Sunday, January 19, 2014

Madeline Arakawa Gins

Architect, poet, and painter -- via the New York Times. Created "Reversible Destiny" housing -- eccentrically and nonintuitively designed in order to keep the inhabitants' senses off-balance, with the professed result of staving off death. Indefinitely. It didn't work, but it sure looks cool!

http://fora.tv/2010/10/02/New_Aging_Visiting_the_Future




Levon Khechoyan

Writer -- via aysor.am.

Armen Mazmanyan

Director and actor -- via Armenpress.

Hugo de la Torre

Folk musician -- via Diario La Provincia.




Luc Romann

Singer and songwriter -- via elianedaphy.org.

Friday, January 17, 2014

Thursday, January 16, 2014

Dave Madden

Actor -- via USA Today. Best known as the slimy manager Reuben Kincaid on TV's "The Patridge Family" -- however, he was a prominent part of "Laugh-In" before that. I am ashamed to say that I even remember him in the short-lived 1965 sitcom "Camp Runamuck."






Russell Johnson

Actor -- via TMZ. He will be remembered as the beloved Professor on TV's "Gilligan's Island." He worked extensively in television, and in classic B movies in the '50s and '60s.



Sheila Guyse

Singer and actress -- via the New York Times.



Roger Lloyd Pack

Actor -- via the BBC.




Dick Shepherd

Film producer -- via the L.A. Times.


Juan Gelman

Poet -- via the BBC.

Aram Gharabekian

Conductor -- via the Armenian Weekly.

Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Roy Campbell Jr.

Trumpeter -- via the New Yorker.

Freddie "Fingers" Lee aka Frederick John Cheesman

Pianist and songwriter -- via the Northern Echo. He played with Screaming Lord Sutch, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, and Gene Vincent, among others.

Faith Geer

Actress -- via berkeleyside.com.


John Horsley

Actor -- via chortle.co.uk.

Gary Grimshaw

Poster artist -- via Detroit Free Press.

Maria Lidka aka Marianne Louise Liedtke

Violinist -- via the Telegraph.


Cliff Carpenter

Actor -- via New York Daily News. He worked on Broadway; he acted on radio for Norwin Corwin, among others, and was one of the Terrys on the radio adaptation of "Terry and the Pirates." His support for blacklisted actor Philip Loeb in 1942 led to his own blacklisting.

Judy Protas

Advertising copywriter -- via the New York Times. One of the best -- she did both the "You don't have to be Jewish to love Levy's real Jewish rye" and "candy-coated popcorn, peanuts, and a prize" for Crackerjack.

Yes, that is Malcom X. He loved the photo!



Arnoldo Foa

Actor and director -- via the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.

Alvin Bernard Aubert

Poet -- via James Madison University.


Monday, January 13, 2014

Aitzaz Hasan

Sacrificed himself to save others from a bombing -- via the Mirror.

Robert Hess

Former Commissioner of Homeless Services for NYC -- via the New York Times.

Rynn Berry

Writer and advocate of vegetarianism -- via the New York Times.

Vincent J. Termine

Pastor who fought racism -- via the New York Times.

Allard van der Scheer

Actor -- via volkskrant.nl.


Alexandra Bastedo

Actress -- via the BBC. May be best remembered for her role as Dr. Sharron Macready in the short-lived British sci-fi series "The Champions" (one of my all-time faves!).



Frank Marth

Character actor -- via the Hollywood Reporter. Another often-seen supporting performer -- a solid, dependable artist!


Anjali Devi

Actress and producer -- via Film Circle.

Keiko Awaji

Actress -- via Kyodo News. Best known for her work in Kurosawa's "Stray Dog" and Mrk Robson's "The Bridges at Toko-Ri" -- via the Japan Times.


Keiko Awaji by francomac

"Frantic Fran" Lilienfeld

Singer, entertainer, and TV host -- via the New York Times.