Saturday, June 14, 2014

Anjan Das

Film director -- via ibnlive.in.com.




Victor Agnello

Drummer -- via Loudwire.

Svyatoslav Belza

Scholar, critic, essayist and TV host -- via direct-beauty.ru. He did much to popularize the arts in his region!


Yuri Kochiyama

Human rights activist -- via the Independent. After being interned as a Japanese-American during World War II, she went on to aid other movements such as black nationalism, Puerto Rican independence, and the anti-Vietnam War protests. Most memorably, she held Malcom X's head in her hands as he died.







Harry H. Novak aka The Sultan of Sexploitation

Film producer and distributor -- via the Independent.


Friday, June 13, 2014

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.