Saturday, July 6, 2013

Diane Clare

Actress -- via the Telegraph. Worked extensively in British film and TV; I remember her best as the heroine of Hammer's cheesy "Plague of the Zombies."



Diosa Costello aka Juana de Dios Castrello aka "The Latin Bombshell"

Performer, producer, and club owner -- via the National Museum of American History.



Danny Kravitz

Former MLB catcher -- via Homer Funeral Home.

Gene Freese

Former MLB third baseman -- via sportsnola.com. The man who dubbed Pete Rose "Charlie Hustle."


Friday, July 5, 2013

Jim Kelly

Martial artist and actor -- via the New York Times. The first prominent African American in this category, he graced the screen in, most famously, "Enter the Dragon":



but also such chop-socky classics as "Black Belt Jones," "Three the Hard Way," "Black Samurai," and "Death Dimension."