Comedian -- via the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
Interesting, overlooked, and significant obituaries from around the world, as they happen, emphasizing the positive achievements of those who have died. Member, Society of Professional Obituary Writers.
Saturday, March 15, 2014
Friday, March 14, 2014
Tony "Wedgie" Benn
Left-wing political figure -- via the New York Times. "A faith is something you die for; a doctrine is something you kill for; there is all the difference in the world."
Thursday, March 13, 2014
Abner E. "Abby" Singer
Production manager and assistant director -- via Deadline. His name is the origin of the phrase, "the Abby Singer shot," meaning the second-to-last shot of the working day. He called it out so that technical staff could begin to pack up and move to prepare for the first shot of the next day.
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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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Tuesday, March 11, 2014
Monday, March 10, 2014
Jean-Louis Bertuccelli
Director and screenwriter -- via the Hollywood Reporter.
Jean-Louis Bertuccelli and Julie Bertuccelli on the 50th Edition of La Semaine de la Critique from L.A. Alguera on Vimeo.
Jean-Louis Bertuccelli and Julie Bertuccelli on the 50th Edition of La Semaine de la Critique from L.A. Alguera on Vimeo.
Sunday, March 9, 2014
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.
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