Lead singer with the Orlons -- via Facebook. Among their hits: "Don't Hang Up," "South Street," and "The Wah Watusi."
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.
Friday, August 29, 2014
William Greaves
Filmmaker and journalist -- via the New York Times. Best known for his creation of TV's "Black Journal," and the unique film project "Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One."
Thursday, August 28, 2014
Wednesday, August 27, 2014
"Tommy" Talmadge Gough
Tommy is second from right. |
Tuesday, August 26, 2014
Monday, August 25, 2014
WEEKLY READER: Our roundup of stories on death, dying, mourning and more
TOP STORIES
Photographer
makes series of before-and-after-death photos – reported by David Rosenberg
in Slate
Grief
shaming: judging others’ mourning by Caleb Wilde in Confessions of a
Funeral Director
Local
paper rejects man’s sarcastic self-penned obit – via Happy Place
DEATH
The
Death of Balzac, by Victor Hugo – from balzacbooks.wordpress.com
Is
death a path to political power? In Brazil, perhaps – via Dom Phillips in
the Washington Post
Dear
God, no: morgue worker admits having sex with corpses. A lot of corpses –
from Jerome Hudson of the Daily Surge
‘Before
I die’ bucket-list walls spreading – via Channel 3000
Death in the
digital age – an infographic from Robin Hyde-Chambers in SiteProNews
Arwa Salah Mahmoud talks about her
laissez-faire affair with death
MOURNING
From The Bowery Boys: Death
of Yiddish theater star triggered mass demonstration in 1914
In Medium’s Bereavement and Mourning category, talking
about the dead with Charles McCullagh
OBITS
Are
digital-age obits an improvement? – Mario Garcia of Garcia Media weighs in
Delightful
self-penned (if a bit lengthy) obit – from Ann Brenoff at the Huffington
Post
FUNERALS
Crowdfunding
funerals – by Jodi Helmer in Forbes
From Lynn Haney-Trowbridge in the Shoreline Times, how
to write a eulogy
A very
civil British funeral – from Judy Batalion in Modern Loss
‘Bad
dancing’ at funeral leads to fight, car crash, and attempted arson –
via Conor Byrne at NT News
Sunday, August 24, 2014
Richard Attenborough
Actor, director ,and producer -- via the BBC. An Oscar-winner for his direction of "Gandhi," he made a number of good films, inlcuding "Oh! What A Lovely War," "Young Winston," "A Bridge Too Far," "Magic," "Chaplin," and "Shadowlands." However, his work as an actor was incredible, spanning 60 years. He could play drama, comedy, and melodrama. Among his best roles: The young stoker in "In Which We Serve" (his name was mistakenly omitted from the credits), Pinkie Brown in "Brighton Rock," Roger Bartlett in "the Great Escape," Billy in "Seance on a Wet Afternoon," Frenchy in "The Sand Pebbles," and Christie in "10 Rillington Place." He is best known in America for his roles as John Hammond in "Jurassic Park" and Kris Kringle in the 1994 remake of "Miracle on 34th Street."
"In Which We Serve." |
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