Sunday, February 16, 2014

Isaac de Vega

Writer -- via culturayocio.diariodeavisos.com.

John Ragin

Actor -- via forestlawn.tributes.com.

Bruce Hoy



Dancer and choreographer -- via the Hollywood Reporter.

Wu Ma

Actor, director, producer, and writer -- via the Straits Times. One of the most familiar faces of Hong Kong cinema, he appeared in more than 250 films, and directed 42, working with Sammo Hung, Jackie Chan, and director Chang Cheh. His favorite role -- the Taoist ghosthunter Yin Chik-ha in "A Chinese Ghost Story."

Eduardo Coutinho

Director -- via the BBC.


Saturday, February 15, 2014

John Henson

Puppeteer; son of Jim Henson -- via seattlepi.com. The best-known Muppet he played was Sweetums, the giant ogre.








Richard Bull

Actor; best known for his role as Nels Oleson on TV's "Little House on the Prairie" -- via the Washington Post.

Gerd Albrecht

Conductor -- via the New York Times.

Eric James Mellon

Artist -- via the Guardian.


Craig Lahiff

Writer, director, and producer -- via the South Australian Film Corporation.

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.