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.
Tuesday, July 22, 2014
Edward Clay "Tap" Canutt
Stuntman and actor; son of Yakima Canutt -- via westernboothill.blogspot.com.
Monday, July 21, 2014
Thomas Berger
One of America's most underrated novelists -- via the New York Times. Best known for writing "Little Big Man," he could write in any genre with ease, making sardonic points about society and mankind in general along the way. His Carlo Reinhart novels, "Sneaky People," "The Feud," "Regiment of Women," "Killing Time," and on and on . . . superb work. Pick up anything of his and you will enjoy it.
Great quote from him in the New York Times obituary: "I should like the reader to be aware that a book of mine is written in the English language, which I love with all my heart and write to the best of my ability and with the most honorable of intentions -- which is to say, I am peddling no quackery, masking no intent to tyrannize, and asking nobody's pity. (I suspect that I am trying to save my own soul, but that's nobody else's business.)"
Great quote from him in the New York Times obituary: "I should like the reader to be aware that a book of mine is written in the English language, which I love with all my heart and write to the best of my ability and with the most honorable of intentions -- which is to say, I am peddling no quackery, masking no intent to tyrannize, and asking nobody's pity. (I suspect that I am trying to save my own soul, but that's nobody else's business.)"
Claudine Bouche
http://www.criterion.com/films/218-jules-and-jim
Film editor of such classics as "Jules et Jim," "Shoot the Piano Player," and "The Bride Wore Black" -- via A'voire A'lire. Declared dead after disappearing in early April.
Film editor of such classics as "Jules et Jim," "Shoot the Piano Player," and "The Bride Wore Black" -- via A'voire A'lire. Declared dead after disappearing in early April.
OBIT READER: Our weekly roundup of stories on death, dying, and more
A photo from the collection of the Museum of Mourning Photography and Memorial Practice, courtesy the Cult of Mac website. |
TOP STORIES
David Pierini of the Cult of Mac visits the Museum
of Mourning Photography and Memorial Practice in Chicago
Zachary T. Sampson and Martin Finucane of the Boston Globe
report on an unlicensed funeral director who possessed 12
bodies in a storage unit. And the New York Daily News adds that the same
individual had 40
sets of cremated remains in another storage unit.
A tribute to a man not well-known reminds us that actions,
not renown, are how a life should be measured – written by Soo Ewe Jin of
the Star of Malaysia
DEATH
From Still Standing magazine, Loni H.E. describes life after the
death of an infant
Richard Harris on Forbes magazine investigates the
growing call for the legalization of assisted death
Postmortem
digital existence – the possibilities debated, from Jeff Stone at the
International Business Times
Identity
thieves target the dead, per WBBH-TV
MOURNING
Is
mourning to be condemned? It depends on which side you’re on in the
Israeli-Palestinian conflict, per Sergio Yahni of Alternative News
Grandpa’s funeral – a
very beautiful and loving tribute from just a couple of regular folks. Via
paigeandchris.com.
OBITS
Jack Know of the Alberni Valley Colonist examines obits – good,
bad, and indifferent
Ben Garrett on the
importance of obituaries
FUNERAL HOMES
Does
the funeral industry need tighter regulation? Roddie Burris of Columbia,
SC’s The State reports on widely differing charges for the same services
Annie Pilon of Small Business Trends tells us about a mortician
who’s also a magician
Evicting
landlord finds decomposing bodies in funeral home – via Mitch Mitchell of
the Fort Worth Star-Telegram
MISC
Nancy Lofholm in the Denver Post reports on
jumbled cemetery records that dismay families of the deceased
Tom Rolf
Oscar-winning film editor -- via the Hollywood Reporter. Among his films: "The Right Stuff," "Taxi Driver," "Heat," and "Jacob's Ladder."
Jerry McNeeley
TV writer, director, and producer; creator of "Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law" -- via westernboothill.blogspot.com.
Sunday, July 20, 2014
Elaine M. Brody
Sociologist and expert on aging, she championed the 'women in the middle' -- adult children of aging parents -- via the New York Times.
James Garner aka James Bumgarner
Actor -- via Variety. One of TV's acting icons for his roles in series such as "Maverick" and "The Rockford Files," he also did outstanding work, comedic and dramatic, in films and TV works such as "The Great Escape," "The Americanization of Emily," "Support Your Local Sheriff!", "Skin Game," "Victor/Victoria," "My Name is Bill W." and others. A quintessential American leading man who combined an easy, underplayed acting style with likability, self-deprecating humor and a hint of melancholy seriousness. As has been said of leading men before -- if you were a woman, you wanted to sleep with him; if you were a man, you wanted to buy him a beer. One of the best.
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Friday, July 18, 2014
Joep Lange . . . and 297 others on Flight MH17
Prominent AIDS researcher . . . and as many as 100 other AIDS researchers bound for a conference in Kuala Lampur . . . along with passengers and crew, leading to a total loss of all on board -- 298 people. All these were killed when separatist rebels, armed with Russian weapons, shot this civilian jet airliner out of the sky. This tragic incident only highlights what happens when lives are taken in combat. In Judaism, it is stated that "He who saves one life, it is as if he saves an entire universe." Conversely, a life lost is a universe snuffed out. Think of all the good these medical experts were doing to alleviate suffering. How many years will this slow down the fight against AIDS? Not to mention the inherent worth of every life on that plane.
Thursday, July 17, 2014
Wednesday, July 16, 2014
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