoff

Artist -- via the CBC.

Imants Ziedonis

Poet -- via diena.lv.


Marie-Claire Alain

Organist -- via the New York Times.

Bert Flugelman

Artist -- via the Herald Sun.

Shmuel "Shmulik" Kraus

Composer, singer, and actor; one of the founders of Israeli pop -- via Haaretz.





Mike Westhues

Singer-songwriter and guitarist -- via blues-finland.com.

Ralph Ballantine

Illustrator and artist -- via storify.com. He created, among other icons, Tony the Tiger, Charlie the Tuna, and the Good Hands of Allstate.




Ennio Girolami

Actor -- via asta.it. Did everything from "Nights of Cabiria" and "Tenebre" to "Fury of Achilles" and "Feast of Satan."

Kuswadinata aka Kuswadi Bujang

Actor -- via thestar.com.my.

Julian Radulski

Chess grandmaster -- via chessdom.com.

Harald Siepermann

Visual development artist -- via cartoonbrew.com.

Marife de Triana aka Maria Felisa Martinez Lopez

Singer and actress -- via zeenews.india.com.

Antonin Kohout

Cellist of the Smetana Quartet -- via the Guardian.

Todor Kolev

Actor, singer, and comedian -- via novinite.com.

Dennis Palmer

Musician and teacher -- via the Times Free Press.

Sunday, April 7, 2013

Les Blank

Documentary filmmaker -- via the New York Times. One of my all-time favorite filmmakers, he covered the subjects he wanted to cover in the way in which he wanted to cover them. The result: lots of delightful films including "Garlic Is As Good As 10 Mothers," "Gap-Toothed Women," "Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe," "Burden of Dreams," "I Went to the Ball," "Always for Pleasure," and many, many others!







Afaq Haider

Novelist -- via the Arab News.

Mr. Magic aka Awood Johnson

Rapper -- via Vibe.


John "Kelloggs" Kalinowski

Band manager -- via the Telegraph.


Jerome Savary

Director and actor -- via Le Monde.


Larry Ashmore

Composer, arranger, and orchestrator -- via artsjournal.com.

Stephen Longley

Ferryman -- via the Sun Journal.

Tissa Balasuriya

Former priest and social activist -- via the Guardian.


Murrey Marder

Journalist -- via the New York Times.

Glenn Boyer

Historian -- via the Arizona Daily Star.