Friday, December 20, 2013

Ronnie Biggs

"The Great Train Robber" -- via the New York Times.

Eyad Sarraj

Human rights activist and psychiatrist -- via the L.A. Times.

Abbas Khan

Doctor; killed in jail by the Syrian government -- via the Daily Mail.

Paul Torday

Writer -- via the New York Times.

Ned Vizzini

Writer -- via the L.A. Times.

George Rodrigue

Artist -- via the New York Times.

Daniel Escobar

Actor -- via CNN.

Sandeep Acharya

Singer -- via The Times of India.

Lolita Sevilla aka Ángeles Moreno Gómez

Actress and singer -- via El Mundo.

Zafer Onen

Actor -- via CNN Turk.

Thursday, December 19, 2013

France Roche

Actress, screenwriter, and journalist -- via Le Figaro.

John D. Wyker

Singer and songwriter -- al.com. His band Sailcat's big hit: "Motorcycle Mama."






Roger Tillison

Singer and songwriter -- via American Songwriter.





Tommy Ruger

Tommy is at far left!
Drummer with the Nightcrawlers -- via the Daytona Beach News-Journal. Their big hit: "The Little Black Egg."

Honey Waldman

Theater producer and owner -- via the New York Times.


Monday, December 16, 2013

Fred Scherer

Diorama painter -- via the New York Times.


Louis Waldon

Actor -- via the New York Times.

Glauco Mirko Laurelli


Director -- via westernboothill.blogspot.com.

Sonia Fraser

Actor, writer, director, and therapist -- via the Guardian.


Chris Howland

TV and radio host -- via DW.

Ray Price

Country singer; one of the greats! -- via the Hollywood Reporter. LOVE ME some Ray Price.







Don Lund

Former MLB player -- via the Detroit Free Press


Rossana Podesta

Actress -- the National Enquirer.

Kees Brusse

Actor, director, and screenwriter -- via NRC Handelsblad.

Lynne Kieran

Singer; best known as a member of the Rounder Girls -- via esctoday.com.

Hung Sin-nui

Opera singer -- via the South China Morning Post.

Audrey Totter

Actress -- via Variety. One of the great, though less-known femme fatales from the classic American noir period. She appeared in classic potboilers such as "Women's Prison," "The Woman They Almost Lynched," "The Set-up," "The Lady in the Lake," and "The Unsuspected."





Sandor Szokolay

Composer -- via hvg.hu.

Jack Purcell

Trombonist and bandleader -- via the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

Nya Quesada

Actress -- via tn.com.ar.

Robert L. "Chick" Willis

Blues composer, guitarist, and singer -- via the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.