Wednesday, May 28, 2014

Maya Angelou aka Marguerite Johnson

Poet, novelist, memoirist, and performer -- via the New York Times.





Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Linnea Eleanor "Bunny" Yeager

Erotic photographer and model -- via the New York Times.



Martin Lister

Anand Modak

Composer -- via the Times of India.

Luis Carbonnell

Reciter of poetry -- via Escambray.

Donald Levine

Toy executive; developed the G.I. Joe doll -- via the Washington Post.

Sunday, May 25, 2014

Friday, May 23, 2014

READER: This week's assortment of curated death stories

Some stories on death, dying, mourning, and end-of-life issues:

Tomb markers of the Netherlands, a photo essay from Morbid Anatomy.

How did Michael Jackson perform after death, and to whose benefit? -- from The Legal Geeks.

And what about the persistence of your online identity after death? -- from Tyler Jett at the Chattanooga Times Free Press.

Via KevinMD.com, Craig Chen on dealing with the reality of death, in the interest of public health

From BosNewsLife, a story that asserts that, in Uzbekistan, rival religions are fighting over who gets to be buried where -- 

In Salon, Prachi Gupta talks to David Uhry, who has made a living out of dying on screen (yes, even more than Sean Bean!)

From TIP News, the top five expressed regrets by people on their deathbeds.

Johnny McNabb

Singer and guitarist -- via the Dallas Morning News.

Suman Mahanta, 10 fellow bandmembers

Peter Curtin

Actor -- via the Sydney Morning Herald.

Gabriel Kolko

Historian and writer -- via reason.com.

Mike Stewart

Saxophonist, bandleader, and lecturer -- via The Advertiser.