Thursday, June 12, 2014

Ruby Dee aka Ruby Ann Wallace

Joseph Olita

Actor -- via standardmedia.co.ke.




Simon Roberts

Weldon Myrick

Steel guitar master -- via Billboard.




Jack Dittmer

Former second baseman in the MLB -- via hawkeywsports.com.

Monday, June 9, 2014

Rik Mayall

Comedian, writer, and actor -- via the BBC. Best remembered in America for his work on the pioneering, anarchic sitcom "The Young Ones."









Sunday, June 8, 2014

Dhondutai Kulkarni aka Gaan-Yogini

Singer -- via the Times of India.



Tanya Masalitinova

Actress -- via novinite.com.

Karlheinz Hackl

Actor and director -- via wien.orf.at.

Cedric Thornberry

Peacemaker -- via the Guardian.

Brajanath Ratha

Poet -- via the Odisha Sun Times.

Hanna Maron aka Hannele Meierzak

Legendary actress -- via the Jerusalem Post. More significantly, even after losing a leg in a terrorist attack in 1970, she continued as a vocal activist for peace.



Lyudmila Makarova

Actress -- via the St. Petersburg Times.

Henning Carlsen

Hienadz Buraukin

Poet and journalist -- via charter97.org.

Nongchanai Prinyathawat aka Kanchana Nakhanan

Novelist -- via the Bangkok Post.