Thursday, February 13, 2014

Jim Fregosi

Former MLB star and manager -- via philly.com.

Luis Raul

Comedian and actor -- via El Nuevo Dia.

Alfredo Sinclair

Artist -- via La Prensa.


Elisabetta Barbato

Soprano -- via ansa.it.





Gloria Leonard aka Gale Sandra Klinetsky

Actress and publisher -- via the New York Times.


Jean Babilee aka Jean Gutmann

Dance and choreographer -- via the New York Times.

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.