Interesting, overlooked, and significant obituaries from around the world, as they happen, emphasizing the positive achievements of those who have died. Member, Society of Professional Obituary Writers.
Monday, January 20, 2014
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
http://fora.tv/2010/10/02/New_Aging_Visiting_the_Future
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.
Wednesday, January 15, 2014
Clarence Miller
Developmentally disabled man who worked at Colorado' capitol -- via the Denver Post.
Tuesday, January 14, 2014
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.
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! |
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