Friday, March 7, 2014

Sheila MacRae

Actress and singer; the last of the four Alices to Jackie Gleason's Ralph Kramden -- via the Huffington Post.

Curtis McClarin

Actor -- via New York Daily News.

Aino-Maija Tikkanen

Actress -- via Ilta-Sanomat.


Jojon aka Djuhri Masdjan

Comedian -- via republika.co.id.

Leopoldo MarĂ­a Panero

Poet -- via leonoticias.com.

Luis Villoro

Philosopher -- via jornada.unam.mx.

Sam Rosen

Holocaust survivor and rights activist -- via the Scranton Times-Tribune.

Garnell Stamps

Civil-rights activist -- via WSET.


Peter Callander

Songwriter and music producer -- via The Times. With Mitch Murray, created many hit pop songs in the 1960s, including "The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde," "Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast," "Hitchin' a Ride," "The Night Chicago Died," and "Billy Don't Be a Hero." Magnificent crap!











Gene Pyrz

Actor and musician -- via the CBC.

William Pogue

Astronaut and author -- via Tulsa World.



Thursday, March 6, 2014

Sherwin B. Nuland

Surgeon and writer; author of "How We Die" -- via the New York Times.

Shoji Yasui

Actor -- via IMDb. Best remembered for his remarkable work as the protagonist Mizushima in Kon Ichikawa's "The Burmese Harp."

Christine Buchegger

Actress -- via Tiroler Tageszeitung.



Stanley Grinstein



Arts patron -- via the L.A. Times.

Van Harris

Comedian -- via northjersey.com.

Geoff Edwards

Game-show host and broadcaster -- via Fox News.

Altan Gunbay

Actor and singer -- via todayszaman.com.

Gail Gerber

Actress -- via Variety.

Mark Freidkin

Poet, writer, translator, and singer -- via newsru.com.

Tuesday, March 4, 2014

Justin Kaplan

Biographer -- via the New York Times.

Bill Adler

Editor, writer, publisher, and promoter -- via the New York Times.

Ryhor Baradulin

Poet -- via belsat.eu.


Molly Bobak

War artist -- via the Calgary Herald.

Lawrence O'Dwyer

Actor, playwright, and director -- via dallasnews.com.

Norman Yonemoto

Norman is on the left -- his brother and collaborator Bruce is on the right.
Video/installation artist -- via the L.A. Times.

Karl Anton Rickenbacher

Conductor -- via pizzicto.lu.

Gib Singleton

Sculptor -- via the Santa Fe New Mexican.

C.R. Simha aka Channapatna Ramaswami Simha

Actor, director, and playwright -- via the Times of India.

Robert Guthrie

Artist -- via the New Orleans Advocate.


Monday, March 3, 2014

Tim Kehoe

Writer and toymaker -- via the Minneapolis tar-Tribune.

Vicente Ximenes

Human-rights activist -- via the Albuquerque Journal.

Frank Reed

Vocalist with the Chi-Lites -- via blackamericaweb.com.

Angele Arsenault

Singer, songwriter, and musician -- via the Toronto Globe and Mail.

Philip Smart

Music producer -- via the Jamaica Observer.

Jerome Willis

Actor -- via the Guardian.

Irving Milchberg aka Ignac Milchberg

Child who smuggled weapons to the Warsaw Ghetto -- via the New York Times.

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Edward F. Vassallo

Actor and producer -- via legacy.com.

Trebor Tichenor

Musician and scholar; world-class expert on Scott Joplin -- via the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

Anna Reynolds

Mezzo-soprano -- via pizzicto.lu.

George (Craig) "Porky" Chedwick

Radio DJ -- via WTAE. One of the greats from the golden era, he was the daddio of the radio and the platter-pushin' poppa!







ArduĂ­no Colassanti

Actor -- via El Diario de Pernambuco. He starred in the extremely dark Brazilian comedy "How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman."




Frank Sardo Avianca

Singer -- via the Somers Daily Voice.






Phyllis Krasilovsky

Children's writer -- via NPR.