Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Gabriel Axel aka Gabriel Axel Moerch

Oscar-winning director best known for "Babette's Feast" -- via the New York Times.

Leonard Knight

Artist -- via the L.A. Times.

Jimmy Karath

Actor and singer -- via westernboothill.blogspot.com.

Nigel Jenkins

Poet and writer -- via the BBC.

Barry Spacks

Poet -- via the Santa Barbara Independent.

Sid Caesar aka Isaac Sidney Caesar

Comedian and comic performer -- via the L.A. Times. The king of live comedy, my hero, in more ways than one. With Imogene Coca, Carl Reiner, and Howie Morris, he created the first great live comedy on American television. "Your Show of Shows" taught us all how to write sketch comedy. He could do anything, and instantly. Best double-talker and improviser. His memoir "Where Have I Been" showed me a way out of a very self-destructive path as well.

From the New York Times obituary -- “Everybody wants to have a goal: I gotta get to that goal, I gotta get to that goal, I gotta get to that goal,” he said. “Then you get to that goal, and then you gotta get to another goal. But in between goals is a thing called life that has to be lived and enjoyed — and if you don’t, you’re a fool.”












Tuesday, February 11, 2014

Shirley Temple Black

Child star of the highest magnitude -- via the Hollywood Reporter. She nearly single-handedly fought back the Depression with her cheerfulness, sense of hope, and . . . cuteness.







Thursday, February 6, 2014

Ralph Kiner

Hall of Fame baseball player, and announcer for the Mets -- via CBS Sports.




Boyd Oxlade

Novelist and screenwriter -- via the Sydney Morning Herald.

Roy Cicala

Producer, engineer, songwriter, and musician -- via examiner.com. Some of the albums her worked on: "Electric Ladyland," "Imagine," "Easter," "Toys in the Attic," and "Born to Run."

Workshop de Microfonação - by Roy Cicala from Roy Cicala on Vimeo.

Francois Deguelt aka Louis Deghelt

Singer -- via Griddle Music.

Bruce "Squeaky" Barmes

Former MLB player -- via legacy.com.

Eric Lawson

Actor and model -- via the Washington Post.