Monday, May 20, 2013

Ray Manzarek aka Raymond Daniel Manczarek, Jr.

Keyboardist, musician, singer, producer, director, and writer; co-founder of The Doors -- via TMZ.







Cynthia Brown

Human rights advocate -- via Human Rights Watch.

Bella Flores aka Remedios Papa Dancel

Actress -- via the Philippine Star.

Alexi Balabanov

Film director -- via the BBC.

Paul Shane

Comedian and actor -- via the Guardian.

E. Robert Kinney

The man who invented the "fish stick" -- via MSN.


Sunday, May 19, 2013

Helen Lu


Customs officer, and mighty charity worker -- via the Toronto Star.

Penry Williams

Historian, and activist on behalf of asylum seekers -- via the Guardian.

Anne Valery

Writer, best remembered for her World War II TV drama "Tenko." According to her Guardian obit she did the following: "training for war combat, working in army intelligence, being a doyenne of the Fitzrovia literary set in postwar London, modelling on Paris catwalks, working as an actor, television presenter and cabaret performer, and running a junk shop on the Portobello Road, she finally found her vocation as a scriptwriter."

Valtr Komarek

Politician and economist who joined the Velvet Revolution -- via the Independent.

Hedda Bolgar

Psychoanalyst -- via the L.A. Times. She attended Freud's lectures; she escaped the Nazis; she was working until last week. Amazing!

Asghar Ali Engineer

Writer, reformer, scholar, and activist -- via the Times of India.

Ray Guy

Journalist and playwright -- via the Global News.

Enio Ioimmi

Sculptor -- via the Buenos Aires Herald.

John R. McKee

Actor -- via westernboothill.blogspot.com.

Paula Lynn Kaatz

Costumer and costume designer -- via the Hollywood Reporter.

Friday, May 17, 2013

Christine L. White

Actress -- via legacy.com. She was James Dean's girlfriend while they lived in New York; her best-remembered role is probably that of William Shatner's character's wife in the "Twilight Zone" episode "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet."

"The Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" - 1963 Version from Dylan JamesT on Vimeo.

Ron Weaver

TV producer -- via the Hollywood Reporter.

Arnold Peters

Actor -- via the Guardian.

Joe Farman

Geophysicist who discovered the diminishing ozone layer, possibly saving all humanity in the process. Nice! -- via the Guardian.

John LaMontaine

Composer -- via the New York Times.






Barbara Salinas-Norman

Activist and author -- via legacy.com.

Peter Worthington

Journalist -- via the Toronto Sun. Here's his self-composed obituary, which is comprehensive and lengthy -- but he is beyond the reach of editors now! A satisfying last word on his own life.

K Bikram Singh

Film director, producer, and writer -- via Bollywood Life.

Harold Pauley

Composer and musician -- via the Sacramento Bee.

Cesar Portillo de la Luz

Songwriter -- via the Guardian.

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Fred White

Long-time broadcaster for the Royals -- via the Kansas City Star. He was there for the miracle Highway 70 Series in 75!


Zia Fariduddin Dagar

Vocalist -- via dnaindia.com.

Michael Earl

Performer and activist -- via The Stage.

Ken Whaley

Bassist and journalist -- via forujms.stevehoffman.tv.

Huguette Oligny

Actress -- via the CBC.



Maureen Dunn

POW/MIA advocate -- via the Quincy, MA Patriot-Ledger.

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Vincent Dowling

Actor and director -- via independent.ie.


Peter Sehr

Film director -- via the Hollywood Reporter.

Grayson Minney

Musician -- via NBC Connecticut.

Geza Vermes

Dead Sea Scrolls scholar -- via the Guardian.

Barbara Callcott

Actress -- via news.com.au. Popular icon of Colgate toothpaste in Australia, as TV's "Mrs. Marsh."