Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Richard Coogan

Actor; the beloved "Captain Video" of early television -- via the Hollywood Reporter. It was a show so popular that it became the subject of an episode of "The Honeymooners" --

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Jean Vallee

Songwriter and performer -- via esctoday.com.

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Kjell Nupen

Artist -- via aftenposten.no.

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Mohamed Suleyman Tubeec

Musician -- via gaafo.com.

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Nils Horner

Journalist -- via the Guardian.


Christine Buckley

Activist against institutional abuse -- via the Independent.

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Cynthia Lynn

Actress -- via TMZ. You may remember her as Helga on "Hogan's Heroes."

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Jerry Corbitt

Guitarist and music producer; founding member of the Youngbloods -- via Vintage Vinyl News.

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Matthew Power

Journalist -- via the New York Times.

Paul van Schalkwyk

Photographer -- via The Namibian.

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Roldan Aquino

Actor -- via the Philippine Star.


Sunday, March 9, 2014

Wendy Hughes

Actress -- via the Guardian.




Jimmy Ellis

Actor -- via the Daily Mail.

Ali Mustafa

Photojournalist -- via the New York Daily News.


Renato Cioni

Tenor -- via artsjournal.com.





Anatoly Borisovich Kuznetsov

Actor -- via Interfax-Ukraine.

Gerard Mortier

Opera director and administrator -- via the New York Times.

Martin Gottfried

Theater critic and writer -- via the New York Times. A prodigious and highly informed and intelligent writer on and about the theater; he composed several stage-related biographies, and some theater history, as well. His "Broadway Musicals" revived contemporary interest in the the genre's deep reservoir of productions by revealing its history.


Maria Donata Nanetta Paulina Gustava Ermina Wilhemine Stein Lascelles Thorpe

Pianist -- via the Guardian.

Maja Petrin

Actress -- via http://www.jutarnji.hr.

Scott Kalvert

Director -- via the L.A. Times. Best known for "The Basketball Diaries."

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 María 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